India

 Farsighted plea on Pakistan's sightless dolphins

Experts have asked for a second dolphin reserve in Pakistan to house the blind river dolphin in the wake of a study on the impact of a hydroelectric station at the Tunsa barrage

Publication Date: 
14/08/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rivers, Dolphin, Hydroelectricity, Thermal Power Plants, Sanctuaries, Pakistan
India

 A very summary preparation

THE SUB-CONTINENT, judging by these three reports, went prepared to Rio. In fact, the first report, prepared by a Sri Lankan NGO, chides UNCED for trying to save the earth without even consulting

Publication Date: 
14/07/1992
Down to Earth
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Water Resources, Biosphere Reserves, NGO, Pakistan, India
Water Resources

 The fight to save Moenjodaro

A worldwide initiative to save the ancient city is trying to lower the water table around it and bind back the Indus before it gets washed away

Publication Date: 
29/06/1992
Robert Wilkinson
Down to Earth
Tags:
Indus Valley, Water Resources, Groundwater, Aid, UNESCO, Pakistan
Environment

 'Orangi is not unique, I am'

Akhtar Hameed Khan is one of Asia's foremost social organisers. The Orangi Pilot Proiect, Karachi's outstanding slum development programme, testifies to his innovative approach in empowering ordinary people to transform their environment

Publication Date: 
30/05/1992
Robert Wilkinson
Down to Earth
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Environment, Rural Development, Pakistan, Karachi, Slum Upgrading
Climate Change

Receding glaciers in Pakistan

Glaciers that feed the Indus River in Pakistan’s Karakoram mountains are melting faster than previously thought. Saleem Sheikh talks to the scientists behind the latest field research that contradicts earlier satellite studies showing glaciers are relatively stable.

Tags:
Climate Change, Glaciers, Glacial Melt, Pakistan, South Asia, Indus, Global Warming, Climate Impacts

Food Safety in Pakistan

Food safety in Pakistan

Over the last few decades, the question of ensuring adequate food safety standards has evolved into a much more complicated problem with a series of interconnected factors to be considered. The evolution of science and technology such as the development of high precision analytical equipments and improved agricultural and preservation techniques have made it possible to obviate the manifold safety hazards.

Tags:
Food Safety, Pakistan, Health, South Asia
Energy

With IAEA nod, Pak a step closer to two new n-reactors

Taking the first concrete step on setting up two more China-supplied nuclear reactors in the Chashma nuclear complex, Pakistan has obtained the approval of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board for the safeguards agreement to cover the two new reactors, Chashma 3 and 4.

The approval was obtained in the ongoing IAEA board meeting at Vienna.

Publication Date: 
09/03/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Nuclear Power, Energy, Pakistan, China
Energy

Pak bid to stall Kishenganga project thwarted

Pakistan

Publication Date: 
15/01/2011
Daily Excelsior (Jammu)
Tags:
Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir, Energy, Hydroelectricity, Chenab
Energy

India set to sign TAPI pipeline pact

India is all set to give its consent for an inter-governmental agreement on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline, which will be signed in Turkmenistan at a summit meet next week.

Publication Date: 
03/12/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tapi, Energy, India, Oil Exploration, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Dams

Over 400 cases filed against Rawal Dam polluters

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

Publication Date: 
15/11/2010
Khawar Ghumman
Dawn (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, Pollution, Dams, Drinking Water, Water Pollution

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