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Balochistan vulnerable to climate-induced disasters: Report
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In terms of climate-induced disasters, Balochistan remains one of the areas which is most susceptible to natural calamities, and also has one of the worst defences against those, reported The News International.
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Pakistan: Cyclone Biparjoy to hit Sindh's Keti Bandar today
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Pakistan Climate Energy Minister Sherry Rehman on Wednesday said that Cyclone Biparjoy will hit Sindh's Keti Bandar on Thursday.
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Climate change, rain-induced floods affect tourism in Pakistan's Swat Vall
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The weather patterns and recent rain spells indicate that climate change is among the major challenges the tourism sector will have to adapt to. Swat, Dir and Chitral are three districts particularly vulnerable to climate change. Nestled in the Hindu Kush mountain range, these areas are regu
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Pakistan govt negligent towards ongoing environmental crisis
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Pakistan suffered a major flooding event in 2022 which eventually caused a wheat crisis, massive civilian casualty and displacement, all of which the Shehbaz Sharif government has been using to evoke global sympathy and funding. The unprecedented food crisis requires long-term steps to incre
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Pakistan's most crucial challenges include impacts of climate change: Repo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The most crucial challenges for Pakistan include the impacts of climate change -- floods, heat waves, drought, crop losses and diseases -- whose frequency has increased rapidly over the past couple of decades.
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Pakistan farmers stuck in vicious cycle of debt as crops destroyed in floo
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 3 (ANI): As floodwaters in Pakistan recede, the story of those in the worst affected regions comes to the surface with many farmers sharing their woes of being stuck in a vicious cycle of sinking into debt and not being able to pay back the landlords, media repo
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Pakistan Climate Minister accuses Imran Khan's party of conspiring against
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 13 (ANI): Pakistani Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman lashed out at Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for running a smear campaign against the federal government amid the devastating floods situation in the country and termed its move "
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USAID chief extends full support to Pakistan to help mitigate disastrous i
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): United States Agency for International Development (USAID) chief Samantha Power on Friday called on Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and extended full support to Pakistan to help mitigate the disastrous impacts of ravaging floods.
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Pakistan should not be left at mercy of climate change: PM Shahbaz Sharif
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the international community should not leave developing countries like Pakistan at the mercy of climate change.
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Massive wildfire breaks out in Pakistan's Margalla hills forest area
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 7 (ANI): Amid the searing heatwaves and increasing temperature, a fire broke out in the forest in Islamabad's Sector H-12 on Tuesday, following the back-to-back wildfires in the Margalla hills here.
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Pakistan stares at water scarcity as climate crisis worsens
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 6 (ANI): Pakistan could become one of the first five water-scarce countries if no immediate action is taken, the country's Climate Minister Sherry Rehman Sunday said on Sunday as she expressed deep concern over the ongoing global climate crisis.
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Pakistan: Climate change deepens water crisis, worries mount amid droughts
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Minister for Climate Change, Sherry Rehman, on Monday raised the issue of water scarcity while Pakistan is designated as one of the three most water-stressed countries in the world as the intense water crisis in the country has led to se
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