#environmental impact

APP Islamabad: The Federal Constitutional Court has revived the legal process in the long-running Monal Restaurant case by overturning the earlier demolition order, ruling that the previous proceedings violated principles of due process…

Raziq Bhatti Islamabad: If we look back just two or three decades, the rhythm of nature in our region was entirely different. Spring would begin in early February, trees and plants would blossom naturally, summer would arrive by April,…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: There are no straight lines in this picture, only a tangle of pipes, a sluggish ribbon of blackened water, and the quiet suggestion that something essential has gone deeply wrong. Along the edge of an open…

APP New York: Pakistan has escalated its diplomatic offensive at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), urging immediate intervention over India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and warning of far-reaching consequences…

Laksha Kumari Karachi: When I first began covering environmental stories—floods erasing villages overnight, rivers choked with industrial waste, and communities displaced by droughts they did nothing to cause—I thought the hardest part…

News Desk  Islamabad: As Pakistan grapples with rising water stress and increasingly erratic weather patterns, the government has unveiled its first-ever National Drought Action Plan (NDAP), marking a strategic shift from reactive…

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan has emerged as the world’s most polluted country in 2025, highlighting a worsening environmental and public health crisis driven by dangerously high levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5). According…

News Desk Lahore: Air pollution in Lahore has surged to hazardous levels, raising serious health concerns for residents across the city. According to the latest data, Lahore’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) has reached 197, placing…

News Desk  Islamabad: Islamabad, once celebrated for its lush greenery and carefully planned open spaces, is facing growing criticism over widespread tree cutting linked to infrastructure development, prompting public protests and legal…

Shah Khalid Shah  Bajaur: For more than three decades, Tariq Rahim’s winters and springs began before sunrise. Wading silently through ponds and wetlands along the Khwar stream near his village of Khar, he followed a ritual inherited…