PAKISTAN is standing at a quiet yet defining moment.

The seasons people once relied on no longer follow familiar patterns. Winters pass too quickly and too dry, heatwaves settle in for months and monsoons—once a source of life—now arrive earlier, heavier, longer and more erratic. Fields that once thrived are now bare or awash. Livelihoods falter, food prices rise and families already struggling with inflation and poverty feel the pressure mounting.

Changing weather patterns are no longer confined to climate models or policy debates; they spill into everyday life, shaping how people plan, worry, and hold on to hope. Alongside visible damage runs a quieter force: climate anxiety. It shows up in the questions young people ask about their future, in parents counting each rupee and in families forced to leave behind villages........

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