As tropical forests worldwide grapple with record heat-related mortality, Pakistan’s subtropical and temperate forests are confronting their own ecological crisis. Rapid urbanisation, unchecked deforestation, and industrial expansion—particularly across Punjab—are intensifying local heatwaves, flooding, and soil degradation. Cities like Multan, Faisalabad, and Gujranwala are already feeling the fallout, with residents reporting unbearable summer heat, deteriorating air […]
Sustainable development
US-Pakistan collaboration set to transform minerals sector
Pakistan has invited the US Critical Minerals Forum to present a structured framework for collaboration in its minerals and mining sector. This marks a major policy-level opening for US investment, technology transfer, and sustainable development. The development followed a high-level meeting between Finance Minister Muhamm ad Aurangzeb and Robert Louis Strayer II, President of the […]
Sartaj Aziz calls for govt, civil society joint cooperation for development
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Sartaj Aziz on Wednesday said that the government and civil society needs to work together to achieve Sustainable Development Goals in the country. Speaking to International Human Rights conference 2018, Sartaj said that the government and the civil society needs to join hands to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and that Pakistan […]