In a world of higher electricity demand growth, clean electricity is stepping up to the challenge. Spearheaded by exponential solar expansion, clean power is set to grow faster than demand, marking the start of a permanent decline in fossil generation. 2024 both clarified and consolidated the shape of the global …
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Dera Ghazi Khan Commissioner Saqib Aziz said on Monday more than 2,300 houses had been damaged and 489,347 acres in 453 villages destroyed in recent floods. He shared unofficial statistics on losses incurred during the floods. He said 286,254 acres of the affected land was agricultural. He …
Talking to The Express Tribune, Director General Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Dr Ghulam Rasul said the quake was initially recorded at 6.7 on the Richter scale but after collecting data from affected cities across the country, it was calculated at 6.4. He said the epicentre of the earthquake was at …
Over a million people have been affected by floods across Pakistan so far, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Thursday. Since the flash floods started ravaging various parts of the country in mid-July, at least 166 people have been killed and 128 injured. Besides, 8,471 houses and 2,976 …
The Punjab Disaster Management Authority has released Rs 550 million funds to the District Co-ordination officers of seven flood hit districts to resolve problems of the affected people. Punjab government has also provided relief items valued at Rs 600 million to the administration of flood affected districts so far. This …
ISLAMABAD: Floods in different parts of Pakistan have left at least 169 people and injured 126 others, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Wednesday. With high floods in the River Indus at Chashma, Taunsa, Guddu and Sukkur, very high at the latter two barrages, the raging waters have …
Malnutrition in Pakistan will cost the nation heavily when 44 per cent of today’s children of ages up to five grow up as a stunted and unproductive generation in 10 to 15 years. This premonition came from none other than the Ministry of National Health Services's nutrition director Dr Baseer …
Local meteorologists measured the quake at 5.5 magnitude with a depth of just 10 kilometres, and 70 kilometres from Khuzdar. “The magnitude of the earthquake was recorded 5.5 and its depth was 10 kilometres,” Muhammad Shafique, a meteorologist at the met office, told AFP. Read: Strong earthquake jolts Islamabad, parts …
Heavy monsoon rains have continued to lash much of southern Asia, threatening further casualties and more destruction after a week of lethal floods and landslides. More than 100 people have died and up to 1 million fled their homes as land from Pakistan to Burma was deluged. In Burma, opposition …
ISLAMABAD: Authorities say the death toll from flash floods triggered by seasonal monsoon rains in various parts of the country has risen to 118. Meanwhile, floodwater has inundated vast areas, leaving tens of thousands homeless. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in a statement on Monday that the flooding …
KARACHI: The water being supplied to the Malir town is heavily contaminated with faecal material and is unfit for human consumption, says a research study conducted at Karachi University’s Institute of Environmental Studies. The study has found that none of the tap water samples collected from 42 different sites in …
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government assured the Supreme Court that it will go ahead with its plan to build the Dadhocha Dam, at the site allegedly being included in a housing scheme by private developers. A report submitted to the apex court on Monday on behalf the Punjab Irrigation Department said …
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) estimates that disasters forced more than 19.3 million people in 100 countries to flee their homes in 2014.
China is helping Pakistan build a wind power plant near its southern port city of Karachi with a total investment of $115 million, according to HydroChina Investment Corporation which invested in the plant. The Dawood wind power plant, located some 60 kilometers east of Karachi, is expected to generate 130 …
The anticipated rise in temperatures and frequency of heat waves in the country demands a comprehensive strategy to cope with this type of disastrous events in future. This report recommends the establishment of Heat-Health Warning System (HHWS) targeting the vulnerable segment of the urban centers. This warning system will have …
This action plan has been developed to fulfill the requirements of the UNFCCC through development and implementation of a robust and transparent national forest monitoring system. The purpose of the NFMS is to identify and develop processes that supports strategic decision making by systematic and repeated measurement and observation of …
Experts have said the climate change is providing suitable environment for breeding of dengue larva in the region and warned that by the end of this century, the world temperature will rise 1 to 3 degree that can affect half of world population. They expressed these views at an anti-dengue …
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan has warned of more extreme heat waves in the future. “We need to prepare to cope with the negative impacts of heat waves, which are likely to become more frequent and intense in the future,” the minister said on Thursday while speaking …
Over 500,000 people have been affected by floods across the country with the casualty figure surging to 86 and 56 people sustaining injuries on Thursday. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reported that over 517,000 people were affected by rains and flood in Punjab, Sindh and Gilgit-Baltistan. In total, 801 …
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday announced Rs 500 million financial aid to help rehabilitate flood affectees in Gilgit-Baltistan. The prime minister reviewed ongoing relief activities in flood-hit areas in Gilgit-Baltistan while local authorities briefed him on damages caused by floods. Addressing flood affectees in Ganche, Sharif also announced Rs …
ISLAMABAD – The officials of UNICEF called on Federal Minister for Climate Change and congratulated him for achieving Millennium Development Goals of sanitation and improved drinking water, according to a press release of the federal government. “It is a positive story from Pakistan and needs to be celebrated and communicated …
