Jamal Shahid

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Senate panel questions need for climate change authority

Business August 12, 2026

ISLAMABAD: Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman has questioned the need for maintaining the Pakistan Climate Change Authority (PCCA), arguing that its m...

Rohtas Fort ‘restoration works’ on Unesco radar

News July 23, 2026

ISLAMABAD: After expressing concerns on renovations at Taxila heritage sites, Unesco has raised objections to certain interventions at Rohtas Fort that have the potential to adversely affect the outst...

Rawal Lake park loses half of tree cover in 2 decades

Health July 18, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Rawal Lake park site has lost 50 per cent of its tree cover over the last two decades, according to images shared by the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco...

Senate panel grills NCCIA over delay in cybercrime complaints

News July 9, 2026

• Summons agency’s chief for briefing on online portal, enforcement timelines• Senators seek briefing on revised mechanism for registration of blasphemy FIRs ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Com...

Unchecked settlements near Gilgit raise Glof risks

Technology July 8, 2026

• Suparco says obstructed floodplain could trigger overbank flooding, debris flows• Satellite imagery shows number of ‘unfrozen lakes’ increased from 24 to 40 in just two weeks ISLAMABAD: With...

Govt asked to undo ‘reconstruction’ at Taxila sites

News July 2, 2026

THE reconstruction work, carried out over old walls, is easily discernible at the Mohra Moradu site.—Dawn • Unesco seeks record of renovations at Mohra Moradu and Sirkap...

BUDGET 2026-27: ‘Shocking’ climate budget cut draws warning from Sherry Rehman

News June 19, 2026

• Calls for better coordination to tackle ‘climate polycrisis’ as funding drops to Rs2.48bn from Rs3.5bn• Terms monsoon preparedness ‘immediate’ priority• Questions need for proposed Cli...

Suparco puts 130 glacial lakes on danger watch

News June 18, 2026

• Maps at-risk downstream populations near dangerous water bodies using satellite images; shares updates with NDMA, PDMA, GB authorities• Cautions climate change is accelerating glacial melt; stre...

UK MP backs Pakistan’s response to attacks from Afghanistan

News June 16, 2026

ISLAMABAD: Pakis­tan has the right under inte­rnational law to defend itself against atta­cks originating from Afgh­anistan, British Parlia­mentary Under-Secretary for the Middle East, Afghanista...

Pakistan experiences back-to-back ‘warmest years’

Health June 12, 2026

A rickshaw driver drinks water as the feels-like temperature in Karachi soared past 54 degrees Celsius.—Online • Rapid warming spikes sharply up north; AJK, GB, KP recor...