THE timing of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s lament that Pakistan has not drawn any lessons from previous climate-triggered disasters coincides with the launch of the 11th National Finance Commission on the distribution of resources…
IN today’s frenetic world, success is the glorious deity worshipped at the altar while failure attracts contempt, jeers and alienation. As president John F. Kennedy said, “Victory has a thousand…
Each monsoon in Pakistan heralds less a renewal of life and more a rehearsal for ruin. The 2025 floods, which swept through the vast industrial triangle of Sialkot, Gujrat and…
Human dignity is a universal concept. From religious theologies to Kantian ideas of freedom and ethics, there is an inherent dignity that forms the foundation of all laws and regulations.…
When the Indian Ocean tsunami reached Myanmar’s coast in 2004, the Moken people had already sought safety on higher ground. They had no written records of tsunamis. What guided them…
NOT only did the floods wash away fields, livestock, livelihood and homes, they also exacerbated the hunger and malnutrition crisis in the country and trapped communities in less-visible diseases, leaving…
Prevention is better than cure’ and ‘History repeats itself’ are cliches that capture the painful reality of our country. Floods in Pakistan precipitate scarcity and poverty. Pakistan is an agricultural…
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the Romans had no clue that such a thing could ever happen. Therefore, they had no means to prevent the disaster that killed…
INTENSE rainfall is not uncommon in our plains and mountains. Rainfall exceeding 200mm has occurred several times in every province of Pakistan. ‘Climate change’, ‘cloudburst’ and ‘urban flooding’ are only…
The recent floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, generally attributed to cloudbursts, caught both the government and local communities off guard. These events highlighted a significant gap in climate change adaptation policies…
