Flood management in 2010 and the power system
Two news items have made headlines - the first extremely positive was to the effect that this time around, the country is heading towards a bumper crop and the second,…
Perception is power
Over the past week, Pakistan’s digital space, and particularly Twitter/X, has been dominated by clips from Sky News featuring interviews with the sons of former prime minister Imran Khan, followed…
Price of power
IMAGINE a country with a rambunctious and recently liberated media, filled with journalists sticking microphones up official noses and breaking news about flying cars which run on water. A country…
Power games
WHILE it was encouraging to see a post by a minister on the importance of local governments, it raised a pertinent question: who really wants LGs? Or perhaps, who doesn’t?…
How rooftop solar disrupting Pakistan’s power grid
As electricity prices rise, more consumers are moving towards rooftop solar to reduce their electricity bills, which has resulted in an increase of net metering connections. While the surge in…
Hurting hydropower and cotton
Pakistan and India sprang from the same subcontinent, sharing rivers, soil, and memory. Yet for 78 years since partition, these nuclear-armed neighbors have drifted to opposite shores, their estrangement deepening…
Power for progress
Pakistan’s military has been a pivotal force in shaping national policymaking. This is a reality mirrored in numerous developing nations – Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Philippines, Egypt, Iraq, Brazil, Nigeria, Mexico,…
The ‘Soft Power Brigade’
Soft Power. Hard Power. America is master of both. America’s soft power flows from Hollywood, Brands, Corporations, Universities, etc. Hard power comes from the Pentagon. Till recently soft power ascendant.…
Power without devolution
In our earlier reflection on Pakistan’s failing governance architecture, we diagnosed how the absence of functional local governments has eroded democratic accountability. But to fully understand why local governance has…
AI-powered drones track down fires in German forests
Inside a green orb planted in the German countryside is a high-tech aid to prevent wildfires that have grown more common and destructive with rising global temperatures. The installation, resembling…
