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 …
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to the federal finance and planning secretaries after the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) chief submitted in court that unavailability of funds from the Centre was hampering the implementation of a plan to treat sewage and industrial waste before their discharge …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is seeking support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for an effective implementation of the ‘Zero Hunger and Family Farming Programme’ to start school feeding projects in 45 most food insecure districts. The programme intends to reach 61 million people across Pakistan, and with a budget of …
LAHORE: The Technical Experts Committee, a body of the Environment Department of Punjab, has objected to figures and design of the Rs165 billion Orange Line Metro Project and directed the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) to fix the issues in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report. A public hearing on the …
QUETTA/KHUZDAR: A flash flood overwhelmed three villages in Saroona and Shah Noorani areas of Khuzdar district late on Wednesday night, leaving at least 13 people dead. Seven people were said to be missing. Hundreds of people have been rendered homeless. A large number of mud houses were washed away by …
Islamabad- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is due to open Islamabad's new half-billion dollar metrobus system today, which the government hopes will revolutionize transport in the capital but which has been criticised by some as extravagant. The 23-kilometre (14-mile) line, where 68 air-conditioned buses will carry an estimated 135,000 passengers a …
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to send another state of the art satellite into space to fortify its position in space and a sum of Rs. 7 billion has been allocated in the budget 2015-16 for this program. Pakistan is likely to be able to launch the new satellite in the …
LAHORE: WWF-Pakistan has been awarded the National Energy Globe Award for its project City-wide Partnership for Sustainable Water Use and Water Stewardship in SMEs in Lahore, Pakistan. Funded by the European Union, it aims to promote water efficient production and consumption practices in the country’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) …
ISLAMABAD: In an important inter-country meeting on cross border transmission on polio eradication, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to launch joint vigilance to stop the cross border spread of polio in both countries. Pakistan side was led by Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq, Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Eradication whereas the …
A government official says flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 13 people in a remote village in southwestern Pakistan. Deputy District Commissioner Wahid Shah said Thursday that rescuers were still looking for seven people who went missing following the overnight flooding in Khuzdar district in the …
Islamabad- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is due to open Islamabad's new half-billion dollar metrobus system today, which the government hopes will revolutionize transport in the capital but which has been criticised by some as extravagant. The 23-kilometre (14-mile) line, where 68 air-conditioned buses will carry an estimated 135,000 passengers a …
The World Bank approved $125 million to support the restoration of resilient flood protection infrastructure and the strengthening of government capacity to manage disasters and climate variability. Pakistan is vulnerable to adverse natural events and has experienced a wide range of disasters over the past 40 years, including floods, earthquakes, …
The high-powered commission set up by the Islamabad High Court Monday expressed dissatisfaction over disposal of solid waste by the Capital Development Authority in H-12. The 15-member commission visited different sites to gauge the environmental conditions in the federal capital. They visited F-9 Park to examine the condition of water …
Many irrigation systems are special cases of common-pool resources (CPRs) in which some users have preferential access to the resource, which in theory aggravates collective action challenges such as the under-provision of necessary infrastructure as a result of unequal appropriation of water resources. We present experimental evidence based on an …
The relevant authorities are once again overlooking the rising level of pollution in the Rawal Lake as no financial allocation has been made so far in the coming budget of the Planning Division to tackle the problem. An official of the environment protection agency (EPA), told The Express Tribune on …
LAHORE: The Punjab Disaster Management Authority has set up a state-of-the-art Humanitarian Resource Facility in the provincial capital to help more than 100,000 victims during any natural disaster on emergency basis. PDMA Director General Jawed Akram told APP on Sunday the project had been completed with support of the World …
Despite numerous humanitarian efforts the long-standing crisis of chronic malnutrition in Pakistan still looms big. Meanwhile the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms has decided to allocate resources in the Public Sector Development Plan (PSDP) at the federal level to address malnutrition in the country in the upcoming budget. Participants …
Pakistan is assessed to be one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change with particulate threats to water, energy and food security, according to United Nations Development Porgamme (UNDP). A report on Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR) released by the UNDP on Monday revealed: …
Pakistan’s first-ever Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR) report was launched on Monday focusing on federal and provincial budgetary allocations for climate change. The report was prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under guidance of the Ministry of Climate Change and in collaboration with the Ministry of …
The Sindh government has decided to declare water theft a non-bailable offence and until a law is passed by the assembly, which is not in session, an ordinance will be promulgated soon to eliminate water theft and scanners will be used to detect underground water connections. These measures were discussed …
ISLAMABAD: Health experts on Sunday said that larger pictorial labels are more effective in informing about the dangers of smoking. They were addressing a concluding session of four-day awareness workshop on ‘Pictorial Health Warning in Pakistan’, jointly organised by the Society for Alternative Media and Research (SAMAR) and Coalition for …
