garbage

Sharjeel expresses concern over drainage issues, prompts decision to enforce penalties for littering

Labourers not interested in purchasing safety equipment, employers don’t provided any either

Karachiites tired of smelly heaps, resort to burning garbage, further exacerbating crisis

Foul smell emanating from heaps of garbage and overflowing dustbins irks citizens

Foul smell emitting from overflowing dustbins irk citizens as RWMC vehicles break down

Health, municipal authorities unclear about division of responsibilities

A solution to Karachi’s garbage and other civic problems may lie in hackathons and self-cultivation

Envoy picks up two plastic bags stuffed with water bottles, waste material

Pipeline was ruptured after an excavator, being employed to lift garbage from a dumping site, damaged it

Aslam claims 85% of garbage already lifted from city

Rain on garbage heaps aggravates sanitary conditions

A video explainer on why waste collection and disposal is a mess in the port city

Actor clarified he was talking about the unjustified preference of everything foreign over local

As long as garbage is not cleared on a regular basis, the issue of choked drains and gutters will persist

Garbage, accumulated rainwater could lead to malaria, dengue, typhoid, and other infectious diseases outbreak

Move comes as an attempt to sustain 40% improvement in air quality recorded during lockdown

Representatives of civic agencies make tall claims of collecting, disposing of garbage

Over 1,200 tonnes of domestic waste are dumped, burned at Malir riverbed on a daily basis

Zimri said that waste collection in the sector is done weekly and blamed residents for dumping garbage openly

Marred by potholes, ruptures and garbage piles, it has awaited carpeting for over a year

IMC meeting approves multifold increase in trade licence fees

Calls for collective efforts by cantonment boards, citizens to solve the problem

Notices have been issued regarding sea pollution, which is impacting marine life and inhabitants of coastal villages

Sindh Solid Waste Management Board may be tasked with transferring garbage from GTS points to landfill sites

Factories of the country pump out a staggering 624,200 tonnes of plastic every year

The city has only one sanitary landfill site where 6,000 tons of garbage is dumped every day

Sindh government failed to clear the waste, but it managed to waste funds, says PTI MPA

Cans and gas canisters, bottles, plastic and discarded climbing gear litter the mountain

CM modernises solid waste management system, establishes a citizens complaints redressal system

Containers were provided by the provincial govt a few months ago

Directs local govt, DMCs to ensure garbage collected from people's houses reaches designated dustbins

Performance of foreign companies comes into question as garbage problems plaguing Karachi for years still exist

Citizens face major traffic jams, power breakdown

Reviews progress of Clean My Karachi Campaign, orders action against open littering

Making littering a jailable offence also opens up avenues for the infamous police forces to extort bribes

Six persons arrested for violating ban, throwing garbage in open spaces

Impose Section 144 to discourage open littering on streets, beaches and outside houses

Company is charging billions of rupees but still not doing its job, says petitioner's counsel

The chief minister said that this was why he had termed it `Katchra politics', but it won't work anymore

JI-backed NGO fumigates air-conditioned Sindh Assembly hall ‘because no one else will’

Adviser on climate change says thousands in Pakistan still deprived of toilets, clean drinking water

Govt sees conspiracy in fact that sand-filled gunny sacks found from manholes

The city has long endured creaky infrastructure, illegal construction and failing municipal services

Waste Management Committees to be formed for each hospital of the city

Mustafa Kamal has shown his willingness to clean the city of Karachi within 90 days, says mayor

Every morning at Sea View, Karachi, a tractor comes by to collect the plastic waste that is washed back ashore

Departments declare emergency to ensure cleanliness during Eid holidays

LWMC MD said that negligence in removing waste will not be tolerated

Lavers organised a clean-up on the island last month, collecting six tonnes of plastic garbage

These sites include two at Islamabad Expressway and one each in Sihala, Lahwal and Tarlai