Stories by Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

Lack of planning

Lack of planning

Pakistan does not lack planning institutions. It lacks a plan for its planning institutions.
Updated 24 Sep, 2026 08:52am
Message from Nepal

Message from Nepal

High-altitude disasters underscore the need for Pakistan to go beyond monsoon planning.
Updated 10 Sep, 2026 08:58am
CBAM trade barriers

CBAM trade barriers

Pakistan’s economic set-up is structured to fund CBAM via citizens’ fuel bills while getting no credit.
Updated 29 Aug, 2026 08:44am
Drowning the future

Drowning the future

Pakistan has handed its children five years of near continuous disruption.
Updated 30 Jul, 2026 08:08am
Pakistan’s Ground Zero

Pakistan’s Ground Zero

We have a flood regime that no longer respects Pakistan’s disaster-response calendar.
Updated 16 Jul, 2026 08:50am
Re-reading the water treaty

Re-reading the water treaty

Even as claims are disputed, climate change is disrupting ecosystems and monsoon cycles.
Updated 02 Jul, 2026 07:54am
Policies without budget

Policies without budget

Most of Pakistan’s climate policies are neither formally approved nor notified.
Updated 18 Jun, 2026 08:10am
Weaponising climate

Weaponising climate

No relief fund has ever been legally ring-fenced.
Updated 04 Jun, 2026 08:12am
Layers of climate resilience

Layers of climate resilience

Credible climate resilience is anchored in a socioeconomic hierarchy that consists of five layers.
Published 07 May, 2026 07:58am
A daunting challenge

A daunting challenge

Pakistan's NDC 3.0 is a sophisticated and serious document at serious risk of following its predecessors into the archive of well-intentioned commitments that change little on the ground.
Published 06 May, 2026 02:43pm
A lopsided equation

A lopsided equation

Pakistan is not dealing with a collection of separate climate crises. It is one crisis, with many faces, bearing down on us. And time is running out.
Updated 07 May, 2026 08:15am
The economic connection

The economic connection

Trade interdependence produces political stability by making conflict expensive.
Updated 23 Apr, 2026 09:31am
Building on global goodwill

Building on global goodwill

The IWT’s technical framework remains legally valid and needs only political will to activate.
Published 16 Apr, 2026 06:38am
Energy crisis as catalyst

Energy crisis as catalyst

The climate emergency declaration was both an environmental and economic statement.
Updated 09 Apr, 2026 09:36am
Rethinking water treaties

Rethinking water treaties

The Ganges Water Sharing Treaty misses three traits that made the Indus Waters Treaty resilient.
Updated 12 Mar, 2026 09:47am
Climate finance in RoB

Climate finance in RoB

The Rules of Business lack clarity on specific institutional roles in climate governance.
Published 26 Feb, 2026 07:39am