Collapsing ecosystems
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently issued a report on the status of arthropods in rainforests. The report’s shocking analysis discovered a collapsing food web in tropical…
Collapsing ecosystems
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently issued a report on the status of arthropods in rainforests. The report’s shocking analysis discovered a collapsing food web in tropical…
Escaping the icefall
The mountains that once crowned Pakistan with serene white now glimmer like a fuse, burning from within. Right now, flash floods are tearing through Swat and Malakand, unleashed by climate-charged…
Regulators at the edge
In the next three to five years, the global media landscape will change more profoundly than it has in the last three decades. Artificial intelligence is no longer a backstage…
FATF & Pak quest for cryptocurrency
Recognising the global shift toward digital finance, the government of Pakistan has recently initiated concrete steps to legalize cryptocurrency. This shift gained momentum following the Crypto Council’s resolution to develop…
Budget 2025-26: takes two to tango
Budget 2025–26 signals fiscal restraint and modest climate intent but remains, at its core, an act of improvisation rather than coordinated choreography. Touted as contractionary, the budget sets ambitious targets:…
Why innovation has stalled
In a world where innovation defines the speed of progress and nations' fate, particularly their banking, media and telecommunications industries, Pakistan's business sector remains stubbornly resistant to transformation. While global…
Environmental justice
Environmental justice refers to the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status, in the development, implementation, andenforcement of environmental laws and policies.…
Who runs the Global South?
Global bureaucracies, shrinking sovereignty and the future of the Global South: As the Bretton Woods system celebrates its 80th anniversary, the architecture of international development stands bloated and overstretched. Institutions…
Vanishing lifelines
A FEW years ago, while hiking near the Masherbrum Glacier in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Hushe Valley, we witnessed a haunting sight: large chunks of crystal-clear ice believed to be a century old…
