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![]() Naseer MemonThe News on Sunday |
The spirit of federalism demands the building of consensus.
For years, there has been no federal member from Sindh in Irsa.
A drought emergency should be declared.
Karachi is no less vulnerable to contaminated faucet flows.
Drought conditions are likely to be aggravated.
The Cholistan project is technically unfit and politically divisive.
Sindh’s potential to enhance agriculture productivity is untapped.
THE Indus delta, once a pristine ecosystem, has lost its glory. Listed amongst the 40 most biologically rich ecoregions in the world, it is also a...
RATHER than augmenting water productivity, our planners are obsessed with building new reservoirs and expanding irrigated areas. The reason? More...
THE first phase of the Cholistan Canal project has stirred fresh acrimony between Sindh and Punjab. Sindh’s government, political parties and civil...
AMID rapidly depleting water resources, Punjab has embarked upon an exercise to build new canals and develop new command areas. The Green Pakistan...
THE Indus River System Authority is again in the spotlight. Following in the footsteps of the previous caretaker government, the present regime is...
IN rural areas a house in most cases means a thatched hut built over ancestrally owned land without any supporting documents. Most of these houses...
A fter a dry and scorching July, Pakistan is in the grip of monsoon rains. Northern areas of Gilgit and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have had several spells...