DUBAI: A Dubai initiative to provide potable water to five million people facing shortages in Asia and Africa has raised nearly $50 million (36.89 million euros), local media reported on Wednesday.

MANSEHRA: Hazara Commissioner Abid Ali Khan has asked people to extend their help to the government to protect forests in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

MITHI: The relief inspecting judge for Thar­parkar, Mian Fayyaz Rab­bani, has urged the government to pay attention to the ‘alarming situation’ in this district as the aggravating drought may cause

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab Environment Protection Agency (Punjab-EPA) has taken notice of the improper dumping of infectious medical waste in private and government hospitals, Cantonment General Hospit

LAHORE: Civil society has termed `illegal and unlawful' the public hearing pertaining to proposed further widening of the Canal Road project, being arranged jointly by the Lahore Development Author

MINGORA: Another dengue case was detected on Tuesday at Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital, Swat, bringing the number of dengue patients during this season to 19 in Mingora city.

CHITRAL: The Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) has completed a water supply scheme at a cost of Rs2.3 million, benefiting at least 400 households of Orghoch village.

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday suspended till further orders the operation of an administrative letter of the provincial government leasing out 6,300 acres of forest land in Badin and Suja

ISLAMABAD: “Pakistan’s urban air pollution is among the most severe in the world and it engenders significant damage to human health and the economy,” according to a newly-released report titled ‘C

PESHAWAR: Earthquake tremors were felt in the northern parts of Pakistan on Friday but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, officials said.