A stitch too early

Quake survivors face infected wounds

South Asia

Karachi fish kill

Experts blame 2003 oil spill, foreign trawlers

South Asia

Not softer

ASEAN makes its point

DNA test

South Asia

Most expensive disaster in 2022: Hurricane Ian caused losses and damages worth $100bn, says report

Floods in Pakistan, west and southern Africa and drought in Europe also feature in the list of 2022’s most expensive disasters

Is it climate crisis that fuelled flooding in Pakistan?

Sindh and Balochistan provinces of the country have received more rainfall than the historical normal in August

Polio virus in sewage sample again: This time in UK

The detection signals spread between closely-linked individuals who were administered an oral polio vaccine overseas 

The revenge of the boar

The wild pig can be a danger to humans, as some very special ones in northern Iraq found recently

'Structures in rural Afghanistan highly vulnerable to shaking'

Relief organisations have welcomed support from the international community in the aftermath of the Hindu Kush quake

Storm over fishing rights on lake

A Pakistani court will decide whether commercial fishing can be allowed on a protected lake that is also the haunt of migratory birds.

Non-communicable diseases rising in Pakistan, finds Lancet

Ischaemic heart disease, stroke, congenital defects, cirrhosis and chronic kidney disease among the 10 leading causes of deaths in 2019

Pakistan sees 70 per cent drop in polio cases

Government attributes decline to crackdown on militants

Obituary: Saleemul Huq, climate voice of the Global South

His sudden demise, a month ahead of COP28 in Dubai, is a great loss to the global climate movement

Water for sale

CNG Vehicles withdrawn

GARBAGE CHECK

WATER SHORTAGE

DEPLETING GAS RESERVES

DESTRUCTIVE DAM

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

Waterlogging

Waste management