Reach the masses
LAST month, the World Bank and the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics convened a two-day national dialogue titled ‘Reforms for a Brighter Future: Time to Decide — A Conversation on…
The quest for immortality
The quest for immortality has been as timeless as it has been fruitless. First recorded over 4000 years ago on the Babylonian Tablets, it narrates the tale of King Gilgamesh…
Covid air war being lost, experts warn, urging mass ventilation
The world is still not using one of its most effective weapons against Covid — properly ventilating public spaces — more than two years into the pandemic, experts warn. At…
Hungry and parched
Trees throughout the world are vulnerable to excessive heat. A warmer atmosphere sucks more moisture from plants and soil. During droughts, trees close pores in leaves, called stomata, or shed…
Heatwave batters Spain’s Mediterranean mussel crop
“There’s nothing left here,” sighs Javier Franch as he shakes the heavy rope of mussels he’s just pulled to the surface in northeastern Spain. They are all dead. With the…
Climate change crisis and global response
The existential threat of climate change is unfolding fast, and the window of limiting average global temperatures below 1.5C — to avoid any permanent natured changes to climate, something which…
Unacknowledged heroes
A RECENT encounter with the UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group for Bees, Pollinators and Invertebrates has revealed something remarkable: British parliamentarians have formed a cross-party group specifically acknowledging invertebrates’ profound…
Gaza and Ireland
Regardless of how the long-delayed, welcome ceasefire in Gaza plays out, there are historic parallels that shed a warning on the future for Palestinians devastated by a two-year genocidal war…
Autonomy to plan
Two years ago, in a government healthcare setting at the periphery, I encountered a 29-year-old mother of three who had been driven to a life-threatening, unsafe abortion by an untrained…
Isn’t the fault actually in our stars?
In the previous article, the current situation of Pakistan’s declining HDI ranking was discussed through facts and figures. However, it was felt that some concrete solutions should also be provided…
