War starving millions

The World Food Programme’s estimation that another 45 million people worldwide will be pushed into acute hunger in the next three months is yet another indictment of the incompetence of the top leadership of the US war machine. The coming famine is a wholly man-made disaster authored by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime […]

Leading from the Centre

The federal government’s ambitious target to enroll 25,000 out-of-school children in Islamabad within three months will hopefully serve as an example for the rest of the country as we persevere to raise nationwide enrollment rates, which are currently among the lowest in the world. The success of the initiative would echo across the country, which […]

A generation on the frontlines of climate disaster

Ranked among the most climate-vulnerable countries for children, Pakistan illustrates how environmental shocks disproportionately impact those least responsible for causing them. The 2022 floods triggered an immediate and severe public health crisis among children. In Sindh and Balochistan, surveys by UNICEF and WHO revealed alarming rates of acute malnutrition: over one in nine children were […]

Iran to completely close Hormuz if Trump executes threats on Iranian energy, Revolutionary Guards say

Iran will completely shut the strategic Strait ​of Hormuz if US President Trump executes threats to target Iranian energy facilities, ​the country’s Revolutionary Guards ​said in a statement on ⁠Sunday. Trump on Saturday threatened ​to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants ​if Tehran did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within ​48-hours, suggesting a significant ​escalation […]