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    Pakistan Stock Market touches  10-month high, crosses 41,000 points

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    CPEC provided opportunity for connecting countries to boost trade ties: Kyrgyz Ambassador

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    Foreign companies keen to invest in our energy sector: Omar Ayub

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    Pakistan Stock Market slips 133 points in range-bound session

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    M-5 project under CPEC engaged more than thousand local enterprises

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    China to provide more opportunities for Pakistani goods under CPFTA P-II

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    Government to use expertise of International Consultant for ML-I project design

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    Pakistan Stock Market touches  10-month high, crosses 41,000 points

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          Pakistan Stock Market touches  10-month high, crosses 41,000 points

          Pakistan Stock Market touches 10-month high, crosses 41,000 points

          CPEC provided opportunity for connecting countries to boost trade ties: Kyrgyz Ambassador

          CPEC provided opportunity for connecting countries to boost trade ties: Kyrgyz Ambassador

          Foreign companies keen to invest in our energy sector: Omar Ayub

          Foreign companies keen to invest in our energy sector: Omar Ayub

          Japan’s govt provides USD 4.5 million grant to procure oral polio vaccine

          Japan’s govt provides USD 4.5 million grant to procure oral polio vaccine

          Pakistan Stock Market slips 133 points in range-bound session

          Pakistan Stock Market slips 133 points in range-bound session

          M-5 project under CPEC engaged more than thousand local enterprises

          M-5 project under CPEC engaged more than thousand local enterprises

          China to provide more opportunities for Pakistani goods under CPFTA P-II

          China to provide more opportunities for Pakistani goods under CPFTA P-II

          Government to use expertise of International Consultant for ML-I project design

          Government to use expertise of International Consultant for ML-I project design

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          Pakistan Stock Market touches  10-month high, crosses 41,000 points

          Pakistan Stock Market touches 10-month high, crosses 41,000 points

          CPEC provided opportunity for connecting countries to boost trade ties: Kyrgyz Ambassador

          CPEC provided opportunity for connecting countries to boost trade ties: Kyrgyz Ambassador

          Police detains man who throws eggs on train with Rashid onboard

          Police detains man who throws eggs on train with Rashid onboard

          Imran felicitates Boris for his  success in UK general elections

          Imran felicitates Boris for his success in UK general elections

          Foreign companies keen to invest in our energy sector: Omar Ayub

          Foreign companies keen to invest in our energy sector: Omar Ayub

          Bad light halts play in Pakistan’s stop-start Test homecoming

          Bad light halts play in Pakistan’s stop-start Test homecoming

          15 Pakistan-born candidates emerge successful in United Kingdom elections

          15 Pakistan-born candidates emerge successful in United Kingdom elections

          Situation in IOK remains grim as lockdown enters 131st day

          Situation in IOK remains grim as lockdown enters 131st day

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            M-5 project under CPEC engaged more than thousand local enterprises

            M-5 project under CPEC engaged more than thousand local enterprises

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            China to launch first 5G automatic micro-bus on October 20

            China to launch first 5G automatic micro-bus on October 20

            Samsung plans to invest $11 billion in cutting-edge quantum dot displays

            Samsung plans to invest $11 billion in cutting-edge quantum dot displays

            Uber to buy Chile’s Cornershop as it sets sights on delivering groceries

            Uber to buy Chile’s Cornershop as it sets sights on delivering groceries

            TCL electronics becomes No. 1 Smart TV brand in Pakistan

            TCL electronics becomes No. 1 Smart TV brand in Pakistan

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              Prime Minister Imran Khan’s consistent efforts to highlight climate change at national and international forums show that he realises the scope of the grave environmental dangers that Pakistan faces. In his speech to the UN General Assembly in September, climate change topped the list of our four biggest challenges. More recently, Mr Khan, while speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the seventh IUCN Asia Regional Conservation Forum, pointed out the close link between climate-related challenges and socioeconomic goals. He stressed the need to pursue development policies geared towards environmental conservation, and said that mitigating the impact of climate change was crucial to achieving poverty- and development-related SDGs. Mr Khan also referred once again to the billion trees that the PTI-led provincial government in KP claims it planted between 2014 and 2018. There is no disagreement that the initiative was commendable, but it must be asked if the endeavour was enough to counter the overall effect of rapid deforestation, which at between 0.2pc and 0.5pc is said to be the highest in the world. So, for all his earnestness to bring a subject close to his heart into the national discourse, how much has actually been achieved on the ground since the PTI came to power? Unfortunately, the plans, though ambitious, are hardly well-thought-out. For instance, while a mass transit system is expected to reduce traffic congestion, and thus carbon emissions, the as yet incomplete Rs70bn BRT project in Peshawar has been roundly condemned for its poor execution. Similarly, the cabinet’s nod to another ambitious plan to convert at least 30pc of four- and three-wheelers into electric vehicles and 3,000 defunct CNG stations into charging stations — ostensibly to reduce air pollution and the fuel bill — is impractical in these days of a depressed economy. How would these projects change the life of the millions of farmers, fishermen and villagers who bear the brunt of the devastation wrought by climate change when they lose their homes and livelihoods to extreme weather events? The truth is that unless greater awareness is created among the majority of the people, even measures such as the ban on the manufacturing and sale of single-use plastic will receive a poor response. Remedial steps by the government are required, and perhaps updating the country’s National Climate Change Policy to include comprehensive short- and long-term targets, especially with regard to deforestation and environmental pollution, would be a sensible place to start. Such a step would require relentless campaigning by not just the top tier of the political leadership, but all levels of government. Keeping in mind that Pakistan is among the top 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change, the prime minister will have to put his words into action and tirelessly work on sustainable environmental and development reforms.

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