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Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

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Saving Rawal Before It Is Too Late

Saving Rawal Before It Is Too Late

We write as concerned citizens on a matter that deserves the Prime Minister's direct, personal attention: the slow collapse of the watershed that...

saturday 20

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Not A Single Drop More: Why The Indus Waters Treaty Cannot Be Unilaterally Held In Abeyance

Not A Single Drop More: Why The Indus Waters Treaty Cannot Be Unilaterally Held In Abeyance

In 1960, when Eugene Black and the World Bank brokered the Indus Waters Treaty, they did not simply settle a dispute between two new states. They...

22.06.2026 30

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Zero-Knowledge Architecture: Why Pakistan’s Power Grid Will Soon Match The Landline

I have spent the better part of twenty years doing something that should, in any functioning state, be entirely unremarkable. I have been asking for...

15.06.2026 40

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Pakistan’s Development Trap: How Planning Became The Problem

There is a particular cruelty in being destroyed slowly by people carrying briefcases. Pakistan was not broken by earthquakes or invasion. It was...

06.06.2026 60

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Karachi Is Not Dying from Heat — It Is Suffering From Policy Failure

Every May, as the temperature climbs in the plains below, the headlines arrive in Pakistan with the grim reliability of a recurring illness: soaring...

05.05.2026 50

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Afghanistan Beyond War: The ‘How Is That?’ Generation

I am not a diplomat, not a sociologist, and not a strategic thinker. I write simply as a close observer of Afghan society—someone who has worked on...

31.03.2026 60

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Indus Waters Treaty Suspension: Water, Power And Nuclear Risk In South Asia

A few weeks ago, I was invited by a group of senior diplomats to offer my assessment of India’s suspension of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty. The...

02.03.2026 50

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

NEPRA’s Net Billing Shift Deepens Pakistan’s Energy And Trust Crisis

When the guardian turns deceiver, the fall is never gentle. It is written in ruin. In every society, when those entrusted with protection begin to...

15.02.2026 40

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Water Weaponisation And The Indus Crisis: A Treaty Broken, A Region At Risk

07.01.2026 40

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

When Glaciers Die In Silence: The Unfolding Himalayan Tragedy The World Ignores

15.12.2025 60

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Why Pakistan cannot grow

For decades, Pakistan has struggled with economic instability, chronic debt, infrastructural decay, and stagnant growth. Analysts often point to...

12.12.2025 90

Business Recorder

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

The Cost Of A Single Decision: How The LNG Deal Undermined Pakistan’s Future

04.12.2025 40

The Friday Times

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

OPINION: IMF to Pakistan: reform or remain the begging bowl

There is a number that stalks Pakistan like a curse — so large that it drowns our ambitions, mocks our sovereignty, and keeps our ministers flying...

27.11.2025 70

Business Recorder

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

Crumbling foundations: the failure of Pakistan’s engineering institutions

Engineers stand as the master architects of economic growth, fueling innovation, crafting infrastructure, and igniting industries that spark...

03.05.2025 60

Business Recorder

Engineer Arshad H Abbasi