#environmentalconditions

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan is losing an estimated $22 billion every year—equivalent to 6.5% of its GDP—due to the severe impacts of air pollution, Senator Sherry Rehman revealed during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on…

News Desk  Islamabad: Islamabad’s Vehicle Emission Testing System has added more inspection points to manage the growing number of vehicles requiring checks. According to officials, the increase in testing sites has reduced waiting…

APP Lahore: In a major step toward improving water quality and environmental sustainability in Punjab, the Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company (PMDFC) has completed Pakistan’s first pilot project using Floating Wetlands Technology…

APP Quetta: Adviser to the Chief Minister on Environment and Climate Change, Naseem-ur-Rehman Mulakhel, said on Monday that the provincial government has implemented the Climate Change Policy 2024 to strengthen environmental management and…

AFP/APP Sydney: Australia on Monday rejected Turkey’s proposal to co-host next year’s UN climate summit, as competing bids for COP31 overshadow ongoing negotiations at this year’s conference in Brazil. Canberra and Ankara are facing…

News Desk  Lahore: Dry and cold weather continued to grip Lahore on Sunday, with similar conditions expected on Monday, according to the Meteorological Department. Officials said continental air was dominating most parts of the…

News Desk  Islamabad: Deforestation is causing temperature rises of up to 5°C in some tropical regions, according to a new study and interactive map developed by researchers at the University of Leeds. The tool, created by scientists…

AFP/APP Vietnam: Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall Thursday in Vietnam's already storm-battered central belt, where thousands have been evacuated from areas in the path of one of the world’s deadliest cyclones this year. Kalmaegi cut a…

APP  Peshawar: At dawn, when the first light brushes the surface of the River Kabul, 35-year-old Hussain Ali pedals his rickety bicycle toward the water. For the past decade, this river has been both his workplace and his lifeline.…