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In the Punjab region, winter's colder, drier air masses trap pollutants close to the ground, unlike warmer air which typically disperses contamination upward. [1] Historian Ammar Ali Jan stated that rapid urbanization with insufficient environmental regulation significantly contributed to the prior intensification of pollution during Winter months.
KARACHI/AHMEDABAD (Reuters) -Coastal towns and cities in India and Pakistan braced for a rare August cyclone on Friday, as heavy rains and winds forced authorities to close schools and evacuate ...
The Sindh government has announced the cancellation of evening classes in schools in view of the fear of heavy rain. All private and government evening shift schools were directed to remain closed. [6] [7] The P&D Department was directed to prepare a reconstruction plan for the remaining 5,483 totally damaged schools.
Heavy rains that swept across Pakistan have left at least 29 people dead and 50 others injured, collapsed houses and triggered landslides that blocked roads, particularly in the northwest ...
Certain institutions, such as schools, are likely to close when bad weather, such as snow, flooding, air pollution, tropical cyclones, or extreme heat, causes power outages, or otherwise impedes public safety or makes opening the facility impossible or more difficult. Depending upon the local climate, the chances of a school or school system ...
Heavy rains killed eight people, mostly children, and injured 12 in Pakistan’s northwest, an official said Saturday. Downpours in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province caused rooms ...
A day before the incident, hundreds of thousands of people from other parts of Pakistan had driven to the high-altitude town of Murree in Murree District, Punjab, Pakistan, to see the snowfall. Several vehicles became stuck on the roads due to the snowfall and thousands of tourists spent the night on the roads.
Pakistan embarked on its maiden lunar mission with the successful launch of the iCube Qamar (Moon). 8 May: Six militants are killed in separate military raids in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [55] A girls' school is damaged in a bomb attack in Shawa, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, injuring a guard. [56] 9 May - Seven barbershop workers are killed by militants in ...