ISLAMABAD-:Pakistan due to its geographical location and terrain is a disaster prone country where it has become most vulnerable to devastating impacts of climate change in the next 50 to 80 years as the mean temperature in Norther Areas was projected to increase by 6°C.The new research ...

Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi says Pakistan remains vulnerable to climate change and in the past four decades 90 percent natural disasters it faced can be attributed to climate change. This she stated while talking to UN Secretary General's Special Envoy on ...

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Finance Dr. Shamshad Akhtar has stressed the need for effective mechanism to mitigate losses caused by natural disasters.  Addressing a function in Islamabad today, she said Pakistan has faced various disasters including earthquakes and floods. The Minister ...

BEIJING - The recently inaugurated Neelam-Jhelum Hydropower project has experienced four major natural disasters during its construction in the past ten years, Feng Xinglong, Chairman of China’s Gezhouba Group said. Feng, in an interview with Chinese website ‘Sina.com’ published on Wednesday, ...

LAHORE: (APP) Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has said that climate change and natural disasters expose the vulnerable segments of society, including women and children, to human traffickers.READ MORE:  LHC CJ addresses meeting on working of Special CourtsAddressing the ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) President Mamnoon Hussain Thursday stressed for bringing all organizations of Pakistan Red Crescent (PRC) under one platform to further augment its performance.While appreciating the humanitarian activities of Pakistan Red Crescent during natural disasters, the President said a ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has identified 10 priority areas under NDM Plan (2013-2022), aimed at enhancing capacity to respond natural disasters such as floods, landslides and earthquakes.National Disaster Management Plan (MDMP) a strategic plan which provides ...

UNITED NATIONS: (APP): With 130 million people around the world requiring aid and an unprecedented 65 million displaced, Pakistan has called for for collectively working, together with the necessary political will, to alleviate the suffering of those caught up in humanitarian crises."There is no ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) The World Bank has approved financing worth $1.02 billion using three different financing instruments to support the deepening of Pakistan's economic reforms and to strengthen the capacity of Sindh province to deal with natural disasters.The Competitiveness and Growth Development ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) Director General of Pakistan Metrological Department Dr. Gulam Rasool Saturday predicted the country would experience extra heavy monsoon rains this year.Talking to a private news channel, he said four zones of the country including the upper parts of Khyber Pakhunkhawa, Azad Jammu ...