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The Rivers of Pakistan...! Geography of Pakistan...!

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The river system of Pakistan originates from the snow-covered Himalayan and the Karakoram range..! |Courtesy by zameen.com| |Edited by Ramzan Awan|   Originating from the snow-covered Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges as shown in the map above, the system of rivers in Pakistan is the country’s yet another amazing natural aspect. The system is based on five major rivers that run through the entire country and meet in the Punjab province, which is why it is often spelled as ‘Panjaab’ ( panj  means five and  aab  means water)...!   No.1-INDUS RIVER 🇵🇰 With an enormous length of over 3000 metres, River Indus is not only the longest river of Pakistan but it is also counted among the longest rivers in the world. The total drainage area of this river is around 450,000 sq miles (1,165,000 sq km), out of which 175,000 sq miles (453,000 square km) is found in the foothills and mountain ranges of the Hindu Kush, the Himalayas, and the Karakoram Range; the rest the ...

Pakistan's Ali Sadpara/The climber who neve Came back from K2.

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Missing climber Mohammad Ali Sadpara & two others who went missing earlier last month while attempting to scale the world's second-highest mountain have been officially declared dead...! |Courtesy by BBC|     |Edited by Ramzan Awan|  But Sadpara will be remembered as a versatile climber by the international community of mountaineers, and a hero in his native Pakistan...! He is the only Pakistani to have climbed eight of the world's 14 highest mountains, and he made the first ever winter ascent of the world's ninth highest peak, Nanga Parbat...! On Friday 5 February, he went missing along with two others - Iceland's John Snorri and Chile's Juan Pablo Mohr - while trying to climb K2, the world's second highest peak at 8,611m (28,251 ft) and also reputedly the deadliest...! His son Sajid was also a member of the team and the idea was for the father-and-son duo to summit K2 without oxygen, a feat never done before in winter. But Sajid had to turn back from a spo...

Covid-19 Boosts Digitalisation & E-Commerce Worldwide.

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Experts say Coronavirus provides opportunity to expedite adoption of e-commerce...! |Courtesy by Tribune|  👨‍💻   |Prepared by@RamzanAwan|   Coronavirus has Provided an opportunity to expedite the adoption of e-commerce and other electronic business and trade solutions including e-payments and e-contracts...! Corresponding measures to get aligned with these solutions will ensure a safe and enabling business environment in the post-pandemic scenario...! Speaking on the occasion,Economic Adviser to the Commonwealth  elaborated on the pertinence of using digital technologies at a time of pandemic. He said the shift had become increasingly important as it helped in cutting the cost and time faced by traders...! Health and safety of customs and border officials should also be the priority and the infrastructure-related gaps that lead to delay in consignments needed to be bridged...! Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) Director General (Trade Facilita...

Massive Honey Production from Pakistan's Forests

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Pakistan Now getting Massive & record Honey Production from World's largest man-made Changa Manga forest..! |Courtesy by Geo| Five years ago_Pakistan's Changa Manga Forest saw a massive plantation drive_with the vision to rejuvenate the forest land that had been destroyed by illegal logging_water scarcity and fires...! Now that the trees have matured, they are having an even sweeter side-effect - helping to boost the local bee population and honey production in the area...! As part of Pakistan's efforts to offset the impacts of climate change by rehabilitating forests_conserving soil and improving water management.3.5 million trees were planted on 6,000 acres (2,428 hectares) in Changa_Manga_known as one of the world's largest man-made forests_near the city of Lahore...! Pakistan now harvesting up to 70% more honey than before the greening project started in 2014_as the trees provide a habitat for bees and create conditions for a growing diversity of plants and flow...

Pakistan's Climate change/Environmental Situation before & after Covid_19

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From April 2020,Almost a month after a nationwide lockdown had been imposed, Pakistan’s second largest city, Lahore, witnessed a 63 percent plunge in average PM2.5 particulate matter pollution. Lahore was the world’s most polluted city this past October'when seasonal smog takes air pollution to hazardous levels,the air was given a much-needed respite by the Coronavirus pandemic. Climate change  is expected to cause wide reaching effects on  Pakistan . In addition to increased heat and other extreme weather conditions and drought conditions in some parts of the country, the melting of glaciers in the Himalayas, threatens the volumetric flow rate of many of the most important rivers of  Pakistan . Similar falls in air pollutant levels were witnessed across Pakistan’s urban centers with nitrogen dioxide_NO2 levels in five major cities dropping by 20-56 percent – as lockdowns halted transportation,along with industrial and agricultural activities. The unrecognizable blueness ...