We have only one earth
The state of perplexity of the contemporary times demands us to save our mother earth. From the primitive age to the recent technological era, humans have had a clear impact…
Infrastructure development: Environmental impact
The role of infrastructure impacting economic growth and welfare has been studied across literature intensely during the past three decades. The post-World War II, reconstruction gave us a model where…
AI: the new industrial wave
Recently, two global headlines captured the world, revealing a truly remarkable transformation unfolding before our eyes. Amazon announced plans to lay off over 30,000 employees, marking the largest corporate downsizing…
Population balance
PAKISTAN faces a critical challenge at the intersection of climate change and population growth. As the population continues to rise, especially in low- and middle-income families, so does the demand…
A faltering trajectory
THE scale of havoc wreaked by the dual crises of high inflation and stuttering growth, especially since 2021, is gradually taking on clear, quantitative form. The implications these crises pose…
Language and ethnic identity
The relationship between language and ethnic identity has long occupied a central place in social, cultural and political thought. It is a relationship that is at once intimate and complex…
A silent revolution
The destiny of nations is determined not by the size of their armies or the depth of their natural resources, but by the power of their intellect, by the knowledge…
Necropolitics of hunger
While starvation profoundly affects individuals across all age groups, this essay focuses specifically on Palestinian children to illuminate how deliberate starvation strategies are designed to compromise the futurity of the…
Vanishing biodiversity
Pakistan is confronted with an often overlooked but urgent truth: biodiversity in the country is under siege. The causes are many: climate change, habitat loss, overexploitation, and pollution. But beneath…
‘We are the oceans’
From June 9 till June 13 (2025), France will be hosting the third United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the…
