Avoiding waste management disaster in Lahore and beyond on January 8, 2021As long as human activities continue, the waste production would be unavoidable. Waste management is a lengthy marathon rather than a brief sprinter race. If waste produced on a certain day is not managed well, the next day problem would be double fold, only to increase exponentially in case of negligence. What happened in Lahore […]
Overcoming the Failure of Utilities Services in Pakistan on September 12, 2020With a blink of wind or a thunder of the cloud, the first thing people in Pakistan suffer is outrage of grid leaving most of them out of electricity. Similarly, in winter the pressure in gas pipe lines reduce to a level leaving you no source to cook or keep warm. Tap water in most […]
Master Plans for Cities — time to do it in the right way on August 6, 2020Prime Minister Imran Khan, in his recent speeches, emphasised more than once on the importance of Master Plans for our ever-growing cities. He rightly pointed out that in the absence of any such plans, the cities are becoming not only uncontrollable but also failing to serve their purpose i.e. economic growth and uplifting of living […]
Its right time to reform waste management sector on April 28, 2020Coronavirus lockdowns and slowdown in human and economic activities have provided a chance for all stakeholders in all sectors to take a deep breath and look for better, smarter more economical and safer way of working. Waste management sector should not be an exception. It’s a multi-billion sector providing thousands of direct and thousands of […]
Minimising Climate Change Disaster on January 2, 2020PTI government has now been in office for almost a year and a half. Though this time is not long enough to start measuring the effects of any policy, it is indeed more than enough to see if the journey is in the right direction and if it has even started. The government has rightly […]
Minimising climate change disaster on November 20, 2019The PTI government has been in office for almost a year and a half. Though this time is not long enough to start measuring the effects of any policy, it is indeed more than enough to see if the journey is in right direction and if it has even started. The government has rightly addressed […]
The Fifth Wave of Terrorism on October 3, 2019Unfortunately, the definition of terrorists and activities rendered by them is very vague. The world still has to agree upon a universally accepted definition. A terrorist group might be labelled as separatist, freedom fighter or a revolutionist. We have seen the change of such approaches in our recent history in case of IRA, PLO and […]
The issue of solid waste of Karachi on September 4, 2019Cities are formed with concentrated population around a certain place where rural living style can no longer be maintained. Urbanisation has led to formation of cities with population in millions, equal to the population of empires just two centuries ago. With concentrated population and increased economic activities came the problem of waste. Ibn Khaldun, the […]
Understanding the waste-to-energy economics on May 24, 2019What is more abundant in our country than municipal waste? Municipal waste is the result of the use of a commodity. The leftover is no longer of benefit to the owner. The waste is a hazard to the environment and needs proper management and disposal. However, for more than a decade now municipal authorities have […]
No waste dumps! a distant dream became truth in neighboring India on May 8, 2019Travelling along our historical Grand Trunk road or any other road connecting cities, towns or even villages, the usual sight is dumps on both sides of roads. We are increasingly dumping our waste in water bodies and at empty lands, sooner we’ll be trying to find our ways among dumps to reach a certain destination. […]