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Living legend awards distributed as mountain festival ends

ISLAMABAD: The 9th Pakistan Mountain Festival concluded with distribution of awards in the name of five living legends from the mountains of Pakistan in Islamabad on Saturday. The concluding ceremony of the festival was organised with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), WaterAid and Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund […]

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Climate change: sufficient funds for mountain areas urged

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a conference here urged the government and international development partners to allocate sufficient funds for mountain areas of Pakistan to ensure adaptation of climate change. Being far flung from the urban centres, the mountain communities are subject to neglect that has increased their vulnerability to the impact of climate change. They envisaged

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