Himalayan Research Institute - Lahore

Labour Rights in Pakistan’s Informal Eco...

news / May 02, 2026
  Tooba Zar The informal sector employs about 72% of the labour force and lacks formal social protections. It includes domestic workers, daily-wage workers, agricultural labourers, and workers in small, unregistered businesses, and is the backbone of Pakistan's economy. Due to their lack...

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Deterrence & Cost of War: Strategic Sign...

news / May 02, 2026
Muhammad Zain ul Haq PN MILGEM-class corvette, aka Babur class, for PNS BABUR, being the first of its type, produced in collaboration with Türkiye under a contract signed between Pakistan’s Ministry of Defense Production and Turkey’s state-owned defense firm ASFAT in 2018. The official ...

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Around 2/3 of Lahore’s population is exp...

news / April 27, 2026
A survey was conducted by the Himalayan Research Institute, in collaboration with Climate Forward Pakistan, to understand public perceptions of the growing smog problem in Punjab, particularly in major urban centres such as Lahore. The survey aimed to examine the environmental, health, a...

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Climate Change Deepens Daily Struggles i...

news / February 20, 2026
    Wajeeh Ullah     “Climate change is the defining issue of our time, and we are at a defining moment.”                                                            (António Guterres) The high mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan do not discuss climate change in abstract scientific terms. ...

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Basant: A Festival of Colour and Joy

news / February 17, 2026
  Wajeeh Ullah   Basant (Punjabi: spring) is a colourful spring festival observed by Punjabis in India and Pakistan. It puts an end to winter and the blossoming of spring, when mustard fields become very yellow. During Basant (celebrated approximately on Hindu Vasant Panchami day), in...

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We are not the Chosen Ones!

news / January 30, 2026
  Wajeeh Ullah   Remember when Carl Sagan called us, the humans, wanderers and explorers in the cosmos. He was undoubtedly right about it. Humans have wandered around the globe for hundreds of thousands of years. This wandering has profoundly shaped their cultural ideas, languages, gr...

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The Abuse of Authority in Higher Educati...

news / September 19, 2025
Rao Danish When I arrived at university after more than a decade of studying side by side with my best friend, I expected us to pick up right where we left off. He had always been the brightest and kindest person I had ever known. Our friendly rivalry defined nearly every exam, every clas...

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"Eyes in the Sky": The Growing Drone Com...

news / July 27, 2025
Dr. Saqib Khan Warraich India and Pakistan, in their standing rivalry and history of wars, pose a persistent threat to the security of South Asia. Both countries always engage in the politics of threat and war adventures.  This time, India's offensive and Pakistan's defensive counter stra...

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Pakistan's Olympic Saga

news / September 03, 2024
Wajeeh Ullah On 8 August 2024 the everlasting drought for Pakistan at the Olympics medal table ended when Arshad Nadeem made history by clinching gold medal after 32 years. The win brought many National and International records for Arshad Nadeem as he became the first Athlete in Pakistan...

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