Pakistan’s flagship ecological project in limbo as climate financing declines on October 12, 2024Pakistan’s flagship ecological project is in jeopardy as a lack of international climate financing collides with financial troubles at home, exacerbating the nation’s struggles with water shortages and food security risks. As one of the top 10 countries vulnerable to climate change, Pakistan requires a staggering $17 billion investment to execute the “Indus Living Initiative,” […]
Pakistan’s rare wild pheasants being pushed to the edge on August 27, 2024Pakistan is fast losing several rare wild pheasant species due to a string of threats including habitat degradation, hunting, climate change and human intervention, with wildlife experts warning that their extinction would be “disastrous” for ecosystems and biodiversity. Due to increasing habitat loss driven by climate change, deforestation and poaching, the population of wild pheasants […]
Threading the Needle of Peace: Javelin duel sends rare peace message on August 11, 2024As Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won a gold medal in the men’s javelin in Paris on Thursday, thousands of miles away, his close Indian rival Neeraj Chopra’s mother was among the firsts to congratulate him. Back home, Nadeem’s mother, swamped by hundreds of cheering crowds in her remote village of Mian Channu town of northeastern Punjab […]
Climate change, fuel costs push fishing industry into choppy waters on August 3, 2024Climate change and rising fuel costs are taking a heavy toll on Pakistan’s already vulnerable fishing industry, with fish stocks and seafood exports plunging in recent years. Unchecked discharge of industrial and plastic waste and untreated sewage is being compounded by a string of environmental factors such as rising sea levels and temperatures, ocean acidification, […]
Hunter turns protector for Pakistan’s rare markhor on July 11, 2024Asadullah Bazai, Pakistan’s former national shooting champion and a veteran hunter, is on a mission to save the country’s rare Sulaiman markhor, a straight-horned goat that was once on the verge of extinction due to extensive hunting and poaching. Bazai, 55, and his team have devoted a great deal of time – and a good […]
How landslides fueled a climate warrior’s forestation drive on July 5, 2024Nestled on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the remote Bajaur tribal region, which was once a poster child for militancy, is currently in the headlines for a different reason: a feel-good success story of a climate warrior. Until recent years, landslides would regularly strike the tiny village of Maulana Khan Zaib, located on the foothills of a […]
Naila Kiani sets sights on even greater heights on June 8, 2024Naila Kiani exudes confidence, the kind that only comes at the dizzying heights of success she has – quite literally – reached. She is the only woman in Pakistan to have summited 11 of the world’s 14 mountains higher than 8,000 meters (over 26,240 feet), and only the third Pakistani who has managed to do […]
‘All eyes on Rafah,’ tens of thousands rally in Karachi on June 3, 2024Tens of thousands of protesters packed the main road in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Sunday to denounce the Israeli offensive of Gaza that has killed over 36,400 people, mostly children and women, since last October. Organized by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), the country’s mainstream religiopolitical party, and attended by thousands of women and children as […]
‘Only unpredictability is certain’ as climate extremes grip Pakistan on May 30, 2024The sprawling plains of Pakistan and neighboring India are currently in the grip of a scorching heat wave, which has hit the region quite late this year but will be more severe, according to environment experts. Pakistan’s weather agency has forecast the ongoing spell of abnormally hot and humid weather to continue until at least […]
Naila Kiani becomes 1st Pakistani woman to summit 11 peaks above 8,000 meters on May 6, 2024Pakistan’s Naila Kiani on Sunday summited Makalu, the world’s fifth-tallest mountain, located in Nepal, making her the first Pakistani woman to scale 11 peaks above 8,000 meters (26,247 feet). “After a challenging climb through the night, Kiani has achieved another historic milestone by successfully summiting Makalu, the 5th highest peak in the world at 8,485 […]