Articles by Zaki Abbas
• 2027 most likely to become hottest year ever• El Nino may impact monsoon, bring droughts to southern provinces; can cause 451,000 extra deaths
ISLAMABAD: With 2027 likely to become the hottest y...
• 89pc of Pakistan’s population trapped in deadly combination of extreme heat, lack of access to air conditioning• Chicago University study says 377,000 lives projected to be lost each year by 2...
• FRLD board defers funding decisions till December, receives 176 requests from 119 states• Pakistan submits three proposals on agriculture, health, flash flood losses• Civil society concerned o...
• Allocations in all climate heads face cuts, except for disaster management• Experts call for transparency in climate spending, structural reforms
ISLAMABAD: Climate allocations in the next fisca...
ISLAMABAD: Provincial fiscal operations provided significant support to the federal government in improving the overall fiscal situation in the outgoing year.
“The dedicated efforts at the provinc...
• From penalising green technology to sidelining adaptation, the government’s spending choices seem to contradict its own climate commitments• Without new budget pillars, proper risk screening, ...
AFGHAN refugees return to Afghanistan after deportation.—Dawn/file
ISLAMABAD: Afghan refugees, awaiting resettlement in the US, have urged the Trump administration to resu...
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