Dengue and how it was controlled in 2011 on October 3, 2019An epidemic had shaken Punjab, and all of Pakistan, to its very core. Tens of thousands had been infected, and over a hundred had already died; the contagion was spreading fast and needed to be controlled. The year was 2010, and the epidemic was dengue, the all too familiar plague that has started to raise […]
Unravelling the Neelum Valley disaster on July 29, 2019Torrential downpours in Neelum valley resulted in the loss of nearly 24 precious lives, as buildings washed away due to sudden and intense surges of water. The phenomenon, brought on by intense localized rainfall – or cloudburst – eventually led to flash flooding in the area, devastating communities, leaving nearly 30 dead. Cloudbursts are characterized […]
Unravelling the Neelum Valley disaster on July 25, 2019Torrential downpours in the Neelum Valley resulted in the loss of many precious lives, as buildings washed away due to sudden and intense surges of water. The phenomenon, brought on by intense localised rainfall, or cloudburst, eventually led to flash flooding in the area, devastating communities, leaving nearly 30 dead. Cloudbursts are characterised by high […]
Urban flood risk management in Pakistan on August 9, 2018Pakistan has historically been vulnerable to flooding, mainly in the monsoon period, when heavy rains lash large parts of the country leading to riverine floods. Heavy flooding in 1950, 1965, and 2010 resulted in the loss of thousands of lives, damage to infrastructure costing billions, and the loss of livelihoods through destruction of standing crops […]