Economic Crisis is Because World is Living Beyond its Means

Now that Europe’s debt crisis is unfolding all around us, shouldn’t we question why the world is determined to live beyond its means and not worry how it sabotages our common future? The debt crisis is a mere symptom of a deeper malaise. The fact is that countries, private companies and individual households can run [...]

Destruction of the Indus Delta: A Case of Human Rights

by Jamil Junejo  Once the Indus Delta, a magnificent creation of the mighty Indus river, was the most prosperous, fertile and beautiful piece of land characterized by prosperity, agricultural productivity and soil fertility. The delta was such a vibrant and prosperous region where none experienced things like poverty. Livestock mushroomed, agricultural production boomed, fruits farms were [...]

Solar Power a Solution to Pakistan’s Problems

As more than 1.4 billion people worldwide currently live without electricity. Bringing electricity to remote rural areas around the globe would not only transform economies, it would transform education, health care, agricultural production and overall livelihood. Renewable energy power leads to better education, health, safety and income by allowing poor communities to cook, pump water, [...]

Why is the World Running Out of Water When 71% of Earth is Covered with Water?

By Dr Habib Siddiqui  Nearly 71% of our earth is covered with water of which only 2.5% is fresh water, and the remainder 97.5% is salt water. Of this fresh water nearly 70% (or 1.75% of total water) is frozen in the icecaps of Antarctica and Greenland. The remainder 0.75% of the total water is perhaps [...]

Interview of the Author of The New Nuclear Danger

An Interview with Helen Caldicott, M.D. By Dennis Hughes, Share Guide Publisher The Share Guide: Tell us how you first became aware of the nuclear weapons problem and nuclear power? Dr. Helen Caldicott: I first became aware of the threat of nuclear war when I read Neville Shute’s book On The Beach when I was [...]

Nuclear Disaster in Pakistan

In the backdrop of the recent earthquake in Japan and an even bigger disaster being unfolded by the crumbling nuclear reactors in the country prompting serious threat to human life, water bodies and the eco systems of the region, a letter has been sent by the citizens of Karachi to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission [...]

No Mechanism in Pakistan to Control Mobile Tower Pollution

The Pollution Control Board is receiving several complaints against radiations from mobile network towers, but it is unable to act on them as it has not been delegated any power to deal with electro-pollution. The Board officials said that harmful effects of non-ionizing radiation from telecommunication towers is a much-debated topic and had been adequately [...]

The Recent Floods are Partly a Natural & More a Human-made Disaster

Once the floods have subsided and the victims have received support, Pakistan and the international community will have to learn the lessons of the current disaster.  Are the floods a natural or a human-made disaster? What kind of flood management will help to prevent or mitigate future catastrophic floods in a time of climate change? [...]

No Question That India Needs to Generate More Power

The energy indicators say it all. It has the lowest per capita consumption of electricity in the world. This when access to energy is correlated with development, indeed with economic growth. Let us not dismiss the need for energy as a simple issue of intra-national equity when the rich use too much, while the poor [...]

The Water & Sanitation Challenge: The Conflict Between Reality & Planning Paradigms

Since the late 50’s all governments in Pakistan have given great importance to the drinking water and sanitation sector Their importance has been emphasised in all five year plans, in MTDF and in the Pakistan Vision 2030 (the correct vision in medical terms is 2020) For the implementation of water and sanitation programmes we have [...]