The Pakistan farmers’ union, “Pakistan Kissan Ittehad” registered a protest at the federal capital on the eve of announcement of the Federal Budget 2017-18. Instead of addressing their concerns, the law enforcement authorities opted to use force against them. Police fired tear gas and unleashed water from water cannons to […]
Every acre of land gives us a choice: we can either use it to grow 113 kg of meat, or over 11300 kg of plant based food. To produce just one pound of beef takes over 2000 gallons of water. People in many countries are starving due to our inefficiency. […]
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) reported in 2014 that over 54 percent of the global population lives in cities and it is expected to increase to 66 percent by 2050. It means more cars, more factories and more power plants in the cities. As […]
It’s a tale of two legal cases, two Prime Ministers and two different crimes. One was a case of contempt of court while the other was of making illegal assets, eight offshore companies in offshore tax havens, dealings in millions of dollars in property transactions, dubious business deals, money laundering, […]
When food rots, it creates methane (CH4) which has 21 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. If food waste was a country, it would be the world’s 3rd largest emitter of CO2. The Food waste network recently reported these facts. Food waste hurts people, costs money and harms […]
Millennials as a generation are tough to manage. They are accused of being entitled, narcissistic, self-interested, unfocused and probably lazy. Entitled is the main accusation. They want to make an “impact” but majority have no idea what it really means. They are unsatisfied and that’s because there is a missing […]
China and the United States are the top two biggest global carbon emitters. China has not taken drastic measures to curb carbon emissions until recent past, the US was playing a lead role in devising environmental policies and the Obama administration took several measures to minimize the impact of climate […]
Electronic media has never been stronger than it is now. At the same time, it is less willing to use that sort of power and influence because of its increasing commercialization. There was this tradition that the media culture we had inherited from early broadcasts was intended to be a […]
Despite being half the population, women are still underrepresented in politics. They lag substantially behind men when it comes to their representation in leadership positions throughout the world. However, the situation has improved to some extent in the recent past. Last month, Theresa May became the leader of the Conservative Party […]
Pakistan has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world and some of the main reasons behind this low rate are financial constraints faced by the parents, lack of sufficient number of educational institutions in the country, large number of students per teacher, lack of a competitive culture in […]
