Climate Change
Underneath the fatal climate events that have hit the country's mountainous north are factors that are controllable yet ignored every year, every time.
Updated 19 Aug, 2025 03:00pm
Many go missing as torrential downpour triggers landslides, flash floods; 17 dead in Swabi, two in Nowshera.
Updated 19 Aug, 2025 07:22am
Met Office insists recent heavy rains in northern areas do not qualify as "cloudburst".
Updated 19 Aug, 2025 07:46am
NDMA says 660 killed, 935 injured since June 26; PM pledges federal cabinet’s one-month salary for flood relief.
Updated 19 Aug, 2025 12:24am
Climate justice without fiscal justice is an illusion.
Updated 18 Aug, 2025 03:06pm
Says Aug 18 marks launch of nationwide tree plantation drive at a time when Pakistan faces the harsh realities of climate change.
Updated 18 Aug, 2025 11:44am
At least 323 dead, 150 missing in the province; PM orders ministers to supervise KP relief efforts; 657 lives lost nationwide.
Updated 18 Aug, 2025 10:13am
“It was exactly 9am when I had a last glance at the stream and sensed it was going to burst its banks due to continuing rains,” Saeed Ahmad says.
Published 17 Aug, 2025 10:37pm
Buner district alone accounts for 217 deaths and 120 injuries, with more than 850 rescued; PM orders federal ministers to oversee relief operations.
Updated 17 Aug, 2025 10:52pm
The floods of 2010, 2022 and now 2025 mark an unbroken chain of escalating disasters.
Updated 17 Aug, 2025 08:22am
Many question govt’s claims of halting deforestation after sudden accumulation of logs.
Updated 17 Aug, 2025 09:52am
Flash floods claim over 300 lives and wreak destruction across KP, GB and AJK.
Updated 16 Aug, 2025 10:36pm
PDMA states 208 deaths in Buner alone, with DC saying 50 missing; PM directs NDMA chief to expedite rescue work in 9 affected districts.
Updated 16 Aug, 2025 11:23pm
PDMA says rainfall to continue until Aug 21; 7 houses destroyed, 38 damaged; rescue teams shift 2,071 stranded people to safety.
Updated 16 Aug, 2025 10:14am
Buner reports 91 deaths, Shangla 23, Bajaur 21 and Battagram 15 fatalities as Mansehra cloudburst claims 32 lives; dozen killed in GB.
Updated 16 Aug, 2025 07:46am
PM directs NDMA chairman to further coordinate with KP provincial govt for rescue and relief activities, talks to CM and governor.
Updated 15 Aug, 2025 10:31pm
Several countries voice disappointment as talks on plastic pollution in Geneva collapse with no deal.
Updated 15 Aug, 2025 02:41pm
Around 50 injured; disaster management official says search for 80 people unaccounted for "intensified".
Published 15 Aug, 2025 12:05pm
KP's Buner sees highest toll of 91; five killed in KP govt rescue helicopter crash; bridges washed away in AJK; power outages reported in GB's Skardu.
Updated 15 Aug, 2025 11:41pm
Environmental challenges require patience that comes from clear direction.
Updated 14 Aug, 2025 09:14am
Musadik Malik says he is "extremely disappointed" at UN system, as plastic talks remain stalled.
Updated 14 Aug, 2025 12:46pm
Thousands remain stranded as rehabilitation work underway across GB; over 50 locals narrowly escape flooding in Gulmit area.
Published 13 Aug, 2025 05:41pm
PMD forecasts heavy rains, Glofs, landslides in several parts of country.
Updated 13 Aug, 2025 09:50am
Intensifying temperatures have caused a 25-38 per cent reduction in tropical bird populations between 1950 and 2020.
Updated 12 Aug, 2025 11:13am
Negotiations left with four working days to strike a legally-binding instrument to tackle the plastic problem.
Updated 10 Aug, 2025 11:55am
Countries have issued heat warnings as soaring temperatures cause deadly heatwaves and wildfires.
Published 08 Aug, 2025 01:40pm
Without meaningful investments in human capital, democratic participation becomes wide in scope but shallow in deliberative capacity.
Updated 08 Aug, 2025 08:46am
Beijing-based forecaster says high temperatures to persist in Pakistan, many other countries over next week.
Updated 08 Aug, 2025 09:11am
US says it will not agree to a treaty that tackles the upstream of plastic pollution.
Updated 07 Aug, 2025 11:15am
Experts, scientists say even moderate rains are causing high death tolls; Pakistan is 152nd in list of countries least ready for climate impact.
Updated 07 Aug, 2025 07:55am
