The Dawn of a Greener Pakistan on August 14, 2024As Pakistan celebrates its 77th Independence Day, the air is filled with fervour, pride, and nostalgia. Yet, amidst the discussions on debt, inflation, and corruption, a critical issue remains conspicuously absent: climate change. While the nation immerses itself in the festivities, we must redirect some of our attention to this existential threat that looms larger […]
Urban Flood Management in Islamabad on July 27, 2024On July 9, 2024, I attended the Urban Floods: Implications for Resilience workshop co-hosted by SDPI and the Pak-German Climate & Energy Partnership in Islamabad. Major takeaways from the event entailed the grim situation of climate change susceptibility and its impact on Urban Flooding. Islamabad is in jeopardy as not only the forecasts entail that […]
Defence Day Calls to Reinvigorate the Kashmir Cause on September 8, 2021Amidst the preparations to celebrate the 56th Defence Day of Pakistan, Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) has concluded its second year. Unfortunately, our Kashmiri brethren have faced the brunt of Indian cruelty for more than 70 years. On September 6, 196, India and Pakistan went to war over Kashmir. Defence Day commemorates the […]
Is Arresting a Model over ‘Obscene’ Photoshoot a Panacea for our Ills? on September 2, 2021Just weeks after #ArrestTheCouple made headlines all over social media, one of the “Gender Jihad activists, ” Zulfiqar Mannan, was reportedly arrested by the Koral Town Islamabad police on August 24. The police had registered a case under Section 294 against him. This holds that any person guilty of unethical deeds, vulgar words or songs […]
Minar-e-Pakistan Assault Confirms “Yes, All Men” on August 26, 2021Despite countless protests and petitions sent to the authorities for basic women rights and justice, all attempts have fallen in vain. Yet again, we have witnessed a woman facing the brunt of public harassment. It depicts a dark and gloomy picture of our society where misogynistic patriarchal mindset and gender discrimination are deeply entrenched and […]
We Want #JusticeForNoor on July 28, 2021With the hashtag #JusticeForNoor circulating all over social media and a million petitions signed over Facebook and Twitter, the nerve-wracking news of the brutal murder of a beautiful, young, and educated 27-year-old, Noor Mukadam, have made headlines nationwide. Noor, daughter of Shaukat Mukadam former Pakistan’s ambassador to South Korea and Kazakhstan, was proclaimed dead on […]