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…
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…
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…
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: 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…