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ASAD ZIA   PESHAWAR: In a historic move towards bolstering climate resilience and sustainable development, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has launched a dedicated Climate Change Cell within the Planning...

Asad Zia PESHAWAR, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: In recent years, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province located in northern Pakistan, has witnessed the devastating consequences of climate change. Rising temperatures, erratic weather patterns, and...

ASAD ZIA PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is grappling with the increasing threat of heat waves, which are posing significant health risks to the population. Experts have warned about the adverse...

Dr Sumaira Gul PESHAWAR, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Pakistan ranked 92nd out of 116 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI). The country’s hunger level is classified as serious with a score...

Our Correspondent  ISLAMABAD: Overpopulated areas may have lesser and poorer healthcare, and lack of services so they may be impacted more deeply by climate change and that is what we...

Adeel Saeed PESHAWAR: Septuagenarian Kalam Bibi, a resident of an arid area Abdul Khel of Lakki Marwat, has spent whole life by continuing the inherited practice of storing rain water...

Fawad Ali In July 2022, 28-year-old Haroon Jan finished storing away a carefully planned stock of firewood in his home in Mankyal village, in northern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Jan...

Our Correspondent Islamabad: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman has highlighted Pakistan’s climate resilience and development agenda at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in...

Our Correspondent ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan and the Government of Japan have signed an agreement to launch a project of US$3.9 million “for the stabilization and...

ASAD ZIA PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: Last week, I visited an empty school in District Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa one of the most flood and rain affected province of Pakistan in 2022. The...