Can lessons from 2005 help today?
The earthquake that hit Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday, October 26 measured 8.1 on the Richter scale. The intensity of the damage, while severe in some districts in the north…
Nature’s rights
PAKISTAN, seen as the land of waters, is, in fact, strewn with obstructed, polluted and abandoned water bodies. Almost all of its 19 Ramsar sites — wetlands of international importance…
The philanthropy gap
WITH one in four Pakistanis suffering and over Rs250 billion lost annually, the refusal to fund mental health is philanthropy’s costliest neglect. Despite mental health disorders being among the leading…
We have a crisis of confidence
Over the past decade, Pakistan has witnessed many multinationals rolling up their banners citing ‘unviable conditions’ – in reality, meaning unbearable uncertainty. We are witnessing a tragic threshold where flight…
Between water and survival
While I was in Buner helping small shopkeepers rebuild Pir Baba Bazaar after the floods, my phone wouldn’t stop ringing. Family and friends kept calling: ‘Punjab is drowning’, they said.…
