Stories by Farahnaz Zahidi
Dialogue Earth says after the devastating 2025 floods, people with HIV are increasingly vulnerable.
Published 04 Jul, 2026 05:37pm
The city’s building codes need enforcing, and the groundwater extraction that destabilises buildings needs controlling, say experts.
Published 18 Dec, 2025 07:35pm
Dialogue Earth speaks to water resource management expert Muhammad Ehsan Leghari on how severe flooding can be better managed even as the country remains vulnerable to it.
Published 20 Sep, 2025 07:36pm
From regional tensions to global inaction, Malik circles back to the human cost of climate change — particularly for Pakistan’s most vulnerable.
Published 22 May, 2025 08:38pm
A new generation’s fight for water, power and resistance in Pakistan, and why Sindh’s survival depends on resisting megaprojects.
Published 21 Feb, 2025 09:09pm
With no reliable statistics on the number of homeless people in Pakistan's most populous city, there are no plans in place to help them cope with extreme heat and rain.
Published 13 Aug, 2024 03:13pm
Doctors are embarking on a first-of-its-kind study across Sindh to determine the effect of heat during pregnancy.
Published 09 Apr, 2024 01:57pm
Our Pakistan Editor interviews young COP28 attendees to discover what they were advocating for and working towards at the climate negotiations.
Published 18 Dec, 2023 09:23pm
At COP28 discussion, experts stress importance of unlocking climate finance from private sector.
Updated 11 Dec, 2023 10:21am
Experts say that women, especially those of childbearing age, were severely affected by the consecutive disasters.
Published 23 Apr, 2023 08:33am
Development sector professional Umer Karim discusses the water crisis looming over the country.
Published 30 Jun, 2022 08:08pm
Thyroid disorders are among the most undiagnosed and misdiagnosed of health problems, impacting more...
Updated 03 May, 2021 06:58pm
A compilation of Sadequain’s artistic interpretations of Mirza Ghalib’s poetry delights...
Published 05 Jul, 2020 07:04am
A new presentation of Rumi’s verse is visually delightful and, while the English rendition is more interpretation than
Updated 05 Aug, 2019 01:06pm
Globally, women perform 76.2 per cent of total hours of unpaid care work, more than three times as much as men.
Updated 12 Nov, 2018 08:27am
Maulana Jalaludin Rumi’s Islamic scholarship is often forgotten by those extolling the universality of his message
Published 17 Sep, 2017 07:02am
Bangladesh has managed to almost stop open defecation because women were included in the decision-making process.
Published 13 Sep, 2017 03:25pm
Stephen McCaffrey talks about his hopes for India, Pakistan and the Indus Waters Treaty.
Updated 07 Sep, 2017 06:19pm
Relentless terror attacks and militancy have sent the people of KPK and Fata into an abyss. Will they ever come out of it?
Published 03 Sep, 2012 03:12pm
Indonesia - the archipelago with more than 17000 islands, 33 provinces, over 238 million people (it is the world's...
Published 31 Aug, 2012 01:55pm
