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Your right to know Sunday, December 22, 2024


Azhar Ali

The writer is working as a senior specialist at the Urban Unit Lahore. He has studied and worked in fields of Engineering, Public Health, Ecology, Disaster Management, Change Management and Energy Management. He is especially interested in circular economy and climate change. Email: azharuup@gmail.com

We’ll suffocate in our waste — an 1855 prediction is about to be true

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As we progressed as a country since our independence we tried to switch between agriculture-based economy and industrial. Our curriculum books and general public reading materials along with even strategic papers are full of praise for the great irrigation system we have. However, we forget that all greatness in that system is due to their […]

Health for All — a badly misunderstood initiative

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It was 12 September 1978, when the world’s leading health specialists, organizations and ministers from 134 countries agreed on a very specific goal, ‘Health for All’ (by 2000). This was a decisive point in the history of Primary Health Care (PHC), thanks to some legendary specialists like John B Grant (father of Primary Health Care) […]

Pakistani expats, consider their worth not value alone

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All governments’ in Pakistan whether existing or previous have been interested to get Pakistani expats invest in their homeland. The purpose was to bring back the money the governments considered belonging to Pakistan and have rather been an easy interest free investment. However, we have only few examples of investments at the scale, which could […]

Cleanliness campaigns — wasting time and resources on waste

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Waste management has been a pressing issue especially since the last decade or two, after our urban as well as rural settlements were overpopulated. At places where humans fight for place there is very limited space for waste. Waste is what is left of any commodity after we humans have enjoyed its benefits. Unlike the […]

Need of forest — growing them incredibly fast and secure

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We all know the story of an aged person sowing the seeds for a tree that matures late. Their aim was to provide shade and fruit to their grandchildren. Sadly, a generation or two forgot this lesson. Instead, society as a whole became greedy and forests were not only cleared but afforestation efforts were also […]