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Building on sustainability: green architecture, a long-term solution to our persistent issues

Pakistan’s biggest cities are growing upward and outward, but they are not growing wiser. Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Islamabad are becoming hotter, noisier, more flood-prone, and more stressful to live in, even when new flyovers, new housing schemes, and new commercial plazas look impressive from above.ـــ

Cover Story

Our present buildings and related infrastructure is largely built from dangerous and unsustainable materials. Green architecture is the way forward and a release from these dangerous structures.

Midnight Musicians

Most of the members in the category of “midnight musicians” are humble, cheerful, and strong, for throughout their life they have to be proficient acrobats and athletic.

Hostage to hostas

Take another look at that difficult, almost impossible to brighten up, shady spot in the garden or in the darkest corner of the balcony where very little natural light manages to penetrate and imagine it bursting with eye-catching Hostas in all of their variegated glory . . .

Sport for Health, Sport for Pakistan: Subh-e-Nau meets Federal Minister Rana Sana Ullah Khan

In a focused meeting aimed at strengthening public well-being through healthy lifestyles, Mr. Rana Sana Ullah Khan, Federal Minister for Sports, met with Mrs. Shahida Kausar Farooq, the Subh-e-Nau Chairperson . . .

Phone in Hand, Risk in Sight: Safe Mobile Use in Daily Life

Mobile phones have become Pakistan’s most common tool for nearly everything. We use them for banking, schoolwork, family calls, navigation, deliveries, photos, and social media.

Subh-e-Nau and the long game: Pakistan's ITF Junior Tennis legacy renewed

There is a particular kind of commitment that does not announce itself loudly, one that shows up year after year, through institutional challenges and security crises and the indifference of a cricket-obsessed public, simply because the work matters . . .

Pearl millet (bajra): The hardy grain with powerful nutrition

Bajra, or pearl millet, is not new to Pakistan. It has long been part of rural food culture, especially in drier regions where wheat can be harder to grow and where people value foods that keep the body warm and satisfied.