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News Desk/Agencies  London: The recent heatwave in the United Kingdom (UK ) has led to incidents of road surfaces softening and melting, prompting questions about why roads in Europe are damaged by temperatures around 40 degrees Celsius…

Shah Khalid Shah Bajaur: As the first light of dawn spreads across the mountains of Bajaur, 55-year-old dairy farmer Shaal Pacha begins another day among the cows that have sustained his family for decades.  Inside his dairy farm in…

News Desk Islamabad: After decades of devastating floods, heatwaves and extreme weather events that have claimed thousands of lives and inflicted more than US$60 billion in losses, Pakistan is changing the way it prepares for climate…

Fakhar-e-Alam Peshawar: As temperatures soar across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the province's forests are once again facing one of their greatest seasonal threats—wildfires. What often begins with a carelessly discarded cigarette butt…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) on Wednesday urged federal and provincial governments to make rainwater harvestingsystems mandatory across Pakistan, warning that sustainable water management…

Nadeem Tanoli  Islamabad: A Senate committee has expressed concern over major gaps in Pakistan’s glacier monitoring system, after being informed that only 350 monitoring devices are currently installed across a country that has around…

APP Islamabad: The National Assembly on Sunday approved 89 demands for grants amounting to Rs 4,232,042,472,151 (approximately Rs 4.23 trillion) to finance operational and development expenditures of various ministries for the financial…

M Atif Ismail Multan: For generations, sprawling mango orchards have been an integral part of Multan's identity, earning the city its reputation as Pakistan's mango capital.  Beyond producing the country's prized fruit, these orchards…

News Desk  New York: By all appearances, the oceans remain vast, powerful and endless. Covering more than 70 per cent of the Earth's surface, they regulate the climate, sustain marine life, provide food for billions of people and absorb…

Shah Khalid Shah Bajaur: As forests disappear, temperatures rise and pollution spreads, biodiversity in Pakistan's tribal district faces an uncertain future By the time summer arrives in Bajaur, residents can feel the difference.…