// Dr. Mahjabeen As winter arrives, most of us prepare warm clothes, food supplies, and heated homes. But there is another community quietly preparing for the cold — one that plays a far more vital role in our daily lives than we often realize: the honeybees. Every year, particularly in South Asian countries, wild honeybee nests are destroyed during the onset of winter. Some people do it to collect honey, others out of fear, and many simply because they are unaware of how cri

// Dr. Farrukh A. Chishtie Cities in Pakistan are expanding rapidly, but this urban growth is coming at a serious ecological cost. As concrete replaces soil, garbage outpaces greenery, and trees disappear from neighbourhoods, a quiet imbalance is setting in across the ecosystems of our urban landscapes. While a few animal species, especially crows in urban centers across Pakistan, seem to thrive in this changing environment, many others are disappearing. This article explores

// Dr. Farrukh A. Chishtie How colonization, industrial expansion, and forgotten indigenous knowledge have shaped a century of ecological decline. It is often said that the wars of the past were fought for land, resources, and power. Yet one war, silent, relentless, and far older than we acknowledge, continues to this day. It is the war against nature itself, a struggle that began over a century ago with colonization and has since been reinforced by rampant capitalism, indust

// Yahya Imran I once heard my mom talk about how she “kidnapped” fireflies in her scarf and brought them home. Then my dad chimed in and...