#environmentalconditions

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…

Dr Ikramullah Khan Bajaur: Bajaur today lives between anxiety and hope. Security worries have returned — shops close early, and travel feels unsafe after dusk. Parents wait anxiously for their children to return from school, and young…

Ali Nawaz Rahimoo Tharparkar: Water — the most essential ingredient of life — is under severe strain in Tharparkar, Sindh’s arid desert district. Already crippled by chronic scarcity, Thar now faces an even deadlier challenge: the…

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…

Nadeem Tanoli Islamabad: The Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Coordination has strongly criticized the state’s failure to prevent recurring floods, declaring them not as “natural disasters” but as preventable…

News Desk Islamabad:  The Government of Pakistan has mandated the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) to conduct quarterly monitoring of bottled and mineral water brands to protect public health and raise awareness.…