Pakistan: Climate change deepens water crisis, worries mount amid droughts

May 17, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 : Pakistan's Federal Minister for Climate Change, Sherry Rehman, on Monday raised the issue of water scarcity while Pakistan is...

Lahore faces increasing water woes with depleting groundwater

Dec 12, 2021

Lahore [Pakistan], December 12 : Lahore faces increasing water woes with depleting groundwater as it tries to find ways to mitigate the looming droughts.

COP27: Getting back to Net Zero; IMF lists 3 key priorities for climate mitigation

Nov 05, 2022

This year's COp27 summit will be even more crucial in the backdrop of several extreme weather events -- typhoons in Bangladesh, unprecedented floods in...

UN urges Pakistan to boost disaster preparedness amid monsoon risks

Aug 13, 2025

UNOCHA has urged Pakistan to strengthen disaster risk strategies as heavy monsoon rains threaten floods, landslides, and glacial lake outburst floods in vulnerable regions,...

Droughts in East Africa require immediate actions to avert famine

Nov 18, 2021

Nairobi [Kenya], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Severe droughts across the Horn of Africa leading to high level of food insecurity among population require immediate actions...

Mushfiqur, Shanto end century droughts with gritty tons in Galle

Jun 17, 2025

After a prolonged wait for Test centuries, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim couldn't have wished for better circumstances to turn things around.