##Environmentalcrisis

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…

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…

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…

News Desk Lahore: Punjab’s capital Lahore once again ranked as the world’s most polluted city on Saturday morning, as dense smog continued to blanket the metropolis and much of South Asia, severely reducing visibility and worsening…

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…

Shah Khalid Shah Bajaur: In the rugged mountains of Bajaur, an ancient tribal tradition known as “Nagha” has re-emerged as a powerful tool in combating deforestation and mitigating the effects of climate change.  Passed down through…