Hyderabad: How Clean is Our Drinking Water?

Posted on February 18, 2009
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Owais Mughal I had never been overly optimistic about cleanliness of our drinking water sources, but following two photos hit too close to reality. Pakistan’s 6th largest and Sindh’s 2nd largest city, Hyderabad draws its drinking water from Phuleli Canal (official spellings – Fuleli). The photos in this post show protest by an NGO in […]

Utilizing Solar Energy in Pakistan

Posted on February 17, 2009
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Air Cdre (R) Azfar A Khan In these days of escalating oil prices, it’s becoming extremely difficult for a common citizen to pay off monthly electricity bills. The bills keep soaring day by day and there seems to be no respite in foreseeable future. These bills can be reduced by resorting to other methods of […]

Deal in Swat: Good Move or Bad Move?

Posted on February 16, 2009
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Jauhar Ismail According to a recent Yahoo news update: The government (of Pakistan) agreed to impose Islamic law and suspend a military offensive across much of northwest Pakistan on Monday in concessions aimed at pacifying the Taliban insurgency spreading from the border region to the country’s interior. In my opinion, the devil is really in […]

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