The government officials responsible for implementing environmental laws in the city have planned to conduct public hearing on environmental impact assessment report of Zero Point Interchange, although the project

The Ministry of Environment has set itself a challenging task of introducing Euro-II emission standards for petrol driven vehicles from July this year and for diesel driven automobiles from July 2012.

Lack of vision, clear objectives and implementation strategy have delayed the national educational policy that was placed before the federal cabinet for its endorsement.

The cabinet on Wednesday postponed the approval of the document until its next meeting.

It seems the government is finally waking up to the increasing level of pollution in Rawal Dam, as only recently the departments concerned have filed a record number of 430 cases against the polluters.

According to official documents, the Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) has filed cases in the environment tribunals seeking heavy fines on those responsible for contaminating the d