Rethinking water and urban design
With the monsoon season now in full swing, residents of major urban centers in Pakistan will have to see sights they are all too familiar with – choked sewerage, overflowing gutters, blocked…
Temporal apathy
Not as harmless as it seems? In September, barely a month after the new government assumed office, a casual acquaintance mentioned how it had “completely” failed – free falling rupee, inflation, security…
Why women empowerment must be a major national security goal
Climate change can present serious long-term challenges to state stability Population growth exacerbates impact of climate change Women empowerment an effective climate change risk management strategy LAHORE: Increased frequency and intensity of…
Lahore’s water crisis: On a collision course with catastrophe
LAHORE: Imagine water trucks buzzing along the ancient city’s main intersections, long queues at water filtration plants in soaring heat, hospital wards brimming with victims of water-borne diseases, seemingly arbitrary water supply…
May 30: Pakistan conducts another nuclear test, 1,000 aircraft bomb Cologne, Joan of Arc is burnt at the stake
Pakistan conducts another nuclear test Two days after testing five nuclear devices in the Chagai region of Balochistan, Pakistan tests a separate device on May 30, 1998 in the Kharan desert of…
May 28: Pakistan becomes 7th nuclear power in the world, Misbah-ul-Haq is born, Maya Angelou, Spanish Armada
Pakistan conducts five underground tests Pakistan conducts five underground nuclear tests in Chagai Hills at 3:15 pm on May 28, 1998. On 11 and 13 May, 1998 India conducted nuclear tests, declaring…
May 25: First tactical nuclear weapon test, 17 children die in Gujrat, Man on Moon, water on Mars
Cylinder blast kills 17 children in Gujrat, Pakistan A gas cylinder installed in a school van explodes on May 25, 2013 in Gujrat, Pakistan, killing 17 children and the driver. Police reported…
May 14: Ayub Khan is born, Israel declares Independence, Warsaw Pact, Frank Sinatra
Ayub Khan is born Mohammad Ayub Khan is born on May 14, 1907 in the Hazara District of North West Frontier Province, British India. A graduate of the Royal Military Academy at…
13 May: India’s second round of atomic tests, Pakistan’s first railway track, 98 young cadets die in Charsadda attack, Churchill’s speech
India conducts another round of atomic bomb tests Within two days of conducting three underground atomic blasts in Pokhran as part of Operation Shakti (Power), the Indian government conducts another two explosions…
11 May: India conducts atomic tests in 1998, 1857 sepoy mutiny, Manto is born, Bob Marley dies, Salvador Dali
First War of Independence/ Sepoy Mutiny of 1857: Capture of Delhi The First War of Independence, which began on 10 May 1857 in the garrison town of Meerut quickly picks up steam as…
7 May in history: US air force bombs Chinese embassy, Ibn Hisham passes away, Sony and Rabindranath Tagore
US bombs the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade US aircraft bomb the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade killing three Chinese citizens and injuring another 20 during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia on 7 May,…
6 May: First Pope enters mosque to pray, Babur defeats Afghans, Eiffel Tower, Nehru
Babur defeats Afghans at the Battle of Ghagra The Battle of Ghagra (1529) was the last major engagement of Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad Babur in India. Eager to end the Afghan threat, Babur pursued the army…
4 May: Tipu Sultan fights to death, Palestinian self-rule, Freedom Rides begin, Pulitzer for Hemingway
Death of Tipu Sultan Born in 1750, Tipu Sultan also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the eldest son of the de-facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore Hyder Ali. Tipu Sultan was…