According to a UN report published last tuesday, Pakistan is one of the 15 nations where recycling and disassembling electronic debris is seen as a serious health risk.
Instead of focusing on their due responsibilities as a government to pull the country from this dangerous whirlpool, the Taliban have been repeating the same old mistakes.
The women in the mountainous region of Gilgit Baltistan are subjected purely to the whims of their men – men who have assumed the role of an angry God.
In this anarchic international system, economic sovereignty of states must be ensured. But the powerful states have a disproportionate edge over others.
The growing insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is worrying. In two different incidents on Monday, students became the prime victims of attacks by the militants in Swat.
One of Pakistan’s southern provinces, Sindh, however, is bracing itself for the worst to come as the country deals with catastrophic floods. Deluges from swollen rivers are heading for lower-lying areas, threatening more misery for millions.