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Pakistan's First International Award Winning Magazine on Environment and Health
Concrete Over Canopy: The Unmaking of Islamabad’s Green Capital Dream
// Abdul Aleem Ch Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, was once celebrated as the “Green Capital,” a city where lush forests, rolling hills, and serene green spaces harmonized with urban life. The situation has now taken a dark turn, and the city is quite the opposite. Why, and how, can we recover? Conceived in the early 1960s as a planned city to serve as the nation’s administrative hub, Islamabad was envisioned not only as the seat of government but also as a model of sustainable
Jan 285 min read
Fields under water: Agricultural losses from the 2025 floods in Pakistani and Indian Punjab
// Abdul Aleem Chaudhry In the summer of 2025, the fertile plains of Punjab, divided between Pakistan and India but united by a shared...
Sep 30, 20255 min read
Pakistan's increasing heat and drought
// Abdul Aleem Chaudhry On a sweltering afternoon in the second half of June, while I was driving from Faisalabad to Islamabad on the...
Jun 25, 20254 min read
The Role of Hydropower in Pakistan's Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
Hydropower, climate change, Climate Mitigation, Electricity Generation, River Basin, carbon footprint, Renewable Energy
Jan 29, 20253 min read
Glacier Flooding: A Renewed Threat
// Dr. Farrukh Chishtie Increased glacier flooding due to deforestation and climate change, coupled with the literally changed regional...
Nov 10, 20096 min read
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