Pakistan Environment: Cooling cities
AS the world marked Environment Day, Pakistan faced a stark reality: our cities are overheating. This urgency was highlighted at the second Breathe Pakistan Climate Change Conference, where climate change…
Chinese scientists develop high-protein maize for animal feed quest
A researcher processes maize samples at a laboratory of the Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in east China’s Shanghai, June…
Pakistan accelerates four major dam projects amid growing water security concerns
A view of the Uri-II hydroelectric project dam on the Jhelum River which flows from Indian Kashmir into Pakistan-administered Kashmir, near Uri in India-administered Kashmir’s Baramulla district, May 7, 2025.…
China issues 5-year plan for agricultural, rural modernization
BEIJING, June 2 (Xinhua) — The State Council, China’s cabinet, has issued a plan to accelerate agricultural and rural modernization during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) period. The plan seeks…
IWT violations by India put aquatic biodiversity at risk in KP, Punjab
As the first rays of sunlight illuminate the banks of the River Indus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, fish farmer Naseer Khan begins another day of work at his fish farm in…
Pakistan plans first coal-based fertilizer plant under CPEC with $1.12 billion investment
The screengrab taken from a video on May 30, 2026, shows a manufacturing plant of the Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC) in Goth Machhi town of Sadiqabad district, Punjab, Pakistan. (Screengrab/ffc.com/File)…