Tag: environmental
Fashion giants in rights drive after Bangladesh factory tragedy
AFP | Five years on from the industrial disaster that killed over 1,130 clothing factory workers in Bangladesh, high street fashion giants have invested millions...
Nuclear Power: Bridging the energy gap
Usman Ali Khan | Speaking in the favor of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano in his recent...
Remembering Syria: Iran struggles with potentially explosive environmental crisis
James M Dorsey | Iranian leaders are struggling, three months after anti-government protests swept the Islamic republic, to ensure that environmental issues that helped sparked...
Saudi Arabia and Iran battle it out in Azerbaijan
James M Dorsey | It’s the pot calling the kettle black. As Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of seeking to encircle it with its support for...
Pakistan Breakfast at Davos 2018
Ikram Sehgal | Truly independent and impartial the World Economic Forum (WEF) is not tied to any special interests or groups. WEF’s Annual Meeting at...
The cursed children of Pakistan
Maham Gillani | She silently headed out of the corridors of the hospital clutching her baby who was only a few hours old. Her face...
Inclusive Development Index: Pakistan scores higher than India
News Analysis | Pakistan has been ranked at 47th place among emerging economies on the Inclusive Development Index, ahead of India at 62nd place. China,...
Pakistan standing with the global community against climate change: PM Abbasi
News Analysis | Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that Pakistan remains committed to playing its role in the global struggle for countering the...
Environmental disaster: World carbon emissions rise by 2 percent
Reuters | World carbon emissions are set to rise 2 percent this year to a new record, scientists said on Monday, dashing hopes that global...
Smog: “Bharti Sazish” or Environmental Negligence?
News Analysis | For the past few days, large portions of southern and central Punjab have been blinded by smog; an air pollutant often confused...
Why China added The Belt & Road Initiative to its Constitution?
News Analysis | China's ambitious 'Silk Road' is embedded in the constitution of the country. On the occasion of its 19th CPC National Congress, 2,300 delegates gathered...
Governments’ hollow rhetoric on Pakistan’s expected climate disaster?
News Analysis| Dramatic climate change and colossal environmental disasters are threatening Pakistan’s food security parameters. Minister for information Marriyum Aurangzeb, while addressing a seminar jointly...
Regional rivals India and China now compete for another title
India's air quality now rivals China's as the world's deadliest, according to a new study published on Tuesday amid warnings that efforts to curb...
Army Blocks Drilling of Dakota Access Oil Pipeline
CANNON BALL, N.D. — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a major victory on Sunday in its battle to block an oil pipeline being...
