از: فاریحہ سلیم، مہوش اقبال، مدحت زہرہ گندے پانی میں تیرتی یہ بطخیں، چلو بھر گندے پانی میں بیٹھے یہ کچھوے، پنجرے میں قید مایوس بندر، جھلسانے والی دھوپ میں لوہے کے پنجرے میں سائے کی تلاش کرتا کالا بھالو آخر کیوں پریشان ہیں؟ 17 سالہ ہتھنی نور جہاں کی ناساز طبعیت کا سن کر …
The floods that hit Pakistan in August 2022 were the worst in its history, affecting more than 33 million people, destroying millions of homes, and killing thousands of people. The province of Sindh was among the hardest hit, with more than 80 per cent of its land submerged by floodwaters in many districts. Now, seven …
This year Monsoon rains have drowned most areas in the port city of Karachi, especially its posh localities of Clifton and the Defence Housing Authority (DHA). The torrential rains started on Saturday and continued on the first and second days of Eidul Azha with intervals flooding the residential and commercial areas of District South and …
During my last visit to Haleji lake (Nov. 29), I found a group of youth (all male) busy shooting themselves with a DSL camera. Interestingly all (about 6-7) were wearing the same dress with the same colour Shalwar Kameez. I just jokingly asked if they were wearing the uniform of a college or university. They …
By Shujauddin Qureshi It is very disheartening to see women, children and elderly men begging along the under-construction road leading towards the famous picnic point Haleji Lake near Gujjo town in Thatta district. Mostly fishermen these people live in thatched huts near the lake in very bad conditions and many do fishing in the lake …
Advocate General of Pakistan on Friday told the Sindh High Court (SHC) that no development on the twin islands (Dingi and Bhadaar) in Karachi will take place till all constitutional and environmental issues are addressed. The SHC Division Bench comprising of comprising Mr. Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar and Mr. Justice Arshad Hussain Khan was hearing …
Federal Govt. agrees to amend Ordinance pertaining to Karachi Islands Read More »
Environmentalists and concerned citizens have emphasized the need for increasing the forest cover to subside the negative impacts of climate change in Pakistan, for this purpose, they suggested planting fruits and indigenous trees across the country. The speakers from Pakistan and other countries were speaking at an online Global Webinar organized by concerned citizens Ramesh …
Global webinar on \”Trees are Need of Life and Beauty of Land\” Read More »
By Jan Khaskheli Sindh\’s growers have opposed the launch of the Greater Thal Canal phases 3 and 4 on the River Indus, considering it may cause the destruction of the agriculture economy of the tail-end Sindh, which provides a source of livelihood to the millions of people in Southern areas of Pakistan. Sindh Growers Alliance …
Sindhi growers fear new phases of Thal Canal may ruin agri economy Read More »
Press Release Karachi, June 24, 2020: Pakistan National Committee of the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has expressed its deep concern about the development of the Beach Front Project being developed on Clifton beach in Karachi. According to a press release the Executive Committee of the IUCN Member Organizations in Pakistan at a …
IUCN Pakistan National Committee expresses concern over Clifton Beach Front Project Read More »
By Shujauddin Qureshi Pakistan may lose 8.71 billion dollars worth agricultural crops during the summer season in case locus destroyed 75 per cent of the standing crops, said a senior agriculture scientist and an expert in locust, Dr. Chaudhry Inayatullah, here Sunday. He was speaking at an online Zoom lecture \’Locust Attack & Issues of …
\’Pakistan may suffer heavy crop losses during summer\’: Locust expert Read More »
