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‘Habitat, breeding patterns of birds being affected by climate change’
Karachi: The changing rain pattern is having disastrous effects on numerous species of indigenous birds, with many of them being unable to breed due to this year’s delayed monsoon rains.
05 September, 2012
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PM for global climate fund
DAVOS - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday called for a global approach to respond to climate risks in view of vulnerability and inability of developing nation to cope with the challenge.
30 January, 2012
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A bumper crop
Saddled with an unusually large harvest of apples in Bhurban, Zahrah
Nasir writes a
22 May, 2013
21 October, 2004
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Keep pedalling, chaps
A young Lancashire lad stepped smartly off a troop ship in Karachi all of
68 years ago and never forgot the thrill of what followed. The lad was my
Uncle Tom, my father’s elder brother and, when I was knee-high to a
grasshopper, he used to entertain us all with amazing stories of India which
always somehow included cricket, football and, of all places, Rohri Junction.
18 May, 2013
11 July, 2010
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Environment 2012: A year in review
The year, as far as the environment is concerned, began under the shadow of
the 18th Amendment and closed under the shadow set by the death of Ardeshir
Cowasjee, the man who stood for the trees.
18 May, 2013
climate change, disasters, drinking water, Energy, environment, Food, natural ecology, nature, water
09 May, 2013
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GROUND REALITIES – Climate change in the Lower Himalayas of Pakistan.
18 May, 2013
06 December, 2009
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Bah Humbug
Zahrah Nasir The term 'climate change' seems to be on almost everyone's lips
these days: presidents, parliamentarians, bankers, oil companies,
mega-multinationals, actors, pop singers, agriculturalists, 'Save the world'
bodies in all of their various guises and so on right down to line to
children who are having environmental issues drummed into them at school but,
the bottom line, ...
10 May, 2013
18 January, 2010
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Climatic conundrums
The unprecedented flooding in northern Australia along with further
flooding in the Philippines serve to indicate, among other usual natural
phenomena, that extreme climate events are on the increase and, although not
as ‘extreme’ in many ways, the current winter drought being
experienced here in northern Pakistan is worrying indeed.
09 May, 2013
10 January, 2011
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Climate-triggered impact costs Pakistan up to $14b a year
27 April, 2013
26 April, 2013