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Pakistan's climate policies are a joke, says Imran Khan

2015-07-07 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Pakistans commitment to tackling climate change is a joke lacking proper funding and support from government officials, says cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan. In an exclusive interview with RTCC, Khan praised the creation of a national climate change ministry, but questioned the level of support allocated to it by prime minister Nawaz Sharifs administration. They (the federal government) need to back it up with supportive funding and capacity, which are both missing, he said. The...

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Pakistan's climate-instigated instability and threats

2015-07-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Express Tribune: As the death toll from the severe heatwave in Sindh kept mounting during the past week, so did political tensions and blame-shifting, including the opposition seizing the opportunity to criticise the government for its ineptness, and the government in turn claiming that it is entities like K-Electric which are at fault for failing to supply electricity, in turn exacerbating the problem. The minister for climate change has even pointed a finger at coal-powered plants in Rajasthan, for contributing...

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Heat wave kills more than 180 in Pakistan's southern Sindh

2015-06-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: An intense heat wave over three days has killed more than 180 people in Pakistan's southern Sindh province, officials said on Monday, leading authorities to declare an emergency as the electricity grid crashed and bodies stacked up in the morgues. The outages hit large portions of Pakistan's financial heart of Karachi and home to 20 million people, where residents lit bonfires in protest. Unclaimed bodies were being rapidly buried to create space in the morgues, Anwar Kazmi, a senior official...

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