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 …
ISLAMABAD: Forests being cut in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir territory by the timber mafia will bring the looming water crisis in the region nearer, warned an official of the territory. “Every year the criminal activity adds 5,000 acres of barren land to the 500,000 acres already denuded of trees,” …
LAHORE: The health department has denied any polio case in Shahpur tehsil of Sargodha. A spokesman of health department said that a team comprising experts of WHO and district health officer examined the twins and found them suffering from cerebral palsy, a congenital defect. The spokesman clarified that no polio …
PESHAWAR - Under Sihat-Ka-Ittehad Program, a special anti-polio campaign kicked off in Khyber Pakhtunkwa on Monday. During the three-day campaign, a total of 1.463 million children under the age five years will be administered anti-polio drops in 24 districts of the province. According to a report of the Polio Emergency …
After ordering summer dress code and switching off air-conditioners in offices, the Pakistani government has reintroduced a plan to beat the energy crisis in Islamabad - shops and restaurants must close earlier. Shops in the capital should close at 8 p.m., restaurants at 10 p.m. and wedding venues at 11 …
Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan, has assured all provincial forest departments of all-out support in every possible form for increasing area under forest in the country. "Although the forest has become a provincial subject after the 18th constitutional amendment, unprecedented significance, the importance of forest resources …
Asia suffered the highest economic loss from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in 2014, according to a report. A cyclone in India, an earthquake in China and monsoon floods in India and Pakistan killed over 7,000 people across Asia last year. The damage wrought by the calamities stood at $52bn …
MINGORA: An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted parts of Swat Valley on Thursday morning. According to the meteorological department, tremors of mild intensity were also experienced in Buner, Chitral and Malakand. The epicentre of the quake was in the Pak-Afghan border region and its depth was recorded …
Improper disposal of waste by the tehsil municipal administration has resulted in widespread pollution in Ogdai village of Swat, residents told The Express Tribune. Situated along Swat River, nearly four kilometres from Mingora, the village comprises 400 houses and large tracts of fertile land. According to locals, every day at …
At least six more children died of malnutrition in drought-hit Tharparkar district on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to more than 130 so far in this year. According to sources, the children died at Mithi, Chhachhro, Nagarparkar, Islamkot and other areas of the district. Civil surgeon Civil Hospital Mithi clarified …
Khulna Correspondent :A three-day international workshop on climate change, participated by 12 nations and 22 development partners, concluded here on Sunday.Organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the workshop was attended by the nations and representative of development partners of different countries including India, Pakistan, Maldives , Oman and Switzerland.Principal Secretary …
CHITRAL: The people from the forested areas of Chitral on Sunday protested against the ban on the transportation of the harvested timber out of the district. They asked the government to lift the ban within two weeks or they would forcibly stop shipment of fuel wood to other parts of …
“The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Pakistan) is set to embark upon an extensive survey to assess Indus River dolphin populations,” said project coordinator Uzma Noureen on Sunday. She said the Indus River dolphin was a threatened river cetaceans living in five sub-populations in a 1,000 kilometre stretch of the …
Sri Lanka and Pakistan signed six agreements including one on atomic energy Monday, the two countries’ leaders said, as the strategically important island looks to build its first nuclear plant. Details of the agreement were not immediately available but it comes after Sri Lanka signed a pact with India in …
ISLAMABAD: Residents of Malout village held a protest against planned acquisition of land in their village and demanded that they not be displaced from their ancestral land. The protesters gathered at Chak Shahzad, holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans against the government. They demanded Chief Justice of Pakistan to …
MURREE: Landslides caused recent rains have damaged roads and houses at the hill station. Rain in March is not an unusual phenomenon but this year the amount of rainfall was so heavy that it caused widespread damages. Due to a landslide a road near Aliot and Rawalpind-Murree-Kashmir (RMK) highway remained …
SIALKOT: Gujranwala Division Commissioner Shamail Ahmed says the government plans to spend Rs350 million to save the export-oriented city of Sialkot from recurring flood threats and disasters caused by Nullah Bhed. He also said the Punjab government had approved a Rs2.75 billion multi-phased mega project to save the neighbouring Sialkot …
A total of Rs583.47 million will be spent on the construction of six rural areas roads under the Punjab Chief Minister Rural Roads Program which was inaugurated in the district here on Sunday. Bahawalnagar DCO Haider Iqbal inaugurated the programme held at Fordwah Bridge’s turn. On the occasion, the DCO …
SIALKOT: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a weather advisory on Wednesday warning that the area around Punjab's Chenab River could be hit with a flood within a day's span (April 1-April 2). According to the press release issued by the NDMA, a strong westerly wave is like to …
Global agricultural production is heavily sustained by irrigation, but irrigation system efficiencies are often surprisingly low. However, our knowledge of irrigation efficiencies is mostly confined to rough indicative estimates for countries or regions that do not account for spatio-temporal heterogeneity due to climate and other biophysical dependencies. To allow for …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan ranks sixth among the 22 high tuberculosis (TB) affected countries, and has 43 per cent share of its patients in the Eastern-Mediterranean region of World Health Organization (WHO). According to available data, the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) per 100,000 populations in Pakistan is 181; case notification per 100,000 …
