Punjab’s perpetual crisis
The Lahore High Court has averted another constitutional and administrative crisis in the largest province of Pakistan – but the political crisis is not over yet. The issue deepened in…
SDGs and the Triple C crisis
Sustainable development is a concept that aims to meet the economic, social, and environmental needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.…
Making mental health a priority
The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes World Mental Health Day in the month of October every year. There are endless numbers of calamities, natural and human-made, that are wreaking havoc…
Climate change crisis and COP27
COP27 – 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – which will be held from November 6-18, in Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt), could not have…
Gaza’s water crisis
“The water is back,” one family member would announce in a mix of excitement and panic, often very late at night. The moment such an announcement was made, my whole…
A metropolis in crisis
With a population of over 14.9 million, Karachi is fast turning into a human jungle with an unplanned population putting unbearable strains on the capacity of the metropolis. What was…
A global crisis
The reckless escalation of economic, political and military pressure by the United States and Nato against Russia is rapidly leading to a major global economic crisis with serious repercussions for…
Pakistan’s climate crisis
Every year, we are seeing new undeniable climate events, clear evidence that accelerated climate change is here. Droughts are intensifying, oceans are acidifying and with the fast melting of the…
The health of the coalition
Trouble in paradise may not be imminent, but inevitable. At the time of its inception, the Pakistan Democratic Movement posed to be a threat to the former hybrid regime, but…
A humanitarian crisis
When the Americans were leaving Afghanistan in August 2021, two kinds of immediate crises were being predicted by everyone who was even remotely connected to Afghanistan. One, there was clear…
