Environment

Humanising the statistics on the rural poor in Pakistan has always been a challenge. In a country which has become...

The UN's 27th Annual Conference of the Parties (COP27) took place in the idyllic Egyptian resort town of Sharm El...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday appealed to the nations present at the United Nation's COP27 climate summit, and said...

For years, dams have been considered a panacea for Pakistan’s water woes by various experts. They have again emerged in...

The geographical location of Pakistan is ardently celebrated by many ‘patriotic’ historians. This perspective had many proponents until the recent...

In scorching heat, beneath the shadow of the acacia tree, Lakhano Mangsi is sitting, carrying a water bottle on his...

This is the seventh and last part of my travelogue to Naran, Gilgit and Naltar valleys. It consists of impressions...

Thar is the 17th largest desert in the world and the ninth largest sub-tropical desert. It is spread over thousands...

The recent flash floods affected 33 million Pakistanis. The estimated loss runs to around USD 30 billion with the notorious...

  I hope you’re angry about these floods. It’ll take Pakistan years, possibly decades, to ‘rehabilitate’ from the colossal scale...

Geological forces are immense, perhaps beyond calculation. Science is only now getting certain about what moves the tectonic plates under...

“When you live your life in heaven and then you enter hell, it is a real tragedy,” says Zahid Sakani...

The floods of 2022 have brought to the fore so many governance matters. No matter how government of Pakistan hides...

In a society pockmarked by misogyny like that of Pakistan, women are always at the receiving end of crisis. But...

Climate change is the greatest challenge faced by our world today. This may seem to be a grandiose statement but...

The crisis gripping the people is loud and clear – with flash floods and torrential rainfall this time. It has...

The most scenic valley of Ovir Lisht, Chitral, is always in dangerous of a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) event....

Climate change has become a crucial and undeniable facet of our life. It is not only affecting human lives, but...

A large number of people from came on the roads in the hilly town of Nagarparkar to register their protest...

The dawn of globalisation in the mid-twentieth century has reduced the scope of traditional international and transnational barriers of territoriality...

Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health. With each passing year, we are reminded of how the...

Ali Asghar sits still at a local Tea Shop, looking helpless and scratching his skin constantly. The 62-year-old man has...

Khairpur Police booked as many as 40 villagers who were protesting against the hunting of rare species of wildlife by...

Civil judge and judicial magistrate of Nagarparkar Syed Karam Ali Shah on Monday issued notices to the concerned government functionaries...

Muhammad Bakhsh, a landowner in Chagai, has been hard hit by the climate change over the past decade. As in...

Mr Karam Ali Shah, the Judicial Magistrate and Civil Judge at Nagarparkar has reaffirmed his conditional judgement in the Karoonjhar...