Category: News
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Climate cost of war is more than the combined 2023 emissions of Costa Rica and Estonia
The carbon footprint of the first 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza will be greater than the annual planet-warming emissions of a hundred individual countries, exacerbating the global climate emergency on top of the huge civilian death toll, new research reveals. A study found the long-term climate cost of destroying, clearing and rebuilding Gaza…
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Rains, Floods Ravage Northern Pakistan, Exposing Long-Ignored Climate, Dev Fault Lines
Islamabad: Torrential monsoon rains and flash floods have unleashed devastation across Pakistan’s northern and upper areas, killing at least 210 people and injuring more than 500 in recent weeks, according to disaster management authorities. The flooding has washed away roads, bridges, homes, and public infrastructure, once again highlighting the country’s deep vulnerability to extreme weather…
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Prime Minister Directs Third-Party Validation to Ensure Transparency in Public Welfare Projects
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has issued directives that third-party validation must be ensured to maintain transparency in public welfare projects, particularly those related to clean water, electricity, communication, and education. He emphasized the importance of upholding high standards in both completed and near-completion projects through independent validation. Chairing a review meeting on the development…
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PNSC Signs MoU with Chinese Firm to Boost Maritime Cooperation, Pakistan’s shipping sector poised for a major transformation
Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry, has said that Pakistan’s shipping sector is poised for a major transformation following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) and China’s Shandong Xinxu Group. The federal minister expressed these views while addressing the signing ceremony of the…
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NESPAK Completes Pakistan’s First Large-Scale Geo-Tagging of Urban Trees
Pakistan’s premier engineering consultancy has achieved a landmark milestone by completing the geo-tagging of trees across a 22.5-kilometer stretch of the Lahore Canal — the first large-scale digital mapping of urban green cover ever undertaken in the country, according to Mr. Zargham Eshaq Khan, Managing Director of NESPAK. The effort is part of the upcoming…