Mehwish Qamas Khan is an experienced journalist and digital media strategist with nearly a decade of work across broadcast and digital journalism. Her reporting experience spans political affairs, the Prime Minister’s Office, sports, weather, current affairs, and major national developments. She has produced and reported numerous on-camera and field-based stories, developing strong expertise in news gathering, editorial development, digital content, and multimedia storytelling. At The Climate Lens, Mehwish contributes her experience in journalism, digital strategy, audience engagement, and multimedia storytelling to strengthen the platform’s reporting and digital presence. Her work focuses on making climate and environmental stories accurate, accessible, engaging, and relevant to wider public-interest issues.
Massive heat events covering large parts of the planet have increased from around five a year in the 1960s to 102 annually this decade, according to a Reuters analysis showing how extreme heat is becoming more widespread and persistent.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority has issued a weather warning for rain, strong winds and thunderstorms from October 10 to 15, with hail possible in some areas and light snowfall forecast over mountainous parts of the province. The PDMA said a new westerly weather system is expected to move into the upper parts of Pakistan from Saturday, bringing unsettled conditions to several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The authority has directed district administrations and emergency services to take precautionary measures ahead of the expected weather.
Pakistan could access around $210 million in new climate-focused IMF financing after reaching a staff-level agreement on the third review of its Resilience and Sustainability Facility, subject to approval by the IMF Executive Board.
Rising temperatures are changing where malaria can spread, but new research suggests extreme weather may pose an even greater threat. Pakistan’s malaria surge after the 2022 floods shows how climate disasters can amplify disease by creating mosquito breeding grounds and disrupting health services.
The deadly Bhotekoshi disaster was not a conventional flood but a rapid cascade of collapsing rock, glacier ice, debris and water. Scientists say the event exposes a difficult reality for the Himalayas: climate adaptation must prepare for hazards that are becoming more complex, faster-moving and increasingly difficult to predict.
At least 70 people have been killed across India and Nepal after intense rainfall triggered widespread flooding and landslides, disrupting power, communications and transport in several affected areas.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appointed Hamza Farrukh as chairperson of the Pakistan Climate Change Authority on a two-year contract, placing him at the helm of the federal body responsible for implementing key elements of Pakistan’s climate governance framework.
August 2026 tied July 2023 as the hottest month ever recorded globally, with temperatures reaching 1.65°C above pre-industrial levels as human-caused warming combined with a strengthening El Niño.
