Transforming a Karachi slum into a tidy suburb
The success of various programmes initiated under a pilot project in Orangi, a Karachi slum, has inspired its leader to predict the squatter …
Community welfare works as a contraceptive
In Pakistan, they are controlling population growth by raising the living standards of local communities through Pasbaan, the social …
No entry to Dutch plant
Pakistan's environmentalists say no to dumping of obsolete and hazardous technology by the West
Lake Manchar is dead
Pakistan's largest freshwater lake is drowned by effluents
The green dream
Environmental problems in Pakistan have grabbed media headlines, but never the serious attention of its leaders. The country's brief rendezvous …
Flood for thought
The people of Baluchistan don't let nature's odds stop them from growing crops
Desert under siege
The Thar of Pakistan is an arid region troubled by long spells of drought, rapidly falling groundwater levels, abysmally low literacy levels and …
Hunt for survival!
Pakistan's national animal's trophy hunted -- for conservation and income to the poor
Toxic feed turns cattle killer in Sindh
Making of a nightmare
Pakistan faces trying times ahead, as insecticide resistant cotton pests threaten to devastate the country's fledgling economy
Fishery degradation in Pakistan: A poverty-environment nexus?
The number of fishing vessels in Pakistani coastal waters has been steadily increasing but the fish catches steadily decreasing. Press reports …
Dictating terms
The US forces its agenda upon other member states at the fifth review conference of the bioweapons convention
Blown out
A deadly cyclone causes large-scale devastation in Pakistan and despite early warnings the toll on the Indian side is as high
Outstanding grain
The aromatic enigma makes basmati a clear winner among grains. The lack of knowledge of what traditional basmati is and an inability to take …
Flight into danger
While cranes are regularly hunted in parts of Pakistan, villagers in Rajasthan are doing their best to protect these endangered species
Park in trouble
Proposal for an oil exploration site inside the Kirthar National Park outrages environmentalists in Pakistan
Where votes meet volts
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's political future would depend much on fixing the country's power crisis
Guggal faces sticky end
Ayurveda prescribes it for heart ailments; no data available on surviving plants
Indus delta celebrates rains
To ensure food for tomorrow
Rice and wheat yields are falling. To check it a new initiative has been taken
World Bank's Pakistan flood-control plan faulty
World Bank pulled up for aid to flood control programmes in Pakistan
Sun, sea and garbage
Why the US is such a bully
US attempts to kill of global democracy are getting more commonplace than ever. In such a political climate, it is impossible to talk about …
Cockpit
In early December 2007, the country prided itself on providing the world with a road map to check the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5NI.…