Pakistan’s Bad Luck with Power on August 8, 2022The year 2022 is turning out to be a series of unfortunate events for the country’s power sector. A pall of bad luck that started with a fuel-supply crisis due to higher fuel rates in the international market; followed by a subsequent increase in per unit costs and existing generating plants that went offline for […]
Cigarette alternatives: adapt and progress on May 31, 2022Evolving and embracing change is one of the most important reasons why human beings have been able to survive on this planet. As philosophy, ideas, surroundings, technology and science develop quickly, humans also need to adapt and change at a rapid pace to grow with the world. Unfortunately, as the rest of the world embraces […]
The best choice a smoker can make on November 25, 2021Traditionally, smokers have had two choices; stop smoking or continue smoking. No brownie points for guessing which option is the best. Yet, an estimated one billion people in the world continue to light up cigarettes every day. This is mostly out of force of habit and the nicotine dependence that they develop over time which […]
A smoker’s right to choose better health on May 6, 2021Pakistan is one of 15 countries worldwide with a heavy burden of tobacco-related ill-health. Despite considerable tobacco control efforts, the smoking incidence in the country is not decreasing fast enough. Which is why tobacco harm reduction needs to be an additional measure complementary to the existing tobacco control efforts in the country. Advances in science […]