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Changing weather patterns

All the predictions about weather change are coming true. As a result various parts of the world were recently hit by extreme weather and Pakistan is no exception. We are…

COP28: our expectations

The UAE is all set to host the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference. COP28 will focus on climate finance and the size and individual contributions for the Loss and Damage…

Travesty of justice

The traditional council, or ‘jirga’, is known by different names in different languages in Pakistan – ‘faislo’ in Sindh and ‘panchayat’ in Punjab. The word ‘jirga’ is derived from the…

Assuming a spherical cow

Milk production at a dairy farm was low, so the farmer wrote to the local university, asking for help from academia. A multidisciplinary team of professors was assembled, headed by…

Single national conundrum

In August 2021, schools across Pakistan reopened their doors to millions of children who had been at home for almost 18 months. The excitement of returning to schools, for many…

Bargaining with patriarchy

SINCE partition, Pakistan’s women and girls have been working to forge a nation where all citizens have equal status, and discrimination on the basis of gender is not just morally…

No justice, no peace

A FRIEND reminded me on Sunday morning that our friendship has been going strong for 40 years. Not a mean feat for two single women who haven’t lived in the…