Author: Faisal Shahzad

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been experiencing an increase in extreme weather events like rains, floods and even above-normal day temperatures as Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has once again warned that the mercury may jump up to 5 Degree Celsius over average in some areas of the South Asian country from May 8 to May 10. On the other hand, the PMD said that the heatwave would not last long because of a western disturbance that will begin affecting several areas of the country from Friday to Sunday, thus bringing the mercury down noticeably. Talking to this website, Islamabad based journalist Asem…

ISLAMABAD: Experts said that special focus should be given to address the issue of plastic pollution as it affects environment and human health. They made the remarks as the world including Pakistan is observing International Earth Day under theme “Planet vs. Plastics”. The aim of the day to aware the people about the negative effect of plastic waste on earth. Commenting over the development, environment and climate change expert M Daud Khan said that plastic pollution is a major issue in Pakistan as well like other parts of the world. He added that plastic waste can disturb the food chain…

ISLAMABAD: Doznes of people have been killed and many injured in several parts of Pakistan due to recent unusual rains in the country. According to the officials, the widespread rains in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province claimed around 21 lives. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) data showed that 32 people were wounded in various incidents in the province. It added that around 330 homes were damaged due to the heavy rains in Northwest Pakistan. The authorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said that 21 people including nine males, nine children, and three females were killed during the four days of rains. The PDMA…

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has said that the United States (US) remained the top destination of Pakistani exports during the first eight months of the current fiscal year 2023-24, followed by China and the United Kingdom (UK). The SBP data suggests that total exports to the US during the months under review were recorded at US$ 3,626.141 million against the exports of US $ 4,046.337 million during the previous year, showing a decrease of 10.38 percent. The central Bank’s data shows that the United States was followed by China as Pakistan had exported products valued of US…