In a letter sent to provincial chief secretaries, the chairman of the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has strongly cautioned against dumping untreated wastewater into rivers and canals in order to “safeguard the constitutional right of citizens to clean and sustainable water resources.” Whether this will make any impact on a nation notorious for taking […]
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Born under Daesh, sick Iraqi children left undocumented, untreated
No documents? No doctor. Without state-issued IDs, Iraqi mothers struggle to have children born under the now-defeated Daesh treated for conditions ranging from asthma to epilepsy. “It’s unjust,” said Salima, a 36-year-old mother of four living in the Laylan 2 displacement camp in northern Iraq. Three of her children were born under Daesh rule and […]