By Amar Guriro KARACHI – The international development agency WaterAid has welcomed pledges from South Asian ministers that, if delivered, would provide 48.5 million people with access to essential lifesaving services across the region. The pledges were made by ministers of developing country participating in the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High-Level Meeting (HLM) [...]
PHOTO BY IMRAN ALI Monday, April 09, 2012 Amar Guriro Carrying candles in their hands and tears in their eyes, several mourners, including a large number of women and young men, gathered at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) Sunday evening to pay rich tributes to their beloved leader, the Sindhi nationalist/separatist and former Jeay Sindh [...]
Amar Guriro KARACHI – Controlled change in the present socio-political system is creating problems, pushing the country backwards in terms of development, maintaining law and order and peace, renowned urban planner, architect and social scientist Arif Hasan said on Monday. Delivering a lecture on “Feudalism and the Process of Change in Pakistan”, organised by the [...]
By Amar Guriro Of the two largest Southasian deltas, one flourishes as the other faces the threat of being overrun by the sea. At a time when melting glaciers, shrinking coastal lands, depleting freshwater sources and vanishing forests are hot issues across the world, the tidal mangrove forests of the Sundarban constitute an encouraging [...]
