A plague of locusts
A locust outbreak in Sindh has persisted due to favourable weather conditions caused by climate change.
Zofeen T. Ebrahim
Two cheers for Pakistan’s electric vehicle policy
The new policy is ambitious but will need lots of money, and there are worries about entrenched lobbyists.
Can Pakistan transition to electric vehicles happen soon?
Automobile industry appears to be sceptical.
Government joins the water tanker business in Karachi
The regularisation of Karachi's water tanker mafia means revenues for the government.
This 8-year-old might just be the youngest Pakistani climate change activist
Emaan Danish Khan wants to save the planet using the age old method of story-telling and a doll named Fizza.
Typhoid vaccine drive may miss children most in need to be vaccinated
New typhoid vaccine will be introduced in Sindh on November 18.
Locust horde threatens Pakistan’s prized cotton farms
Locusts are denuding Pakistani farms and poised to spread into India.
Small businesses enable rural women to break free from inter-generational cycles of poverty
Graduation programmes empower women to send children to school, provide nutrition to families and refurbish their homes.
‘When science fails to convince, play games to take action on climate change’
KARACHI: When all scientific researches and reports, global climate marches, and even Greta Thunberg’s pleadings...
Experts cast doubts on usage of OBD plastic bags in Sindh
CM’s adviser says they are a 'lesser evil' than non-degradable plastic.
With 3.8 million unintended pregnancies each year, can Pakistan bear the weight of its population?
A misplaced attitude towards family planning is gradually leading to a demographic disaster.
Time to act
New data shows 2014-19 as the warmest five-year period on record.
THE FAULT IN OUR LIFESTYLES
Unhealthy lifestyles and dietary habits are pushing youngsters towards non-communicable diseases
CHECK YOUR LABELS FOR TRANS FATS
While trans fats — unsaturated fats — are found naturally in meat and dairy, it is the artificial trans fats (vanaspati)
THE FAULT IN OUR LIFESTYLES
The increase in non-communicable diseases among the non-elderly around the world is doubly alarming for countries like
Karachi Mayor has taken back notice over Clifton park, says forester Shahzad Qureshi
Mayor Wasim Akhtar met with forest chief Shahzad Qureshi at the park and planted a tree to extend an olive branch.
Will robots, AI, algorithms take over the world of work?
In the next couple of years, India alone is set to axe 640,000 low-skilled IT jobs.
'When people should matter' — In conversation with Qazi Azmat Isa
Dawn speaks with Qazi Azmat Isa, chief executive of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund, on social protection programmes.
Do cash transfers help the poor? Word is out it does
Increasingly, today social protection is considered among the most effective tools to combat poverty.
Is Karachi equipped to deal with bio-hazardous trash on its beaches?
Shaniera Akram recently sounded alarm over "kilometres of medical waste" on Clifton beach.