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

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...

    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

  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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When Social Media Falls at the Ballot Bo...

Utkarsh Mishra   After a coup in Bangladesh against the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League, which was strikingly similar to the one in Nepal, to the extent that the coup was largely undertaken by Gen-Z. Subsequently, akin to Nepal, Bangladesh also underwent another election in a bid to est...

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We are not the Chosen Ones!

  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...

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...

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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Local Farmers, Orphans!?

Angela Davis writes: “Who am I I think above all I am an individual” In 2012, my area was under floods. I was a student in Grade 3. It took my mother so much time to take me to school since we had to cross a river Basantar. I observed the devastated crops around me and wanted solutio...

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Pakistan's Olympic Saga

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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