Category: News
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Pakistan’s Flood Vulnerability: National and Provincial Perspectives
Pakistan remains acutely vulnerable to climate-induced disasters, particularly monsoon floods. The country has witnessed repeated large-scale inundations — 2010, 2022, and now 2025 — each displacing millions, damaging infrastructure, and exposing governance gaps. The 2022 floods alone affected over 14 million people, destroyed 2 million homes, and damaged 20,000 schools, making it one of the…
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The Ganges River is drying faster than ever
ENVIRONMENT The Ganges, a lifeline for hundreds of millions across South Asia, is drying at a rate scientists say is unprecedented in recorded history. Climate change, shifting monsoons, relentless extraction and damming are pushing the mighty river towards collapse, with consequences for food, water and livelihoods across the region. For centuries, the Ganges and its…
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Cabinet Committee Approves New Board of Directors for NESPAK
The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) has approved the reconstitution of the Board of Directors of National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK). The meeting was chaired by Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb. The committee considered a single-point agenda and, on the recommendation of the Board Nomination Committee, approved a new…
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NESPAK to Design International Standard Cricket Stadium in Islamabad
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has entrusted National Engineering Services Pakistan Pvt. Limited (NESPAK) with the prestigious task of designing and supervising the construction of an international-standard cricket stadium in F-9 Park, Islamabad. The announcement was made by NESPAK’s Managing Director, Muhammad Zargham Eshaq Khan. This landmark assignment has been awarded on a government-to-government basis…
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37 pc of women, girls in Thar Desert Region Battling Depression, Mental Health Camps Find
A mental health initiative of the Sindh Mental Health Authority (SMHA), covering over four and a half thousand subjects, has revealed that over 37 percent of the people—predominantly women and adolescent girls—suffer from depression in the desert belt of Sindh, which stretches over 50 thousand square kilometers. Led by Senator Dr. Karim Ahmed Khawaja, the…