Noor RK

Noor RK

The writer is the Senior Sub-Editor, OpEd. She tweets at: @nrkhawar.

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‘Ours’ are the old ways’Columns

‘Ours’ are the old ways’

Someone throw the ‘good old days’ a lifejacket There was a time when Gilgit-Baltistan celebrated the harvest season. Boys and girls of the community would gather in separate groups for “Ch’aap w’yukii”<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/01/30/ours-are-the-old-ways/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jan 30, 2019
Pakistan, climate change, and old King CoalColumns

Pakistan, climate change, and old King Coal

As Thar would attest -- not so merry after allIn the nursery rhyme we grew up with, Old King Cole was decidedly the kind of monarch Pakistanis would have loved: pipe, fiddlers, bowl and all --

Dec 21, 2018
Pakistan and the big shiftColumns

Pakistan and the big shift

Sticking to the status quo isn’t an option anymoreThere is a truth universally acknowledged that a Pakistani in possession of any form of fortune must prove it by providing his family with,

Dec 5, 2018
Waiting for SupermanColumns

Waiting for Superman

Advocating climate change mitigation in Pakistan This year, in December, representatives from the international community will gather in Poland for CoP24 — the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/28/waiting-for-superman/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Nov 28, 2018
Could transitioning to clean energy be IK’s big achievement?NATIONAL

Could transitioning to clean energy be IK’s big achievement?

Harnessing the elements: easier said than done Analysts – both at home and abroad – didn’t just wake up to discover resources running scarce and industries collapsing from the vacuum created. There<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/07/could-transitioning-to-clean-energy-be-iks-big-achievement/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 7, 2018
It ain’t easy being greenColumns

It ain’t easy being green

Planting trees can’t be the end of the Green Growth Agenda The importance of clean energy, and the necessity of reducing a nation’s impact on the environment, is often lost on the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/14/it-aint-easy-being-green/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Aug 14, 2018