Climate Change
Multiple roof, wall collapse incidents in parts of KP; Punjab PDMA issues alert for authorities, citizens.
Updated 27 May, 2025 11:05pm
Forecasts that city will continue to face hot and humid weather throughout coming week.
Updated 26 May, 2025 10:01am
Says Pakistan grappling with extreme weather patterns as a consequence of climate change.
Updated 26 May, 2025 10:45am
CDA imposes emergency to clear roads of debris; power supply to Sangjani water treatment plant disrupted.
Updated 25 May, 2025 12:16pm
Private airline from Karachi to Lahore narrowly avoids disaster after being caught in severe turbulence.
Updated 02 Oct, 2025 08:49am
Salvage crews launch a major clean-up operation, surveying the damage from half a year’s worth of rain dumped in just three days.
Published 24 May, 2025 05:41am
From regional tensions to global inaction, Malik circles back to the human cost of climate change — particularly for Pakistan’s most vulnerable.
Published 22 May, 2025 08:38pm
Pre-Budget Dialogue informed that 30pc of all public development projects would undergo an assessment.
Updated 21 May, 2025 07:54am
The disproportionate cost of climate change is not limited to class but also seeps into gender, where women, girls and transgenders face a higher risk.
Updated 20 May, 2025 01:00pm
Musadik Malik says Pakistan received 40pc less rainfall compared to its 30-year average.
Updated 20 May, 2025 12:25pm
PMD urges citizens to avoid direct exposure to the sun from 11am to 4pm.
Updated 20 May, 2025 07:40am
Without decisive action, Pakistan risks falling deeper into a chronic cycle of hunger and poverty. Food insecurity is most harrowing in Gaza.
Updated 19 May, 2025 09:03am
Season’s first heatwave set to push temperatures 4-7°C above normal; westerly system to hit north on May 19.
Updated 15 May, 2025 08:01am
The shipping sector is under pressure to find new sources of fuel to eliminate carbon emissions.
Updated 14 May, 2025 09:58am
Before bedtime, it is recommended to take a cool shower, reduce stimulants like coffee and limit alcohol.
Updated 13 May, 2025 12:44pm
Study finds wealthiest 1pc contributed 26 times more to heatwaves, compared to global average.
Updated 08 May, 2025 07:56pm
New report documents many cases where kids, older adults prematurely lost lives in "often preventable" ways.
Updated 06 May, 2025 02:52pm
The ADB claims its safeguards mitigate environmental harms, but there is a significant gap between policy and practice.
Published 05 May, 2025 11:02am
To control urban flooding, city administration should set up urban forests, green roofs, permeable pavements.
Updated 05 May, 2025 10:40am
Public urged to take precautions, avoid direct sunlight.
Published 01 May, 2025 02:19pm
Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Jaffarabad, Sohbatpur, Nasirabad identified as hotspots.
Updated 01 May, 2025 09:08am
Westerly wave to reach upper regions in the evening, while moist currents likely to penetrate northeast Punjab from May 1.
Updated 30 Apr, 2025 09:28am
The current heatwave is a dire warning of what lies ahead if Pakistan fails to confront the realities of climate change.
Updated 28 Apr, 2025 08:35am
Floods, rising temperatures identified as major factors to surge in cases, with a reported peak of 2.7m cases in 2023.
Updated 27 Apr, 2025 08:27am
Isolated rains forecast in first week of May.
Updated 26 Apr, 2025 08:59am
Meeting takes place amid global economic turmoil sparked by wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Published 25 Apr, 2025 06:43am
Says Pakistan continues to struggle with high poverty levels and limited access to essential services.
Updated 25 Apr, 2025 09:21am
Federal minister also reviewed the damage caused by glacial melting and GLOFs, which continue to threaten local communities.
Updated 25 Apr, 2025 09:16am
Reviews schemes in Shigar Valley, including installation of early warning systems and protective embankments.
Updated 24 Apr, 2025 09:45am
Carbon "bootprint" of the world’s armies could be 5.5pc of global emissions.
Updated 23 Apr, 2025 11:34am
