How Pakistan can use Larc to manage the public's family planning needs
Pakistan's birth rate stands at a whopping 3.6, a marginal decline from 3.8 in 2012-13.
Zofeen T. Ebrahim
Digital health
The pandemic has been a catalyst for tech solutions.
Early downpour exposes Karachi’s drainage flaws
Due to a clogged, ineffective drainage system, even a short shower brings great misery to residents.
The Bohra ‘amawat’ gets a makeover
This over a century-old tradition of making amawat is peculiar to women of Bohra community living in the garrison town of Punjab.
Medical students launch web platform to help healthcare workers
KARACHI: “What Alibaba is for handbags, shoes and clothes, Project Alloy is for healthcare supplies,” is how ...
Post-Covid pandemic
Is family planning on the government’s radar?
Mismanagement galore: Govt inventory says beds, vents aplenty, yet Covid patients scrambling for hospital admission
With the rise in infections, Karachi has seen a spike in hospitalisation of patients.
In conversation: Suicides may increase during the pandemic, warns expert
Those in age groups between 16-40 are most at risk from suicidal behaviours, says medical expert.
Fears escalate as government encourages tourism during Covid-19 outbreak
The government is hatching plans to save summer tourism even as the country witnesses a rise in Covid-19 infections.
Clean the air first
The government should review its investments in coal energy.
Covid-19 teaches millennials to tighten their wallets
‘Why waste money when you can do many things at home?’
No truckloads of labour from Punjab in sight as mangoes ripen in Sindh
Every year, up to 100,000 seasonal labourers come from Punjab to work in mango orchards of Sindh.
The Indus delta is being lost to the sea and we need to do something about it
If authorities do not act fast, Indus delta will cease to exist, spurring mass migration and ecological consequences.
Stories from the frontlines: The surgeon was irritable. Convinced he was infected, he couldn't do his job well
Our healthcare workers need reinforcements to help manage the mental health fallout from Covid. Let's do right by them.
Lockdown may have eased water crisis for now, but has left KWSB in a quandary
A KWSB employee says domestic supply has gotten better with commercial activity at a standstill and industries closed.
Earth Day thoughts
As we fight the virus it is also time to tackle climate change.
Finding beauty in your backyard
What happens when a keen birder can't go outside? He starts photographing bugs —and the results are amazing.
Locked in migrant workers of South Asia cannot see a way out
Migrant workers in India, Pakistan and Nepal are crushed by poverty in the lockdown forced by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The complexity of grief and dealing with the death of a loved one during Covid-19 lockdowns
Healing process for those grieving may have been disrupted by the absence of an effective "external support system".
There are no rose petals spread over the grave. It is a quiet, sombre and quick affair
If the grave is ready, it doesn't take much time to pray and bury the dead, says KMC's graveyards director.