Peaceful N-programme: Attainment of SDGs
When the United Nations adopted the 2030 Development Agenda in 2015, Pakistan fully embraced all its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), which has pioneered…
Don’t blame the Chinese
AN exam question for CSS aspirants: what’s higher than the Himalayas, deeper than the seas, stronger than steel, and sweeter than honey? Well, dear candidate, any hesitation suggests your patriotism…
Our atoms for peace
PAKISTAN is among eight countries of the world that possess nuclear weapons. This puts our country in the category of nuclear elites like the US, Russia, UK, China, France, India…
UAE planning second nuclear power plant
The United Arab Emirates will tender shortly for the construction of a new nuclear power plant that would double the number of the small Gulf state’s nuclear reactors, three sources…
Lab-grown diamonds put natural gems under pressure
The glittering diamonds sparkle the same but there are key differences: mined natural gems are more than a billion years old, while laboratory-made rocks are new and cost less than…
The spectre of annihilation
The recent statement of an Israeli minister wherein he suggested dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza has terrified billions of pacifists across the world. Israeli minister for heritage Amihai Ben-Eliyahu,…
A year on, Ukraine’s embattled nuclear plant turned Russian ‘military base’
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant no longer produces electricity and serves solely as a military base for Moscow’s troops, the exiled mayor of the city of Energodar, which houses the…
Power system and blackouts
On January 23, 2023, another country-wide power breakdown hit the country; not the first time, but the first of the year 2023. This time (again), an inquiry will be conducted…
Race against catastrophe
There is no good or bad ‘COP’ when we talk about the annual Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This year was…
Renewable revolution
France has approved legislation that will require all car parks with more than 80 spaces to be covered over by solar panels. This is part of a wider program that…
