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Pakistan IT experts urge govt to expedite 5G services rollout to address s
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
According to a recent report by global Internet monitor Top10VPN.com, Pakistan faced highest economic losses in the world due to Internet outages in 2024, with total losses amounting to USD 1.62 billion. The amount was more than losses faced in conflict-hit nations like Sudan and Myanmar.
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Pakistan: PTI condemns internet 'throttling,' cites economic fallout
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan's PTI has condemned the government for throttling internet speeds under the pretext of security concerns, citing severe economic repercussions. PTI's Sheikh Waqqas Akram highlighted that Pakistan suffered USD 1.62 billion in losses due to internet shutdowns in 2024, the highest g
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Tough decisions needed to end 'dharna-politics': Pak PM Shehbaz amid PTI's
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
His remarks came during a federal cabinet meeting on Wednesday, a day after law enforcement cleared Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protesters from Islamabad following clashes and widespread disruption.
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Oppn-led protests cost Pakistan PKR 190 billion loss daily, says country's
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The finance minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Aurangzeb, has outlined the substantial economic losses caused by opposition-led protests, as reported by ARY News on Monday.
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Farmers to hold rallies for foreign debt write-off in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Farmers in Pakistan will hold protests in a number of towns in the South Asian nation, urging international lenders to cancel loans to Pakistan and other developing nations and compensate Pakistan for economic losses brought on by climate change, according to Dawn.
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Investing in nature improves equity, can boost economy: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to a new study, current environmental degradation trends will result in large economic losses in the coming decades, disproportionately affecting the poorest countries. But there is some good news: investing in nature can turn those losses into profits.
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Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost USD4 trillion over last 50
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Over two million deaths and USD4.3 trillion in economic losses; that's the impact of a half-century of extreme weather events turbo-charged by man-made global warming, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.
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Benefits of global net-zero transition can be 5 times the costs in develop
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The benefits--including avoided economic losses from climate change, as well as improved health thanks to cleaner air--are achievable through targeted policy reforms, according to the Asian Development Outlook Thematic Report: Asia in the Global Transition to Net Zero, released today.
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China lost USD 18 billion in 2021 due to extreme weather: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The report highlighted how climate change impacts are wreaking an ever-increasing human, financial and environmental toll, worsening food insecurity and poverty and holding back sustainable development. The report also painted a worrying scenario for future water stress.
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Heat waves due to climate change have cost world economy trillions so far
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Massive economic losses due to sweltering temperatures brought on by human-caused climate change are not just a problem for the distant future.
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Pakistan spends USD 450 million on F-16 package from US, amid USD 28 billi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 27 (ANI): While Pakistan at UNGA recently urged the international communities to help it with economic losses amid the unprecedented flooding, which is estimated to be USD 28 billion, on the other hand, it recently received F-16-related equipment from the Unit
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Extreme heat reduces labor outputs by 25 per cent for outdoor workers in N
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI/PRNewswire): Today, the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at the Atlantic Council released "Hot Cities, Chilled Economies: Impacts of Extreme Heat on Global Cities," a new report detailing the social and economic effects of climate-dri
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