livelihoods

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Beneath open skies and indifferent trees, they lie in rows — motorcycles upon motorcycles, rust settling where livelihoods once stood upright. This is not a scrapyard by design. It is a holding space, a…

News Desk  Islamabad: A new United Nations assessment has warned that 7.5 million people in Pakistan are facing acute food insecurity and malnutrition following a year marked by devastating monsoon floods, prolonged drought and…

Abdul Samad Tariq  Peshawar: As Pakistan reels from intensifying climate shocks — catastrophic floods, prolonged droughts and deepening water scarcity — one of its strongest defenses remains largely invisible and undervalued: wetlands.…

APP Peshawar: The absence of snowfall, prolonged dry spells and a sharp decline in winter rains have set alarm bells ringing across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where experts warn that Pakistan may be sliding toward desertification, drought and…

Dr Ikramullah Khan Bajaur: Bajaur today lives between anxiety and hope. Security worries have returned — shops close early, and travel feels unsafe after dusk. Parents wait anxiously for their children to return from school, and young…

Dr Saeed Ahmad Ali Lahore: Pakistan’s growing fish farming industry—long seen as a promising contributor to food security and rural livelihoods—is now facing one of its most serious setbacks in years. The recent floods that swept across…

APP Peshawar: In the misty valleys of Dir Lower, where the mighty Hindukush mountains embrace the land, a centuries-old tradition of knife-making is fading into silence. Once a thriving craft that echoed through the bazaars of Timergara,…

Ali Nawaz Rahimoo Umarkot: Under the relentless desert sun, the scattered trees of Tharparkar are disappearing at an alarming pace. These green sentinels, which for generations anchored sand dunes, provided fodder for livestock, and…

News Desk  Lahore: Rising water levels in the Ravi River have forced mass evacuations across Lahore and adjoining districts, as officials warn of an extreme flood situation threatening thousands of lives and livelihoods. Early…

M Atif Ismail Multan: In the quiet fields and sunlit rooftops of Multan, a quiet revolution is taking flight — one that hums with opportunity, sustainability, and the scent of wildflowers.  Beekeeping, once a traditional craft, is…