Lecture on disaster management
Riphah International University and Rescue 1122 jointly organised a seminar on ‘Disaster Risk Management’ here on Monday. The purpose of the seminar was to equip the university students with the…
Crises in disaster management
It’s somewhat odd that whereas there were any number of voices calling for President Asif Zardari to cancel his state visit to Britain on account of remarks made by Prime…
Children of disaster
SOME estimates say that 40 per cent of the people live in poverty, and 24pc below the poverty line in our country. It is no surprise that survival is their…
Disaster orthodoxy in Pakistan
ALMOST 40 years ago, ‘disaster orthodoxy’ started being challenged and critiqued in Western societies by researchers such as Kenneth Hewitt, Paul Susman and Phil O’Keefe, amongst others. According to Kathleen…
The Dar disaster
WHILE boasting that the country has not defaulted, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar revealed that the government was negotiating the restructuring of external debts. This leaves us wondering about his chest-thumping claim that…
Gender and disaster
PAKISTAN is undergoing the worst of catastrophes due to unprecedented monsoon rains and the ensuing floods. The exact losses and damage to crops, homes, livelihoods and animals cannot be ascertained…
Disaster tourism?
IN an emergency, the best and the worst in human nature comes out for all to see. Unfortunately, the scenes witnessed on Wednesday and Thursday in Karachi’s Seaview area were…
An elevated disaster
ONE of the major concerns related to local government systems in Pakistan is the usurpation of municipal planning by provincial government entities such as development authorities. This has been a…
