UNDP Pakistan, NCSW hold consultations to gauge impact of climate change

ISLAMABAD: In the last 20 years, Pakistan has faced significant loss of life, property damage, and developmental setbacks from floods, cyclones, and earthquakes, with damage and losses exceeding $20 billion. The worsening climate crisis threatens and affects all humanity, although not uniformly. As it intersects with multiple ongoing crises, existing gender inequalities aggravate climate change […]

Pakistan reports Covid’s positivity rate below 10% for second day

ISLAMABAD: The positivity rate of Covid-19 was reported below 10% in Pakistan for second consecutive day on Wednesday morning. According to the statistics of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) released on Wednesday morning, Pakistan’s active case bar of Coronavirus has seen a constant uptick since early January, taking the count from 15,192 on January […]

PPP leader put on ventilator after Covid-related complications: spokesperson

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and former Senator A. Rehman Malik was put on a ventilator after his health condition deteriorated due to Covid-related complications. This was confirmed by Riaz Ahmad Turi, a spokesperson for Rehman Malik on Wednesday. According to Turi, Malik was tested positive for coronavirus around two weeks ago. He was […]