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Syed Mohammad Ali

Syed Mohammad Ali

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Conflict and climate change

Conflict is messy, and it can occur in various forms. Conflicts range from outright declarations of war between states to lingering forms of...

yesterday 50

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Stop ignoring women's role in agriculture

Stop ignoring women's role in agriculture

The incumbent government seems keen to boost agricultural productivity via adoption of the corporate farming model which may prove to be a windfall...

19.04.2025 50

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Syed Mohammad Ali

Rethinking the Indus Water Treaty

The US-backed Indus Water Treaty (IWT), brokered by the World Bank in 1960, created a mechanism for transborder water sharing between Pakistan and...

12.12.2024 5

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The price of consuming unhealthy water

Pakistan occupies the unenviable position of being one of the worst countries in the world in terms of access to clean water. Much of the populace,...

05.12.2024 5

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Contentions surrounding the Nobel for Economics

This year's prestigious prize for Economics was co-awarded to three economists - Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and Jim Robinson - for their work on...

28.11.2024 4

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Mining-related concerns in Pakistan

Pakistan is apparently endowed with huge reserves of minerals, with significant commercial value. Although mineral extraction has been a cause of...

21.11.2024 3

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The dwindling diversity of life on Earth

The Earth does not belong to human beings alone, yet we continue acting as if nature and all other living creatures are here only for us to...

14.11.2024 2

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Stop growing water thirsty crops

Pakistan is on its way to experiencing a full-blown water crisis. We have gone from a nation which had surplus water to one which is now seriously...

03.10.2024 2

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The unfolding human tragedy in Afghanistan

It is a shame that the lives of ordinary Afghans today remain so difficult despite having weathered decades of conflict, including twenty years of...

20.09.2024 3

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Can India become a self-correcting democracy?

Much has been written about the decline of democracy in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi over this past decade. However, Modi suffered a...

13.09.2024 2

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Syed Mohammad Ali

Our media needs to wake up to the reality of climate change

Pakistan is amongst the top ten hotspot countries when it comes to climate change but one rarely realises this alarming fact despite the profusion...

06.09.2024 4

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What to expect under another Trump presidency

While it is not possible to predict the outcome of the next presidential race in the US, the policies adopted by the new American administration...

23.08.2024 2

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Give Pakistanis safe water to drink

Making safe drinking water available to all citizens, alongside provision of basic health and education, are amongst the most basic...

15.08.2024 2

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The gendered impact of increasing heat

Human-induced climate changes have begun putting increasing pressure on already stressed natural systems on which life on our planet depends....

09.08.2024 30

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The changing nature of foreign lending

Amidst a relative slowdown of the Chinese economy over these past few years, there has been much speculation about the changing nature and scope of...

02.08.2024 2

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American democracy in disarray

Democracy was always a contested notion. The was no real democracy in ancient Greece for women or slaves. The self-proclaimed ‘mother of...

26.07.2024 4

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Learning from history

While we can learn a lot from history, it is ironic that this learning usually occurs in hindsight. The emergent lessons of history also, of...

12.07.2024 1

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