COP27 in a nutshell

The 27th session of the International Climate Negotiations held in the resort city of Sharm El Sheikh represents a decidedly mixed outcome — a breakthrough on loss and damage, yet only narrowly avoiding backsliding on mitigati...

PMD on cyclone alert after low pressure forms in sea

KARACHI: A low-pressure weather system has formed over the east-central Arabian Sea around 1,075 kilometres southeast of Karachi that could intensify into a deep depression or even a cyclonic storm by the weekend, the Pakistan M...

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Budget and climate

The government’s plan to present a climate-focused budget for the next fiscal year is a paradigm shift in national economic planning. And a welcome one as it is about time that Pakistan’s enormous climate-related challenges ...

22-May-2025 Read More

Water wars looming? Indus crisis and South Asian stability

A rare paradigm of cooperation between India and Pakistan, the Indus Waters Treaty, which was brokered by the World Bank in 1960, has remained operative against the backgrounds of wars, decades of tension, and ever-present nucle...

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PMD warns of cyclone, heatwave onslaught in upper, central Sindh districts

KARACHI: The country is bracing for two significant weather events as the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) issues warnings about a developing cyclone in the Arabian Sea and a heatwave affecting the Sindh province. In ...

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Pakistan’s lifeline at risk: Sherry urges action on Indus Waters Treaty crisis

ISLAMABAD: Senator Sherry Rehman on Wednesday called for immediate national action to protect the Indus River, warning of escalating threats from climate change, glacial retreat and India’s suspension of the Ind...

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