Tag: Pollution
Smog continues to wreak havoc in Punjab
Lahore: People of Punjab face severe health and visibility problems as smog continues to cover parts of the province, including Lahore.
Visibility has plunged to 25 -50...
Karachi in grip of pollution due to lack of environment-friendly policies
KARACHI: Pakistan’s largest city Karachi is under the grip of multifarious pollutions due to lack of government’s environment-friendly policies. The air, marine and noise pollutions...
Eight mills sealed to control smog
LAHORE: On the direction of Punjab Minister for Environment Protection Zakia Shahnawaz, the Environment Protection Department started operations against the factories violating environment rules and...
London introduces penalty on polluting vehicles
LONDON: London introduced a charge on the oldest and most polluting vehicles on Monday to try to improve air quality in the British capital,...
Heavily polluted River Ravi threatens citizens’ lives
LAHORE: The heavily polluted water of River Ravi poses serious health and environmental hazards to its consumers as untreated domestic and industrial waste continue...
Pollution linked to millions of deaths worldwide: Study
NEW YORK: Pollution is killing millions of people worldwide, mostly through the diseases it causes including heart conditions, strokes and lung cancer, according to...
Citizens suffering from continuous vibration pollution
Lack of legislation on the issue leaves complaints unresolved
LAHORE: Thousands of citizens in the provincial capital suffer due to vibration caused by different businesses...
Important to collaborate for pollution-free environment: Marriyum
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday said that the federal and provincial governments should work together...
Gaza boy swimmer death puts spotlight on pollution crisis
The death of a little boy after swimming in polluted seawater has put the spotlight on Gaza's pollution crisis and the human impact of...
Environment department failed to perform its duties in 2016
Punjab Government’s EPD is being run on ‘look busy, do nothing’ model
Another year has ended with the failure of Punjab Government’s Environment Protection...
Rain provide respite from smog
Rain cleared volatile matters which had increased smog’s toxicity
After suffering more than ten days amidst smoggy situation, which had prevailed due to the hazardous smog,...
Punjab’s fight against pollution marred by ‘lavish waste of money’
EPA not measuring rising pollution levels on excuse of unavailability of equipment as state-of-the-art machinery worth millions being kept entirely useless
While the world is...
Do you know what you’re breathing, EPA certainly doesn’t
Punjab Environmental Protection Agency’s air quality monitoring stations have been broken for years
The Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (AAQMS), run by the Punjab Environmental...
US embraces responsibility to fix climate, says Obama
President Barack Obama said the United States, as the world's second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, recognised its role in creating the problem of global warming and embraced its responsibility to help fix it.
British PM skips morning jog because of pollution
British Prime Minister David Cameron abandoned his normal early morning run on Thursday because of high pollution levels in London.
A combination of local emissions,...
Haleji Lake gets polluted due to car washing
Thousands of vehicles including buses and vans of Karachi picnickers are washed in the Haleji Lake, thus accelerating the death process of this beautiful...
Illegal bus terminals escalate traffic jams in city
No official action is in sight against more than 200 illegal bus terminals operating in different residential areas of the metropolitan, causing frequent traffic...
