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 confirmation of two more cases of Congo-Crimean haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) on Saturday brought the annual tally to 16 in the city, 15-year high, officials said. Official figures obtained from the provincial health department showed that it had documented 14 CCHF cases, …
KARACHI: A latest report prepared by the provincial government vis-à-vis the drought situation in Thar shows that 311 children under five years of age have died between December, 2013 and November this year, it emerged on Sunday. The report, submitted in the Sindh High Court by the chief secretary after …
Better protecting the world's fast-disappearing mangroves could have big economic, social and environmental benefits, experts said at the U.N. climate talks in Lima this week. Besides protecting shorelines from extreme weather and providing fish a safe place to breed, mangroves could play a big role in trapping climate-changing carbon emissions, …
There has been evidence since 1950 of changes in climate extremes. Observed changes in climate extremes reflect the influence of anthropogenic climate change in addition to natural climate variability, with changes in exposure and vulnerability influenced by both climatic and nonclimatic factors. Changes in climate extremes vary across regions with …
LAHORE: WWF-Pakistan hosted the official launch of the report Situation Analysis of the Water Resources of Lahore and a dialogue on city-wide partnership on water stewardship on Tuesday at a hotel, in connection with its European Union (EU) funded project City-wide Partnership for Sustainable Water Use and Water Stewardship in …
KARACHI: Another polio case was reported in a minor girl in Karachi after which tally in the province has mounted to 72. According to health sources, Sumaira four month old hailing from district Shikarpur and currently residing in Karachi was found affected with poliovirus. Most of the affectees belong to …
KARACHI: Water theft through different means has become an organized business in the city, causing a loss of 35 percent of water,” said Chairman Department of Architecture and Planning NED University Dr Noman Ahmed on Tuesday. Water tankers, which initially started operation as emergency service, have become substantially big mafia …
Despite new cases setting back the effort to eradicate polio, health officials believe the crisis will be brought under control in 2015 International health officials in Pakistan believe they can resolve the country’s polio crisis in the coming year, despite the number of cases of the crippling disease soaring to …
ISLAMABAD: With confirmation of two new polio cases in the country on Monday, the toll for this year has climbed to 262. The Polio Virology Laboratory said one case each was reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh. Officials said the case from Swat in KP had been reported after a …
The Punjab government on Monday approved four schemes of various development sectors with an estimated cost of Rs 4883.133 million. These schemes were approved in the 25th meeting of Provincial Development Working Party of current fiscal year 2014-15 presided over by the Punjab Planning and Development Board Chairman, Muhammad Irfan …
THARPARKAR - Two more children died in Tharparkar due to malnutrition, mounting the death toll to 58 in the current month. According to details, a newborn baby girl, who was undergoing treatment at Mithi Civil Hospital, lost battle with her life on Sunday morning. Separately, in a village of Chhachhro, …
Monday, November 24, 2014 - Karachi—One out of ten persons in Pakistan would have diabetes. This was stated by Diabetic Association of Pakistan (DAP) Secretary General, International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Honorary President, Diabetes in Asia Study Group (DASG) founder President and World Health Organization (WHO) Director for Collaborating Centre for …
Monday, November 24, 2014 - Lahore—Nestlé Pakistan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Pakistan for sustainable water use and water stewardship. The agreement was signed by Magdi Batato, Nestlé Pakistan’s Managing Director and Hammad Naqi Khan, Director General, WWF-Pakistan. Pakistan is one of the most …
Monday, November 24, 2014 - Hyderabad—Deputy Commissioner Jamshoro Sohail Adeeb Bachani has said the government has declared calamity in 116 Dehs of 20 Union Councils of Kotri, Sehwan, Manjhand and Thana Bola Khan Talukas of the district and started implementing a comprehensive relief plan for the people of the affected …
ISLAMABAD - Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) has successfully completed 40,000 rain harvesting schemes in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with a cost of Rs 550 million. Project Director Syed Zaheer Hussain Gardeizi submitted project completion details in recently held weekly progress meeting chaired by Deputy Chairman …
QUETTA - Two more polio cases surfaced in different parts of Balochistan on Saturday, taking the number of polio victims to 14. According to health officials, polio virus was detected in an 18-month-old girl Amina who is the resident of Killi Tarkha, Quetta. The second case was confirmed in Khuzdar …
KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) directed the federal authorities to submit their replies to the petition calling for protection of the endangered wildlife and action against the traffickers. SHC’s division bench was hearing a petition filed by non-government organisations, including World Wildlife Fund (WWF-Pakistan) for nature, Pakistan Animal Welfare Society …
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Environment Protection Agency (Punjab-EPA) has asked Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa), Rawalpindi Municipal Waste Company and six town municipal administrations in the district to ensure a functional sewerage system, supply of potable water and proper disposal of solid waste. District Officer Environment Muhammad Nawaz told Dawn that the …
ISLAMABAD: Meteorologists worried at the depletion of glaciers in Pakistan studied six glaciers in the Karakorum Range recently, and the results have made them worry even more. “All of them were found melting at a faster rate. The changing climate is taking a heavy toll on our glaciers,” Chief Meteorologist …
Nearly 300 children have died this year in desert communities in southern Pakistan, officials said yesterday, as poor monsoon rains and livestock diseases have combined to worsen malnutrition. The Thar desert, straddling the Indian border and one of Pakistan's poorest areas, has seen an alarming number of children suffering pneumonia …
