Dengue Prevention and Control: The Lahore Model of Success
An epidemic had shaken Punjab, and all of Pakistan, to its very core. Tens of thousands had been infected, and…
Capital Controls Through the Back Door in Pakistan: State Bank Makes it Harder to Invest in Foreign Currency
The freezing of foreign currency accounts was the last time when SBP took a drastic step to impose capital controls.…
Are Plot Files the New Prize Bonds?
Turns out that not only did the longest-running money laundering scheme helped in whitening the black money without any corresponding…
Unravelling the Urban Flood
Every year, natural disasters claim around 90,000 lives and affect more than 150 million around the world. Among these, floods…
Surviving the Great Deluge
The gaping 200-feet-wide, 20-feet-deep sinkhole that emerged on The Mall in Lahore came as a surprise to many. For most…
Implementing the Miyawaki method in Lahore
In 2019, the Lahore High Court observed in Farooq v Federation of Pakistan (2018) that Pakistan had the world’s highest deforestation rate.…
Beat the heat: Combating Heat Waves
The gruelling heat in Pakistan has been on the rise for the last decade. Heat waves, marked by periods of…
Repurposing Walton: Lahore Central Business District Development Authority
For the first time in history, more people now live in urban areas than in rural regions. By 2050, more…
Drive Through Vaccination: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
An area of the Nishtar Park Sports Complex has been cordoned off and booths have been set up where citizens…
CSS Exams: Frozen in Time
After seeing the baffling CSS questions doing rounds on social media, I picked up the phone and called a retired…