Ali Tauqeer Sheikh
The writer is a climate change specialist, focusing on low-carbon and resilient development.
He is presently a senior Climate Change Advisor at the World Bank in Islamabad. Sheikh serves on many national commissions and international committees, including the country’s apex climate change body, Pakistan Climate Change Council.
Features
Ignoring Climate Change Will Cost Pakistan Dearly
This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here. In this article, I will present an overview of the state of knowledge, institutions, policies, plans, and strategies that deal with climate change at both...
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News
Mirpurkhas Court Sends Abducted...
A court in Mirpurkhas, Sindh, ruled in favour of a man who abducted a 15-year-old Hindu girl, Karishma Ramesh,...
News
Balochistan Minister Accused Of...
A local court in Quetta has approved the bail of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) Provincial Minister Sardar Abdul Rehman...
News
Intelligence Bureau Withdraws Petition...
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has said it is considering withdrawing its petition calling on the Supreme Court to revisit...
Human Rights
The Curious Case of...
On Monday, the Senate Secretariat claimed that the bill seeking to criminalize enforced disappearances was not lost but rather...
News
PTI Worker Shot Dead...
A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker was shot dead in Spinwam, North Waziristan, in a suspected targeted killing. The party...
Editor's Picks
Imran Khan Got Relief...
Supreme Court of Pakistan declared former prime minister Imran Khan's arrest "illegal" on the grounds that he was detained...
Latest articles
Extremism watch
Overlooking Homegrown Hate, Pakistan Hesitates to Call Islamabad Blast Anti-Shia Violence
ISLAMABAD - Just hours before a suicide bomber struck the Khadija Tul Kubra Shia...
Opinion
How Imaan-Hadi Conviction Marks the Death of Fair Trial in Pakistan
Last week, a trial court in Islamabad convicted human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir...
Commentary
PTI’s Ambiguous Rhetoric on Taliban Is Dangerous for Pakistan’s Counter-Extremism Efforts
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. Islamabad -...
Editor's Picks
How My Daughter’s Trial Exposes Pakistan’s Assault on Human Rights
My daughter, a human rights lawyer, and her husband are currently on trial in...