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FEATUREDWith the monsoon season now in full swing, residents of major urban centers in Pakistan will have to see sights they are all too familiar with – choked sewerage, overflowing gutters, blocked traffic
Not as harmless as it seems? In September, barely a month after the new government assumed office, a casual acquaintance mentioned how it had “completely” failed – free falling rupee, inflation, security<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/01/04/temporal-apathy/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ISLAMABADThe Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital in Swat may be closed down due to lack of funds, a local media outlet reported on Saturday. The Punjab Trust Hospital (PTH), which had built the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/23/nawaz-sharif-kidney-hospital-in-swat-may-close-due-to-lack-of-funds/" title="Read more" >...</a>
LAHOREThe discovery of polio virus in sewage samples at outfall areas threatens Punjab’s polio-free status, a local media outlet reported on Friday. Health department officials say the virus has been present in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/18/polio-virus-discovery-in-sewage-threatens-punjabs-polio-free-status/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALClimate change can present serious long-term challenges to state stability Population growth exacerbates impact of climate change Women empowerment an effective climate change risk management strategy LAHORE: Increased frequency and intensity of<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/11/why-women-empowerment-must-be-a-major-national-security-goal/" title="Read more" >...</a>
LAHORELAHORE: Imagine water trucks buzzing along the ancient city’s main intersections, long queues at water filtration plants in soaring heat, hospital wards brimming with victims of water-borne diseases, seemingly arbitrary water supply<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/23/lahores-water-crisis-on-a-collision-course-with-catastrophe/" title="Read more" >...</a>
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