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.
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Corruption Thwarts Environmental Regulation
This essay by Huda Raza gives a careful examination of the interplay between corrupt practices and environmental degradation.
Floods In Pakistan: Who Is To Blame?
Religious fundamentalism is rampant in societies that lack creative and critical thinking in their educational structures, and is often used as a political card in countries like Pakistan.
A World On Fire: the Third International and Colonial India
This excerpt from Ali Raza’s scholarly work on the history of Left in South Asia, ‘Revolutionary Pasts; Communist Internationalism in Colonial India’ posits the centrality of anti-imperial narrative in the agenda of the Third International.
Disaster Capitalism: why capitalists love natural disasters
Living up to their rationale, capitalists are once against feeding off the miseries of others. They are infamous for their vicious and heartless art of turning a crisis into a strategic advantage for further accumulation of wealth.
Floods, Pakistani Politics, and the Need for an Alternative
The torrential rains have devastated the country and ripped peoples’ lives. The poor and helpless are bearing the brunt of climate change, fueled by unplanned growth and development in the country.
Sindh’s Version of ‘Don’t Look Up’!
Sindh has lost an enormous chunk of forest cover over the past few decades. The coastal belt in Sindh or the Thatta belt or the Indus belt is dramatically shrinking on account of mangrove deforestation.
What does independence mean for the masses?
We are still living in a country which is not free. We are the slaves of those who are in power. The unfortunate thing is that we don’t even have the freedom to speak out against the beasts who are sucking the blood of the common people of our country.
The evils of religious fanaticism
Noam Chomsky argues, masses are attracted to religious fundamentalism when they are depoliticised and kept away from taking part in public affairs.
Sindh: the province caught up in a never-ending water crisis
The minister for Water Resources ordered an increase in Sindh’s share but even that is not enough to meet the needs of the province. The feudals from the upper Sindh and Punjab are encroaching upon the share of lower Sindhis.