A LEGACY LESS TOLD Syed Babar Ali’s achievements and contributions to the country’s business landscape, education and philanthropy notwithstandin Updated 28 Jun, 2026 07:29am
POLICY: THE CASE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT Pakistan frames its transport crisis as an affordability problem. It is actually an institutional one — and every fuel shock makes Published 19 Apr, 2026 09:31am
ENVIRONMENT: WATER’S DIRE RECKONING The world isn’t just running short of water. According to a new UN report, it is going bankrupt. For Pakistan, dependent on a single river basin Updated 15 Mar, 2026 04:06pm
Pakistan’s major cities are expanding rapidly — and dying slowly Lahore’s air is unbreathable, Karachi’s natural defences are vanishing and citizens have been reduced to consumers in cities that no longer belong to them. Published 11 Feb, 2026 02:05pm
ESSAY: RECLAIMING THE RIGHT TO THE CITY Pakistan’s major cities are expanding rapidly — and dying slowly. Published 08 Feb, 2026 07:39am
Expansion of Pakistani cities isn’t just an urbanisation story; it’s a climate crisis in the making Pakistan’s cities are expanding outward at unprecedented rates, replacing vegetated land with concrete sprawl. Published 16 Dec, 2025 05:43pm
URBANISM: THE GEOGRAPHY OF PAKISTAN’S POPULATION GROWTH Pakistan’s cities are expanding outward at unprecedented rates, replacing vegetated land with concrete sprawl. Updated 15 Dec, 2025 02:16pm
ENVIRONMENT: CAN OUR CITIES BREATHE AGAIN? London and Paris were once as choked and polluted as Pakistan’s cities are today. Their remarkable recovery offers a clear blue Published 26 Oct, 2025 06:57am
ENVIRONMENT: UNPACKING URBAN RESILIENCE In the face of recurring environmental disasters such as floods, heatwaves, resource scarcity and toxic air, what does it mean Published 20 Apr, 2025 06:06am
CLIMATE CHANGE: PAKISTAN’S CLIMATE BLIND SPOT The biggest climate challenge in Pakistan isn’t just rising temperatures — it’s the growing gap between policy rhetoric and Published 23 Feb, 2025 06:20am
ESSAY: THE PRICE OF NATURE Assigning monetary value to nature’s “services” to humans may prompt action, but it risks oversimplifying ecosystems and Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
ESSAY: THE MYTH OF ABUNDANCE From Sui gas to fast bowlers and the environment, Pakistan’s approach towards its resources is one of extraction as Published 12 Jan, 2025 07:06am
ESSAY: THE MYTH OF ABUNDANCE From Sui gas to fast bowlers and the environment, Pakistan’s approach towards its resources is one of extraction as Published 12 Jan, 2025 07:06am
ENVIRONMENT: TO BREATHE OR NOT TO BREATHE? Despite having ample data and understanding of pollution patterns, Punjab has failed to take policy decisions to combat the year-round smog problem. Published 10 Nov, 2024 07:08am
