Our environmental debt
While dealing with economic and social challenges, an invisible but loud crisis has grown up within the territories of Pakistan, which is known as the country's environmental debt. Such debt,…
Ecocide in Gaza
THE ongoing war on Gaza, recently recognised as a genocide by the International Court of Justice, has garnered global attention for its devastating humanitarian impact. However, beneath the immediate human tragedy lies a…
Quacks, rackets and mobs
THE connection between citizen and state is becoming frayed to an extent I have rarely seen before. In our national conversation, most of the reason for why this is happening…
Pakistan’s dual crisis: conflict and climate
Pakistan, a country historically embroiled in geopolitical conflicts, is now grappling with an even more complex challenge—one that is as natural as it is political. The latest World Risk Report, published…
GB’s vulnerability
FLOODS in Pakistan have led to widespread devastation in many parts of the country. It has been extensively debated that although the rains were many times higher than expected, poor…
Facing the abyss
THE 2023 census puts our population at 241.499 million and our growth rate at 2.55 per cent. This means we are adding some 6m people to the population every year. For comparison,…
Agenda for change
THE World Economic Forum has released its Climate Risk Report 2023. It does not have any good news for world leaders who manage global economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal and technological…
Removing rust
ON Oct 22, Supremo Nawaz Sharif will wake up suffering from more than jetlag. He will feel the rust in his joints after four years of rest in London. He…
Why rumours of poll delay?
A FEW weeks after the ECP announced the date for general elections in the country — settling the issue, one would have thought — speculation has again gripped the imagination of many…
Climate chaos
SINDH as the most vulnerable region of Pakistan, has braved climate-induced catastrophes. These have caused frequent harm to agricultural lands, livestock and entire human settlements, forcing the vulnerable to sink…
