livelihoods

Zareef Baloch Pasni: High tides and seasonal storms are washing away the livelihoods of Pasni's traditional salt producers, who say repeated losses and a lack of government support are threatening the survival of the century-old sea salt…

Ali Nawaz Rahimoo Umarkot: Poverty remains one of Pakistan's greatest obstacles to sustainable development. It is far more than a shortage of income; it is the denial of opportunities and basic human rights.  For millions of…

Fakhar-e-Alam Peshawar: As temperatures soar across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the province's forests are once again facing one of their greatest seasonal threats—wildfires. What often begins with a carelessly discarded cigarette butt…

M Atif Ismail Multan: For generations, sprawling mango orchards have been an integral part of Multan's identity, earning the city its reputation as Pakistan's mango capital.  Beyond producing the country's prized fruit, these orchards…

Aayza Amir Islamabad: For decades, national security was largely understood through the lens of traditional threats such as war, territorial disputes, and military rivalries.  Today, however, climate change has emerged as one of the…

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…