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Editorials

Protection of high seas

EDITORIAL: The high seas are global commons. They belong to all of humanity. They lie outside of national ...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am

Markets

Iron ore futures extend losses

BEIJING: Dalian and Singapore iron ore futures extended losses on Monday amid concerns over near-term weaker demand,...

Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am

Editorials

Reducing plastic pollution

EDITORIAL: Plastic is composed of major toxic pollutants that tend to harm the environment, and over some decades it...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:28am

Editorials

Uncontrolled pollution

EDITORIAL: The air quality in Karachi is so bad that it frequently figures among the world’s most polluted cities....

Published 25 Dec, 2022 03:28am

Editorials

Fighting the bane of smog

EDITORIAL: As the winter season approaches, when Lahore has started to get enveloped in a blanket of smog frequently...

Updated 25 Sep, 2022 06:25am

Opinion

US questioned Cheniere pollution controls during LNG plant permitting?

US regulators raised doubts about Cheniere Energy’s decision to install higher-polluting gas-fired turbines at its...

Published 14 Aug, 2022 06:04am

World

Pollution linked to 10% of cancer cases in Europe: report

COPENHAGEN: Pollution is linked to more than 10 percent of cancer cases in Europe, a report by the European...

Published 28 Jun, 2022 09:39am

World

Ailing oceans in state of ‘emergency’, says UN chief

LISBON: A long-delayed conference on how to restore the faltering health of global oceans kicked off in Lisbon on...

Published 28 Jun, 2022 06:10am

Supplements

OnlyOneEarth facts and figures

TEXT: The big picture - We are using the equivalent of 1.6 Earths to maintain our current way of life, and ...

Published 05 Jun, 2022 07:35am

Pakistan

Pollution, rising temperatures creating new diseases: Prof Zafar

LAHORE: Post Graduate Medical Institute & Lahore General Hospital Principal Prof. Dr Sardar Muhammad Al-Farid...

Published 10 Apr, 2022 05:49am

Pakistan

Minister for imposing ‘transport emergency’ on Lahore

LAHORE: Expressing concern over increasing pollution, Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul has called for...

Published 15 Mar, 2022 05:43am

World

World funds own destruction with $1.8trn subsidies: study

LONDON: The world must slash $1.8 trillion in annual subsidies that destroy the environment, according to a study...

Published 18 Feb, 2022 04:31am

Pakistan

Barbecue shops, too, behind rising incidence of smog in Lahore?

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday expressed its concerns over rise in smog and directed the government...

Published 17 Dec, 2021 04:30am

Pakistan

Lahore not hit by Delhi’s pollution this year

LAHORE: The city of Lahore remained safe from Delhi’s pollution this year in the absence of south-easterly wind,...

Published 11 Dec, 2021 04:12am

Pakistan

PM Imran asks Punjab govt to adopt comprehensive smog control policy

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday asked the Punjab government to adopt a comprehensive smog control policy,...

Published 03 Dec, 2021 09:42pm

World

Delhi shuts schools again after court warning to curb pollution

NEW DELHI: India’s polluted capital again ordered schools closed on Thursday over dangerous smog levels, as the...

Published 03 Dec, 2021 04:31am

World

Delhi shuts schools again after court warning to curb pollution

NEW DELHI: India's polluted capital again ordered schools closed on Thursday over dangerous smog levels, as the...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 05:21pm

BR Research

Breathing toxins

People are holding their breath just because the smog is back with a vengeance to Lahore and the plains of Punjab....

Published 30 Nov, 2021 10:40am

Pakistan

Pakistan's anti-smog squads target factories as winter sets in

LAHORE: The anti-smog squad van careens through choking traffic in Lahore, on its way to track down factories...

Published 25 Nov, 2021 10:14am

World

Delhi to reopen schools as smog goes from worse to bad

NEW DELHI: India's polluted capital will reopen schools on Monday, one week after it announced a partial shutdown...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 05:32pm

Pakistan

PM for strategy to insulate cities from pollution

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday directed devising of a comprehensive strategy within the shortest...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 05:18am

Pakistan

Sustainable environment protection plan needed to fight pollution: PM Imran

Directs departments concerned to immediately devise a strategy to take all necessary steps to save major cities from pollution

Updated 23 Nov, 2021 01:28pm

World

Delhi schools shut indefinitely as smog worsens

NEW DELHI: Delhi shut down schools until further notice, urged people to work from home and banned non-essential...

Published 17 Nov, 2021 11:15am

Pakistan

Hazardous: Lahore tops 'air quality and pollution city' ranking

Has an air quality ranking of 327, much worse than second-ranked city

Published 01 Nov, 2021 11:29am

World

Global warming kills 14 percent of world's corals in a decade

PARIS: Dynamite fishing and pollution -- but mostly global warming -- wiped out 14 percent of the world's coral ...

Published 05 Oct, 2021 10:10am

Pakistan

Stubble burning: PAD to monitor implementation of ban

LAHORE: Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) has constituted special teams to monitor strict implementation of ban on...

Published 01 Sep, 2021 03:59am

Pakistan

Children at 'extremely high-risk' to climate change in Pakistan: UNICEF

Report says Pakistan is one of the 33 countries facing the highest risk to children from the impacts of climate change

Published 20 Aug, 2021 11:55pm

World

Thousands protest in Belgrade, demand govt action to stop pollution

BELGRADE: Several thousand people blocked traffic in front of the Serbian parliament on Saturday in a protest ...

Published 11 Apr, 2021 05:27am

Markets

Chinese iron ore futures fall

BEIJING: Chinese iron ore futures dropped as much as 3.5% on Tuesday after top steel-producing city Tangshan issued ...

Published 25 Feb, 2021 04:58am

Pakistan

B’stan allows biodegradable bags manufacturing

ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan government accorded approval for manufacturing of biodegradable bags, a environment...

Published 01 Feb, 2021 03:39am