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How Secure Is Pakistan’s Wheat Without Stable River Water?
Fakhar-e-AlamPeshawa: At sunrise in a quiet village of Dera Ismail Khan, 49-year-old farmer Adnan Khan starts his motorbike and heads toward his wheat fields.What was once a routine inspection of soil and crops has, in recent…
The Untold Dangers of Reporting Environment in Pakistan
Laksha KumariKarachi: When I first began covering environmental stories—floods erasing villages overnight, rivers choked with industrial waste, and communities displaced by droughts they did nothing to cause—I thought the hardest part…
Gorsal Border Closure: What It Means for Pak-Afghan Trade
Murad KhanBajaur: Mohmand District has two important trade routes with the neighboring Muslim country Afghanistan, namely Gorsal and Nawa Pass border points. However, the major trade route was Gorsal, which has been closed since…
Wildlife is Disappearing in Bajaur
Shah Khalid Shah Bajaur: In the rugged landscape of Bajaur District, memories of a once-thriving natural world still linger in the stories of its elders. Eighty-five-year-old Malik Haroon Khan of Dele village in Khar Tehsil recalls…
Climate Stress Drives Nutrition Crisis in Balochistan
Nadeem KhanQuetta: Before sunrise in Panjgur, Rahima Baloch begins her day fetching water from a distant well before the desert heat climbs above 45°C. But the 32-year-old mother of four is already exhausted. Years of drought have…
Disabled Girl Job Seekers Trapped in KP’s Bureaucratic Delays
Shah Khalid ShahBajaur: Uzma Namoos Khan, a resident of Nawagai tehsil in the tribal district of Bajaur, has lived her life with a hearing impairment.But the disability did not stop her from pursuing education and building hopes…
Heat Emerging as Silent Driver of Kidney Diseases in South Asia
Nadeem KhanQuetta: South Asia is heating up. Summers are getting hotter and longer, with extreme heatwaves increasingly becoming the new normal across Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India. But for many people, this is not just an abstract…
KP’s Strawberry Farmers Battle Climate and Water Fears
Fakhar e AlamPeshawar: As the first golden rays of dawn stretch across the fertile fields of tehsil Razar in Swabi, 40-year-old farmer Naseer Khan begins his day earlier than most, baskets in hand, plucking strawberries that will soon…
Climate Heat Threatens Pakistan’s Mango Heartland
Jehangir Khan TareenMultan: Pakistan’s mango industry, a crown jewel of the country’s agricultural exports, is coming under increasing strain as climate change reshapes traditional growing conditions across key orchard belts.From…
How Threats & Pressure Shape News in Conflict Zones
Sehrish KanwalGilgit: In the remote valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan, journalism is increasingly a battle not just against stories, but against fear. Senior journalist Durdana Sher of Aaj News recalls how a career dedicated to investigative…