environmental

Shah Khalid Shah Bajaur: In the rugged mountains of Bajaur, where communities live close to nature and depend heavily on livestock for survival, a tragic war between humans and wildlife has reignited a long-standing debate: how can…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Thousands of fish lie motionless along the banks of Rawal Lake. Their silver bodies, once hidden beneath the water, now float lifeless against the rocks, filling the air with a foul smell and an even fouler…

APP Islamabad: Islamabad authorities intensified their campaign against air pollution on Tuesday by demolishing five illegally operating brick kilns in Sector H-16 for failing to adopt mandatory zig-zag technology designed to curb…

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…

News Desk/APP Karachi: Dust pollution is emerging as one of Pakistan's most pressing environmental and public health challenges, with experts warning that deteriorating air quality is driving a surge in respiratory illnesses,…

APP Islamabad: Environmental experts, conservationists and legal practitioners have warned that decades of environmental degradation, encroachments and weak enforcement continue to threaten Margalla Hills National Park, urging…

Nadeem Tanoli Islamabad: PPP Senator Sherry Rehman has strongly criticized reductions in climate-related funding, warning that Pakistan is facing escalating environmental threats, including severe heatwaves, accelerated glacier melt,…

Ali Nawaz Rahimoo Umarkot: The devastating floods of 2011 and again in 2022 did far more than destroy infrastructure and livelihoods, they exposed a hard truth that climate change is no longer a distant risk but a present and recurring…

Shah Zaman Bhangar Karachi: ​Extreme heat, heavy rains, cloudbursts, floods, urban flooding, land degradation, declining wildlife populations, and sea intrusion into farmland are not just effects of climate change. Together, they reflect…

Shah Khalid Shah Peshawar: Twenty years ago, the residents of Khar tehsil in Bajaur planted a vast eucalyptus forest across hundreds of hectares of communal mountain land with support from the Forest Department. The plantation grew…