#environmentalchanges

New Desk  Lahore: The people of Lahore woke up again this week to a thick, choking haze — a poisonous fog that has turned their city into a gas chamber. But this time, health experts say, the toxic air did not originate within Punjab…

News Desk  Islamabad:  Nearly 20 per cent of heavy transport vehicles in Islamabad are breaching national emission standards, a Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) study has revealed, raising concerns about the city’s…

Shah Khalid Shah Jee  Bajaur: In a world where pollution has taken many forms—air, water, noise—there’s one silent intruder that often goes unnoticed yet poses a serious threat to all living beings: light pollution. Unlike other types of…

News Desk  Lahore: The air quality in major cities across Punjab has plunged to alarming levels, with Lahore’s Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching a hazardous 312 points, placing the city among the most polluted in the world on Sunday.…

Wania Tahir Islamabad: A recent study by the US Pharmacopeia (USP) has reignited debate over the United States’ growing pharmaceutical vulnerability.  According to the report, nearly 700 American active pharmaceutical ingredients…

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan achieved another milestone in its space journey with the successful launch of its first Hyperspectral Satellite (HS-1) from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre (JSLC), the Space and Upper Atmosphere…

Ali Nawaz Rahimoo Umarkot: Under the relentless desert sun, the scattered trees of Tharparkar are disappearing at an alarming pace. These green sentinels, which for generations anchored sand dunes, provided fodder for livestock, and…

Ali Nawaz Rahimoo Tharparkar: In an era when climate change, food insecurity, and environmental degradation are converging into a global crisis, the way we grow our food demands urgent attention. Industrial agriculture—with its heavy…

Faisal Saleem Khanewal: Five-year-old Abdullah lives with his parents at a brick kiln located on the outskirts of Kabirwala city. His father, Muhammad Akmal, works as a laborer at the kiln. Akmal shares that although Abdullah was born…

News Desk  Peshawar: The Pakistan Environment Trust (PET), with support from the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), has successfully launched Pakistan’s first Carbon Project Development Playbooks. According to a press release…