Air pollution

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…

APPFaisalabad: 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 DeskIslamabad: 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…

News DeskIslamabad: Experts at X Space, previously Twitter, highlighted that hazardous emissions, including particulate matter, dioxins, and volatile organic compounds, contribute significantly to smog, leading to a host of respiratory…

News Desk Islamabad: Breathing in polluted air laden with toxins and smog poses significant health risks, including an increased likelihood of lung cancer and asthma, emphasised Dr Sherman Yasmin, a health expert. Yasmin urged…

News DeskIslamabad: Health experts on Thursday expressed grave concerns regarding the concerning rise in 'Hepatitis C' cases nationwide, emphasizing the critical importance of public awareness to control the spread of this viral…

AFP/APP New Delhi: Indian scientists are preparing cloud seeding technology to clean up poisonous smog in the capital with rain, but environmental critics fear it is an expensive distraction from tackling root causes. It is the latest…

APP Bahawalpur: The Assistant Director, Environment Department, said on Monday that Indian air pollution impacts Bahawalpur. Speaking to the media, Ansar Abbas Siyal, Assistant Director of the Environment Department in Bahawalpur,…

AFP/APP Paris: Growing calls for the world to come to grips with the many ways that global warming affects human health have prompted the first day dedicated to the issue at the crunch UN climate talks starting next week. Extreme heat,…