Overseas Pakistani Friends

Ahmad Rafay Alam
The Supreme Court and the High Courts have always been the protectors of parks and green spaces. Recently, the Supreme Court had a wholesale shopping market in Karachi agree to relocate after finding that the land it occupied was originally meant for public space. The Supreme Court is also hearing cases regarding commercial [...]

ISLAMABAD: Preserving centuries-old Saidpur Village located in the foothills of Margalla is no doubt a remarkable effort to help revive the dying arts of the region and promote inter-civilisation harmony.
The place which has the footprints of various civilizations, including Gandhara, Greek, Buddhist, Mughal, Ashoka and the colonial periods, is now serving as a popular recreational [...]

* Expert claims human activities pushing world into danger zone
OSLO: A new users’ guide is needed to help protect the Earth from dangerous changes such as global warming and extinctions of animals and plants caused by humans, scientists said on Thursday.
A group of 28 experts suggested nine key areas, such as freshwater use, chemical [...]

By Ali Raza
LAHORE: Rapidly increasing industrialization and commercialisation has turned the provincial metropolis — once known as the City of Gardens — into one of the most polluted cities in the country.
Even residential localities are not safe from increasing trends of commercialization and industrialization because many industrial zones, which were established some years ago outside [...]

ISLAMABAD: CDA to further beautify, expand Saidpur Model Village
Capital Development Authority (CDA) will further expand and beautify Saidpur Model Village to enrich its attraction for foreign tourists, said CDA Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi during his visit to the Village.
The village reflects real cultural heritage of our rural society, said Elahi, adding, the natural stream flowing [...]

According to a recent Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, almost equal percentage of respondents claimed to like Lahore and Islamabad (33 per cent each), while Karachi is liked by 18 per cent of the respondents.
Islamabad is the cleanest city according to the majority (65 per cent). A nationally representative sample of [...]

A study of Greenland’s icesheet has revealed that a vast store of planet-warming methane appears to be more stable than thought, easing fears of a rapid rise in temperatures, a scientist has said.
Methane is about 25 times more powerful at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide (CO2) and vast amounts of the compound [...]

* Findings a step toward carbon storage
* Water, not rocks, seen as carbon sinks

Water deep below ground has safely trapped carbon dioxide for millions of years and may one day help absorb emissions of the greenhouse gas to help slow climate change, researchers have said.
The finding shows that such carbon capture and storage is [...]

The much-awaited spring seems to be awakening from its wintry slumber and its presence in the federal capital can be felt with all paraphernalia accompanying it.
The nippy weather has already given way to the somewhat a warmth feeling as the sunbeams continue to melt down the chill in the air and pierce through the murky [...]

Visibility on clear days has declined in much of the world since the 1970s thanks to a rise in airborne pollutants, scientists said on Thursday.
They described a “global dimming” in particular over south and east Asia, South America, Australia and Africa, while visibility remained relatively stable over North America and improved over Europe, the researchers [...]