The balance sheet on three big-ticket issues on July 19, 2018MANIFESTOS – II KARACHI: Environment, Climate Change: In its manifesto, the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) has laid emphasise on establishing regulatory institutions and drafting laws for the environment and climate change sectors. The manifesto says, “the party will improve legislative framework and compliance under which different councils and authorities will be built to work on […]
Global gas flaring declines by 5% reveals World Bank report on July 18, 2018KARACHI: A significant decline in gas flaring in oil production sites around the world has been recorded in a report by the World Bank which was released late Tuesday night. This comes as a surprise because a half-percent increase in global oil production has been generally recorded in 2017. The nearly 5 percent decline is just […]
Football fever replaces election fever in Lyari on July 14, 2018KARACHI: Only two weeks remain in Pakistan’s general elections and election activities are in full swing but not for the residents of Lyari who are mourning the exit of their favorite team Brazil from FIFA World Cup 2018. “Trust me if Brazil had not failed and contested in the finals, no one in Lyari would […]
NA-247 lays bare effect of elite-centered urban development on July 11, 2018CONSTITUENCY ANALYSIS KARACHI: In news for the high-profile candidates in the run for the seat, NA-247 is among the few constituencies that present the stark contrast between planned and unplanned settlements in an elite-centered urban development framework employed across the country. The constituency houses many slums besides the elite and the upwardly mobile middle-class residential […]
Dolphin population declining in the upper reach of Indus River: survey on July 11, 2018KARACHI: A team comprising of 20 surveyors from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Pakistan, provincial wildlife departments, Zoological Survey of Pakistan (ZSP) and other partner organisations recently conducted a survey to determine the occurrence of the endangered Indus River dolphin, far north of its range from Jinnah to Chashma Barrage in the Indus River. This is […]
Indus river dolphins: nearing extinction? on July 10, 2018KARACHI: A team of 20 surveyors from WWF-Pakistan and experts from partner organisations recently conducted a survey to determine the presence of the endangered Indus River dolphin, far north of its range from Jinnah to Chashma Barrage in the Indus. This is the second year in a row that WWF-Pakistan has conducted assessments to investigate […]
GB-EPA collects 370kgs waste from Shandur Polo festival venue on July 10, 2018GILGIT: The 3-day long Shandur Polo festival ended at Shandur mountain, one of the major mountain passes that sits between Chitral and Ghizer District of Gilgit-Baltistan, on Tuesday as the Gilgit Baltistan Environment Protection Agency (GB-EPA) collected 370kgs of waste from the venue. During the 3-day polo festival, hundreds of people from Pakistan and beyond participated. […]
Sea water intrusion leaves deltaic island dwellers with little livestock options on July 3, 2018KARACHI: Moosa Dablo and his wife Kazbano Dablo can only offer camel milk tea and duck eggs fried with onion to any guest visiting their barren island to show their hospitality. The fisher couple keeps four ducks and four camels with them for this purpose. Moosa Dablo lives with his two brothers in the small […]
The plight of climate migrants on June 30, 2018KARACHI: Sitting outside a ramshackle hut made from gunny bags and a cloth sheet, a 38-year-old fisherman, Umer Dablo fondly recalls the childhood days e spent in a hamlet on a remote island near Turchan creek in River Indus delta in Thatta. “Those were beautiful days, the creeks were full of freshwater and we used […]
No GDA party awarding ticket to Mian Mitho, clarifies Palijo on June 25, 2018KARACHI: Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), an electoral alliance of anti-PPP political forces, clarified on Sunday that it was not awarding a ticket to controversial spiritual leader, Pir Abdul Haq aka Mian Mitho, to contest elections on National Assembly seat NA-204 (Ubauro-Daharki) of Ghotki district. Speaking to Daily Times, Ayaz Latif Palijo, the GDA general secretary, […]