ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) would develop a mechanism to ensure insurance cover to disaster-prone areas.Mandated by the National Disaster Risk Management Framework (NDMRF), a concept note on Disaster Risk Insurance for low income communities was already approved.According to the Ministry of Climate Change here on Sunday, the concept note outlines the general […]
By: Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD, March 10: Wildlife experts are concerned about the recent increase in illegal hunting and trade of the pangolin or the scaly anteater. The trend picked up in the last two to three years approximately, said Dr Maqsood Anwar of the Department of Wildlife Management, Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi. “There has been […]
By: Faiza Ilyas Safari Park’s newest inhabitants, a pair of Pumas, are pictured here in their temporary home at the Karachi Zoological Garden, Pakistan. – File Photo by PPI KARACHI: The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation has brought a pair of tigers from Lahore to the Safari Park through, what officials claimed, an ‘exchange deal’, without acquiring […]
KARACHI: The sea environment and economy was the focus with piracy being the most discussed topic on day two of the 5th international maritime conference titled ‘Regional maritime security dynamics imperatives and inter-dependencies’ at the Bahria University here on Wednesday. “Currently there are seven ships and 113 hostages under the control of Somali pirates,” Dr […]
RAWALPINDI: The Parks and Horticulture Agency (PHA) established to cultivate plants and saplings is on a tree-chopping spree in the garrison city. Over the last one week, the agency has cut down over 20 trees in different parks and dumped them in Nawaz Sharif Park for auction. Ironically, the PHA justified its decision by saying […]
ISLAMABAD: After almost two years of risking human lives, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has finally put an end to boating in Rawal Lake. CDA Parks Directorate officials said a notification was issued to the Lake View Park management on Tuesday asking it to close the boating area. Lake View Park Manager Muhammad Junaid Afzal […]
LAHORE: Hundreds of students from more than 30 different schools from across city highlighted environmental issues like forest degradation, water resource management, water quality, endangered wildlife and alternative energy resources at the World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan’s (WWF – Pakistan) annual Travelling Nature Carnival at Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park on Sunday. Education Minister Mujtaba Shujaur […]
By Rafia Asim While driving on the mall road in Lahore, one notices a handful of people sitting at the Charring Cross round about, holding rain drenched placards and banners, with desolate faces. Among these handful men in shalwar kamiz are one or two young Lahore-based activists, trying hard to aide these balochi speaking protestors […]
Engineer Musharib Khan and Dr Zahid Mahmood Khan A World Bank report revealed that overall environmental degradation costs Pakistan at least six percent of GDP, and these costs fall disproportionately upon the poor The UN Conference on the Human Environment 1972, held in Stockholm, Sweden, is marked as the turning point in the rapid development […]
THIS is apropos of the news (Feb 6 and 14), regarding water pollution in the KB Feeder Canal and Keenjhar Lake. The selection of variables for water quality monitoring is done in relation to pollutant sources. In the present case, it was desired to assess the impact of industrial effluents in KB Feeder Canal and […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday disposed of a suo moto case pertaining to contamination of Rawal Lake water after the concerned authorities confirmed that the lake water is fit for human consumption and there was no contamination. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, heard suo moto […]
KARACHI: Due to environmental pollution, many children targeted by life threatening diseases, which ultimately affect educational activities of students. These views were shared by MNA Rehan Hashmi while addressing a Green Festival organised by Falconhouse Grammer School on Sunday. He said that to counter environmental diseases, every individual should take part so that elimination of […]
Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: With the summer approaching, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) is concerned about more than 50 potentially hazardous lakes formed in glaciers in the northern areas. Most of these lakes can bring disaster for small settlements downhill. “Glacial lake outburst floods (Glof) have become a concern. Glofs are a fairly unique […]
FOREST cover in Pakistan, particularly in Sindh, is shrinking at an alarming rate. In 1947, Sindh had at least 80 forests right from Kashmore to Karachi, spread over an area of 500 square miles on both sides of River Indus. Presently, 90 per cent of forests are either under unauthorised possession or leased to local […]
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