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News Desk  Islamabad: A powerful regional dust storm on Mars may have played a far greater role in stripping the planet of its water than previously believed, according to a new international study. Researchers report that the intense…

APP Peshawar: For the third consecutive week, residents of Khyber Super Market in Peshawar Cantonment have been struggling with a crippling water shortage that has brought daily life to a near standstill for thousands of people living…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Under the dim glow of streetlights in Rawalpindi, treated water spreads across broken asphalt, carrying debris while homes nearby remain thirsty. Children play barefoot in the shallow streams, unaware of…

News Desk  Islamabad: The federal government on Saturday approved an emergency-action plan to address the worsening water shortage in Islamabad, with a focus on both immediate relief measures and long-term infrastructure development for…

APP Belem: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has declared the fight against climate change and smog a “mission, not a slogan,” unveiling a sweeping vision of Punjab’s environmental transformation during her address at the…

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan’s groundwater lifeline is fast running dry — and the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) has sounded the alarm.  In a new policy roadmap unveiled at a seminar co-hosted with the Planning…

AFP/APP Jamaica: Hurricane Melissa continued to cut a deadly path through the Caribbean on Sunday, intensifying into a powerful Category 4 storm as it crawled at a dangerous pace toward Jamaica and the island of Hispaniola. Melissa…

Muhammad Hussain Quetta: As climate change intensifies across the globe, its harshest impact is being felt by those already on the margins — the mothers and children of Balochistan. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, recurring…

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…

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.…