Tag: Pollution

LAHORE: Punjab government is undertaking yet another assessment of the pollution spotting of Ravi basin to develop a long-term, multi-sectoral plan by hiring international consultants,...

KARACHI: Pollution, a result of widespread construction of roads and buildings, is a major reason accounting to the increase in breathing issues as well...

  China ended a major economic meeting on Wednesday, vowing to boost imports, open its markets and clean up noxious pollution. The pledges were made at...

SRINAGAR: With air pollution worsening in New Delhi and beyond, Indian-occupied Kashmir has decided to step up efforts to combat its own worsening air...

ANKARA: Iran has shut schools in the capital and some other major cities because of dangerous levels of air pollution, Iranian media reported on...

LARKANA: Despite Supreme Court orders, untreated sewage water continues to be discharged directly into the city’s “clean” water sources, as local authorities have failed to...

NEW DELHI: As New Delhi and other major cities hit new toxic smog peaks, the United Nations sounded the alarm Wednesday over the damage that...

KARACHI: While hearing a constitutional petition of lawyer Shahab Usto, the Supreme Court received and questioned Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, former Karachi mayor...

KARACHI: The country's top judge on Monday severely criticised the Sindh government for its negligence over the supply of unsafe drinking water across the province,...

DELHI: India and Sri Lanka played the third test match of an already one sided series under bizarre circumstances as play had to be stopped...

LAHORE: The laboratories of Punjab Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), situated in eight districts of the province, have stopped working due to a lack of chemicals...

LAHORE: Lahoriites may face acute shortage of water in the near future if the depletion of groundwater continues with the present trend. The absence...

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday directed the Punjab government to submit a revised policy on how to tackle the smog issue...

ISLAMABAD: The toxic smog that has covered parts of the country for weeks has exposed official torpor over rampant pollution that has killed thousands of more...

LAHORE: Smog has taken the lives of at least two people while injuring dozens of others in the last 24 hours in the Kasur. Traffic around...

NEW DELHI: The Indian capital declared a pollution emergency and banned the entry of trucks and construction activity as a toxic smog hung over...

LAHORE: Plastic pollution and subsequent environmental damage is a major challenge to Pakistan. Plastic can persist in the environment for several hundred years and the...