Air pollution

News Desk Islamabad: The Punjab government has initiated an ambitious reforestation campaign, aiming to establish a natural forest on 978 acres along the banks of the Ravi River. The project is designed to act as a natural air filter…

Faisal Saleem Khanewal: It is an established fact that conventionally operated kilns and burned crop residues emit black smoke and carbon, causing cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in humans. Shams Bibi, a resident of Mushtaq Colony…

News Desk Islamabad: A fresh bout of rain hit low-lying areas, while upper regions of Hazara division experienced snowfall starting on Sunday, leading to a drop in temperature. The high-altitude areas like Kaghan, Siren, and Konsh…

News Desk Islamabad: Residents of Islamabad reported moderate air quality on Tuesday, a welcome change attributed to decreased atmospheric contaminants following months of high air pollution. This improvement came after much-needed…

APP Lahore: Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, ranked as the fifth most polluted location worldwide on Sunday. Despite cold winds persisting in the early morning under bright sunlight, the city's air quality has once again…

APP Islamabad: The Environmental Monitoring Team of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) and the Islamabad Traffic Police conducted a week-long Vehicular Emission Control and Monitoring Campaign from January 9 to 17…

APP Peshawar: President Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) Fuad Ishaq has expressed grave concern over increasing environmental pollution in the wake of people using alternative sources of fuel owing to the low gas pressure…

APP Faisalabad: The Environment Protection Department has imposed a fine of Rs 400,000 on two factories on charges of polluting the environment. Deputy Director Environment Johar Abbas said here on Saturday that the environment teams…

News Desk Islamabad: Dense foggy conditions, continuing in Punjab, the plains of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and upper Sindh in the coming days, can cause health complications among the citizens, according to the Pakistan Meteorological…

News Desk Islamabad: A man died as his car plunged into the Sutlej River due to dense smog near the Pakpattan district of Punjab. The tragic incident occurred early Monday as a car plunged into the Sutlej River, resulting in the…