Environment and Us :: Nuclear Waste
Recent articles from the archives
Starting from the End
Ali Hashmi Mar 11, 2008Wapda and the ministry of power have implemented an emergency load shedding plan to plug the gap between electricity supply and demand leading to more misery for millions.
India-Iran Ties
Aparna Pande May 30, 2007One has the world’s second largest gas reserves and the other is one of the world’s largest gas importers.
Oily ‘Oil Wars’
Muhammad A Khan Sep 3, 2006It is only a matter of time from hence to year 2040 when the fence sitters, equally thirsty of oil, would lose patience about US wrangling under the dream-world – like slogans of peace, prosperity, democracy, justice, human rights and above all safe
Meaningful Giants in ‘Eurasian Balkan’
Muhammad A Khan Aug 3, 2006When the world is getting hoarse on the sight of ‘pressure cooker’, unfortunately no platform at the Eurasian Balkan level is being evolved for the dialogue among the Titans.
On death of a Terrorist
Tahir Qazi Jun 11, 2006I did not know what to feel about the death of the most dreaded murderer and terrorist. I thought I should feel something.
Connecting the Dots: From Oil Energy to Green Energy
Saima Shah May 25, 2006The real question is not what if conspiracy theorists are right, the real question is why there are many holes, foul-ups and goof-ups in the 9/11 story
Documenting Anarchy
Saima Shah May 4, 2006Recently—meaning in the last decade but more openly since 9/11, there is a continued effort to document people all over planet earth. From the most disorganized countries to most orderly, there is a concerted effort to account for every person on th
Iran: The Next Stop?
H P Mar 5, 2006Iran is not Iraq: Given the Iranians’ fierce nationalism and the Shiites’ traditions of martyrdom, any military move on Iran would receive a response that would engulf the entire region in fire
Pipe Dreams?
Aarya Nijat Sep 4, 2005Pakistan has three natural gas rich countries in the region i.e. Turkmenistan, Iran and Qatar, all of whom are looking to tap the ready markets in Pakistan and India for the export of their gas.
Highway Robbery
Nadeem Akram Nov 13, 2004I was told ‘good things come to those who wait’, ‘come December, check your odometer and then divide it with the amount spent on CNG and viola: One rupee saved for every kilometer you drove’.
Drooling Oil
Zille Rehman Niazi Jul 27, 2004Beyond the road yet snaking through the mountain and bone dry gorges stood an empowering turret shining in the morning sun with small ivy-white and money-green caravan cabins surrounding it.
Black Days in Karachi
Bina Shah Aug 17, 2003The Black Days have returned to Karachi, but this time they have nothing to do with politics, but a slowly widening oil slick, that grows day by day to destroy everything that Karachi holds dear.
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