Lacking a solid waste management policy (SWMP) for the metropolis is the mother of all the evils that have ruined city's environment.

Almost half the districts in the province are now in the grip of the mosquito-borne dengue fever while the number of patients of the disease across the province has almost doubled over the past two

Dengue fever is spreading in Lahore with each passing day with six more dead due to the disease on Thursday.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has cancelled a trip to next week's UN General Assembly in New York because of floods in Sindh province.

Seven more people lost their lives due to Dengue fever in Lahore on Thursday, increasing the death toll to 33, while two lives were lost in Karachi bringing casualty figures in the country to nine

The government of Japan completed the project for the installation of seven water filtration plants in Karachi, worth $90,952 (approximately Rs 7.7 million) in collaboration with Al-Khidmat Foundation under the scheme of the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP), on July 20, 2011.

The inauguration ceremony took place at a local hotel, with the presence of the Consul Gene

KARACHI, July 6: The provincial chief secretary has emphasised the need to remove hurdles in the fast implementation and completion of wind power projects.

Waterborne diseases, specially gastro, typhoid and skin ailments, are on the rise in Karachi, particularly its slum areas, said Dr Khuwaja Salman.