Climate Change
Climate Action Board to develop, review climate policies, action plans.
Updated 31 May, 2025 12:32pm
Met department has forecast hot and humid weather over the next two days.
Updated 31 May, 2025 12:05pm
Experts warn prolonged drought, receding water levels, growing habitat degradation is driving away these seasonal guest.
Published 30 May, 2025 03:34pm
It emphasises need for early warning systems, public education, and heat action plans tailored to cities.
Published 30 May, 2025 01:52pm
"Millions of lives must not be held hostage to narrow political gains," premier says.
Updated 30 May, 2025 05:24pm
Warns risk reduction critically underfunded at 2pc of aid.
Updated 30 May, 2025 07:57am
Authorities declare local state of emergency; footage shows huge cloud of ice and rubble hurtling down into the valley.
Published 29 May, 2025 11:17pm
Say rescue team took timely action and provided first aid to the injured before moving them to nearby hospitals.
Updated 29 May, 2025 11:21pm
Planet expected to remain at historic levels of warming after two hottest years ever recorded in 2023 and 2024.
Updated 29 May, 2025 10:07am
Stormy weather is expected to continue in northern, central parts of country until Saturday.
Updated 28 May, 2025 05:06pm
One killed, 10 injured in Attock; 3 injured in Rawalpindi.
Updated 28 May, 2025 11:44am
Three die in Azad Kashmir due to "cloud-burst"; two each killed in KP, Punjab as extreme conditions likely to persist through May 31.
Updated 28 May, 2025 08:18am
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
