Ali Tauqeer Sheikh
A series of projects, no matter how useful, cannot diminish the need for systemic reforms.
Published 12 May, 2022 08:02am
India and Pakistan are not the only states to share transboundary water resources with their neighbours.
Updated 24 Apr, 2022 08:47am
Country needs a ‘Charter of Development’ to lay the foundation for transformational change through climate-resilient development.
Updated 14 Apr, 2022 08:03am
In the last 50 years, Pakistan’s reliance on groundwater has at least tripled.
Updated 27 Mar, 2022 09:05am
Political parties are silent on climate-adaptation policies...
Updated 12 Mar, 2022 08:35am
Several options are available to policymakers to rejuvenate the Ravi.
Published 27 Feb, 2022 07:15am
Pakistan’s mountain areas deserve integrated area development planning.
Published 30 Jan, 2022 07:50am
Pakistan faces an increasing number of non-traditional security threats.
Updated 20 Jan, 2022 07:57am
Pakistan has no option but to adopt a whole-of-government approach.
Published 01 Jan, 2022 07:03am
Pakistan’s energy policy has gone in the opposite direction of global trends.
Published 23 Dec, 2021 07:35am
E-flows are essential for the protection of all three aquatic systems.
Published 11 Dec, 2021 07:07am
COP26 did not succeed in meeting its stated targets, but it will be naïve to call it a failure.
Updated 21 Nov, 2021 08:35am
If followed with commitment, the just released NDC by Pakistan may be an exception to the global trend.
Updated 28 Oct, 2021 07:37am
Development planners end up shooting in the dark by taking decisions without knowing long-term projections and trends.
Updated 10 Oct, 2021 08:41am
The world faces a climate emergency as the toll on people’s lives and livelihoods keeps growing.
Updated 26 Sep, 2021 09:25am
The message is clear: the climate will continue to warm and weather extremes will intensify.
Published 14 Aug, 2021 06:25am
City master plans must include five components to bring sanity to the real estate gold rush.
Published 07 Aug, 2021 06:33am
Managing water scarcity is a function of judicious use in the most wasteful sector — agriculture.
Updated 02 Jul, 2021 09:25am
Successive governments shelved most environmental ambitions one after the other.
Updated 05 Jun, 2021 08:35am
We can operationalise some IWT clauses progressively for equitable benefit sharing.
Published 23 May, 2021 06:49am
