Loose milk: to drink or not to drink?
Considering the innumerable hazards offered by the regular consumption of loose milk, this form of milk has now become the biggest threat to public health, especially in a country such…
10 years after Katrina: optimism amid lingering signs of trauma
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, around 1,300 died and 80 percent of the city was flooded. The scars are still visible, but a decade on the city is doing…
Wages of poor governance
The callous manner in which the residents of a squatter settlement in Islamabad have been evicted and the protesters booked for terrorism is the latest chapter in a long story…
Pinocchio’s nose
The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline (Tapi) is like Pinocchio’s nose. The more participating governments lie about it, the longer its implementation schedule grows. Tapi has been under consideration for over 20 years.…
Earthquakes: Prepare and survive
It is impossible not to be moved by the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Nepal and adjoining regions as a result of the April 25 earthquake of magnitude 7.9. The death…
Climate communication
The ever increasing impacts of climate change have made the world sit up and discuss ways to tackle it. Increased carbon emissions are causing global temperatures to rise, leading to…
Coercion in elections
The contradiction between good and evil has persisted since forever. This perseverance seems to be largely due to the transformation of yesterday’s good into today’s evil. This struggle endures and…
Time to join the shale gas revolution
The world is in the middle of a shale gas revolution. This revolution is led by the US where 1/3rd of the total gas supplies are met through this unconventional…
Amazing biology
In previous articles I have described some of the amazing developments that are occurring in the field of biological sciences. These include the blind being able to see with their…
Election Outlook-VIII: Balochistan: blessed but blighted
"They've been committing a broad-daylight robbery on our resource," an agitating Nawab Akbar Bugti told this writer at his Dera Bugti residence with a growing sense of frustration and despondency…
