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Climate Change
Rs 68 Billion PRIAT Offers Climate Smart Water-use Technologies To Farmers At Subsidized Cost
Punjab government has asked farmers to avail a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of upgrading their water systems, resilient to extreme weather events,…
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World Bank adaptation funds slept through Pakistan’s record flooding
A $100 million project was meant to protect Karachi slumdwellers from flooding, but instead made many homeless before work stalled…
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Drinking water sources in flood-hit areas of Sindh, Balochistan found highly contaminated: Expert
KARACHI: The post-flood situation in both Sindh and Balochistan is worrisome, requiring immediate government intervention. Water is still standing in…
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WB okays $1.7bn for flood-hit Sindh
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $1.692 billion in financing to Pakistan for five projects to…
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Pakistan Expects about $13 billion from Partners to Finance Post-Flood Reconstruction
ISLAMABAD: As the cost of the flood protection plan goes up by almost 51 per cent even without its launch,…
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Climate change risks may cut Pakistan’s GDP 18-20% by 2050: World Bank
Up to 9% of GDP will likely be lost due to climate change. Irrigation water shortages may dent GDP by…
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Climate Change
Sindh govt to launch WB-funded project for irrigation, farm sector reforms
HYDERABAD: World Bank’s (WB) regional director John Roome has said the Sindh government with the WB’s help is going to…
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World Bank to provide $1.3bn for agriculture, housing relief
WASHINGTON: The World Bank said on Wednesday that it intends to provide Pakistan with $1.3 billion for emergency, agriculture and…
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World Bank to restructure $188m PHCSP
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank will restructure “Pakistan Hydromet and Climate Services Project (PHCSP)” worth about $188 million by mid of…
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Climate Change
Pakistan seeks Indus treaty implementation
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has once again demanded “complete implementation” of the Indus Water Treaty as the World Bank has appointed an…
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