Lahore’s urban disaster: From colonial sprawl to capitalist chaos
The city's urban planning is a tragic loop — bulldozing farmland, displacing the poor, and destroying the environment — all for soulless real estate. The Ravi Riverfront…
Pakistan
Pakistan FO rubbishes Indian PM Modi’s ‘misleading and one-sided’ remarks on regional peace
The FO’s response came in reaction to remarks by PM Modi in a podcast with an American computer scientist and podcaster released on Sunday, where he said that “every attempt…
The youth does engage with news. It’s just not the way we may want them to
The writer noticed a shift in the winter of 2019, a waning interest among both undergrad and postgrad students. It’s not that they didn’t know journalists, it’s that they…
Looming water shortages threaten wheat, sugar crops in Sindh, Punjab
The impact of water shortage in Sindh may be more severe than in Punjab, as almost the entire agricultural land/fields there depend on the canal water.
Some Asian countries considered for US President Trump’s potential new travel ban
The memo lists a total of 41 countries divided into three separate groups.
Shocking ambush: Dawn
On the evening of March 12, the military confirmed the counterterrorism operation was over. But the fact that BLA terrorists were able to waylay and hijack the train carrying…
19 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities are in Asia: IQAir
Data collected from over 40,000 air quality monitoring stations across 138 countries worldwide revealed that the country with the highest pollution level last year was Chad,…
The cost of travelling on Balochistan’s highways
Protests, insurgent attacks and multitude of checkpoints make road journey longer, more risky.
Pakistan emerges from record smog season
Experts say government's efforts that tackle pollution’s effects, rather than its source, miss the point.
Pakistan’s gender pay gap among highest in the world: International Labour Organisation
The International Labour Organisation's report, released on Monday, says that the majority of the pay gap in Pakistan is not due to differences in skills, education or labour…