The Indus doesn’t read maps Published 28 Aug, 2026 05:28am Pakistan is debating a new constitutional order as if water will adjust afterwards. It will not. In 1947, the...
G-B and Upper Indus: a water quality crisis Published 07 Jul, 2026 04:24am The Upper Indus Basin (UIB), originating from the glaciers and snowfields of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), is often...
Sindh-Balochistan row erupts over telemetry project Published 26 Nov, 2025 06:16am ISLAMABAD: The government’s project to install a telemetry system at 27 sites across four provinces — aimed at...
Normal water flows in rivers of Punjab: PDMA Published 23 Sep, 2025 05:48am LAHORE: The water flow in the rivers of Punjab is normal, Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) spokesman...
Pakistan faces grim prospect of dengue outbreak Published 16 Sep, 2025 08:11am KARACHI: Pakistan is bracing for a double calamity as swollen rivers continue to batter Sindh while health experts...
Hurting hydropower and cotton Published 05 Sep, 2025 06:19am Pakistan and India sprang from the same subcontinent, sharing rivers, soil, and memory. Yet for 78 years since...
Ministry warns: India not authorised to construct dams or structures Published 23 May, 2025 06:13am ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Water Resources has issued a stern warning, declaring that India is not authorized to...
‘India’s Indus waters gamble: illegal, impossible, and immoral’ Published 07 May, 2025 06:50am This is apropos a letter to the Editor headlined above carried by the newspaper yesterday. I would like to add that...
How the Kachhi Canal project failed Balochistan? Updated 14 Apr, 2025 06:48am Is Pakistan’s relentless quest for nuclear capability, the unifying thread, binding its four provinces and three...
Kishanganga and Ratle hydropower projects: a fait accompli? Published 27 Feb, 2025 06:44am The Neutral Expert Forum of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague was scheduled to hear Pakistan’s...
Medium to high flood in rivers Chenab and Kabul predicted Published 03 Jul, 2024 07:17am ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) tech team and Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) while...
Cleaning of rivers, canals across Punjab ordered Published 27 Jun, 2024 06:52am LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has directed the authorities concerned to ensure the cleaning of...
Pakistan, China ink accord on sustainable uplift of rivers Published 26 Nov, 2023 03:31am BEIJING: Pakistan and China have signed a cooperation agreement focusing on the Indus and Yangtze Rivers to explore...
378,426 evacuated as Sutlej River swells Updated 29 Aug, 2023 09:58am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has evacuated some 378,426 persons and shifted to safer places owing to flooding in the Sutlej...
India releases more water into River Sutlej Updated 28 Aug, 2023 08:40am LAHORE: Hundreds of homes have been destroyed, while at several places roads and embankments have been washed away...
River Indus runs in medium low flood with rising level: FFC Published 31 Jul, 2023 07:26am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said that presently, River Indus is experiencing medium flood in...
Flood situation in eastern rivers becoming alarming: PMD Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am LAHORE: Not rain, but the flood situation is becoming alarming in eastern rivers of the country, said sources from...
Punjab examines release of water into rivers by India Updated 24 Jul, 2023 09:46am LAHORE: Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi has ordered that the water situation in the rivers should be...
Reducing plastic pollution Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:28am EDITORIAL: Plastic is composed of major toxic pollutants that tend to harm the environment, and over some decades it...
One-third of telemetry instruments of Wapda not working Published 17 Aug, 2022 07:19am LAHORE: About one-third telemetry instruments of Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) are out of order,...
Normalcy returns to all major rivers except Indus: FFC Published 08 Aug, 2022 05:41am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said that normalcy returned to all main rivers including Jhelum,...
Catchment areas of major rivers receiving rains, says PMD Published 31 Jul, 2022 05:39am LAHORE: Catchment areas of all the major rivers started mustering rains over the last 24 hours as predicted by the...
Major rivers: Catchment areas set to receive heavy rains from 20th onwards Published 19 Jul, 2022 06:00am LAHORE: Catchment areas of major rivers are set to attract heavy downpour from 20th July which is likely to be...