Air pollution

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 Desk Islamabad: 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,…

News Desk Islamabad: The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) daily air quality report indicated a reduced ratio of air pollutants in the atmosphere, recorded below permissible limits, and the air quality was moderate.…

APP Bahawalpur: Heavy smog continued gripping Bahawalpur, decreasing visibility by 50 percent on Tuesday. The running of tens of thousands of vehicles, including illegal vehicles, has pushed Bahawalpur into the grip of heavy smog…

APP Islamabad: Environmentalists stated that Pakistan must learn from the experiences of other countries in controlling smog and air pollution. It is high time to revise our national standards for emissions and ensure compliance with…

Dr Saeed Ahmad Ali Lahore: On November 2nd, the capital city of Punjab was shrouded in a thick blanket of smog, obscuring even its towering buildings and historic landmarks. The streets were crowded with motorbike riders determined to…

AFP/APP Beijing: Beijing is the third most polluted major city on Earth on Wednesday, just ahead of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, stated IQAir– air quality monitoring firm. With tens of millions of people in northern China under severe…