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Reimagining Irsa

THE Indus River System Authority is under siege. Irsa is the only federal institution in the country charged with regulating, monitoring, and distributing the Indus waters among the provinces. It…

The fall of Gate 47

WHILE ‘Form 47’ continues to be the talk of the town, ‘Gate 47’ is generating a very different kind of buzz in Sindh. For context, on June 20, Gate Number…

Federal govt must not fuel provincialism

In 1997 general elections PML-N won a two third majority in parliament bagging 137 seats with PPP trailing with 18 seats. This unprecedented heavy mandate ended well before the end…

The Reality Of Sindh’s Poverty

The reality of Sindh’s poverty

A recent report by the State Bank of Pakistan was used by sections of the media to assert that “rural Sindh is the poorest region in Pakistan because the bank…

A Dying Delta

A dying delta

Declining fresh water flow poses a grave threat to Indus delta and coastal communities A subcommittee of the Senate has recently raised serious concerns on the ecological disaster that has…

Modern Temples

Modern temples

In what has become a consistent pattern, large parts of Punjab and Sindh are facing devastation on account of monsoon-induced flash floods. Given that this is the fifth successive year…

A Monsoon Catastrophe

A monsoon catastrophe

Pakistan is highly vulnerable to devastating climate change, but the matter is at the lowest priority for the government. For the last three years, the country has topped the list…

Sleepwalking In Sindh

Sleepwalking in Sindh

When the Indus breached its embankment at Tori in 2010, with water flow at 11,60,000 cusecs under the Guddu barrage, the resulting floods devastated lives and livelihood of millions of…

Sindh and the dam

Pakistan’s new power policy is conspicuously silent on the critical Kalabagh dam project, reflecting the government’s indifference towards the project. The Kalabagh dam (KBD) is the only project in Pakistan…

Forestry and carbon offsets

THANKS to the use of fossil fuels, coal, crude and natural gas over the past few centuries, the world has seen a massive release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.…

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