From fields to tables: How rising temperatures are altering the food we eat
Climate change can minimise yields in some places, block the transportation of food, and drive down the nutritional value of staple grains.
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Climate change improves growth of fruit trees, vegetables in Pakistan’s Chitral city
Ecologists and agriculturists said the phenomenon could be exploited for economic benefits as the number of the varieties of fruit trees, cereal crops, and vegetables increased…
Other sectors being brought into tax net, assures Pakistan Finance Minister
Pakistan’s budget for the upcoming year aims for a modest 3.6 per cent gross domestic product growth, and sets an ambitious Rs13tr tax collection target, raising taxes on…
Believers across the world must remember brutalised Palestinians in times of festivity: Dawn
The Muslim world is not without agency. A number of Muslim countries have fabulous wealth, thanks to their hydrocarbon deposits, while others have standing armies respected around…
Can the Gaza ceasefire work?
While Hamas has welcomed the UNSC resolution and called for a permanent ceasefire, Israeli PM Netanyahu has insisted that any talk of a permanent ceasefire before dismantling…
Pilgrims flock to Makkah for Haj under shadow of Gaza conflict
One of the world’s largest annual religious gatherings officially begins on Friday, and Saudi officials are trying to keep the focus on prayers. The Gulf kingdom’s minister in…
20 artists pay tribute to Sadequain with art inspired by his prolific body of work
The artists participated in an intensive two-week art retreat, delving into Sadequain’s life and works through books, images, letters, quatrains, videos, interviews, and…
Outrage online after Lahore student killed in hit-and-run by speeding underage driver
Due to allegations that the driver was only 17 years — while the legal driving age in Pakistan is 18 years — netizens believe that the suspect’s parents should be held…
Violent crime wave: Dawn
Young people, including students with their lives ahead of them, have mercilessly fallen to criminals’ bullets in this crime-infested city. Moreover, no part of Karachi seems to…
Netflix’s Heeramandi stirs complex past of Pakistan’s ‘courtesans’
While courtesans did command respect for their artistry in dance and music during the Mughal period, the show exaggerates the wealth and glamour of the British-ruled era in which…