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Environmental Scientist, Educator and Change-Maker

As a passionate environmental scientist and educator from Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, I’m driven to mitigate human impact on our planet. Holding an M.Phil. in Environmental Sciences from Northern University Nowshera, I’ve witnessed Mardan’s devastating pollution firsthand. Once renowned as the ‘City of Smiles,’ its beauty and agriculture now suffer from contaminated waterways and garbage-filled...

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Reading the leaves of the 26th Amendment

Bilawal Bhutto and Maulana Fazalur Rehman, for disparate reasons, finally struck a difficult but diluted 26th constitutional deal that allows a fragile Shehbaz government to sideline senior puisne judge Mansoor Ali Shah from becoming the next Cheif Justice. The hurry to get the amendment through by hook or crook four days before the appointment of...

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My Climate Action Fellowship Journey

I am Engr. Habib Ahmad Jan, currently pursuing my PhD in Climate Change and Water Resources Engineering at UET Peshawar. In February 2023, I embarked on a one-year Climate Action Fellowship, organized by Aga Khan University Karachi and the US Embassy Islamabad. This fellowship, scheduled to conclude in December 2024, may even be extended due...

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The Doors of Continuing Professional Development

After a long break, I want to hold my pen on the beauty of continuing professional development 2024. As a master trainer of district Mardan I received training in RPDC Abbottabad. The cream of KPK, the great minds and Active souls were collected by the Directorate of Professional Development for this training of continuing professional...

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AUTISM; INCLUSIVITY and ACCEPTANCE

Not everyone sees the game the same way, or paint a scene on a canvas within lines. Autism is like a rainbow. It has a bright shades and darker shades, but every shade is an important and beautiful. Today is #World Autism. The World Autism Awareness Day is commemorated every year on April 2, to...

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A Global Call For Justice And Harmony

As the world observes the International Day Of Peace on September 21st, It’s time to reflect on what peace truly means in today’s turbulent world. This annual event, established by the United Nations in 1981, is more than just a symbolic gesture. It is a global reminder of our shared responsibility to build a peaceful...

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SCHOOL for TRANSGENDERS : Isolation is wholesale Exclusion

Year 21, on 7th July Punjab government opened first ever Transgender School in Pakistan, district Multan. This task feels me to pen down my responsibility as scholar and researcher. It’s good to witness the most vulnerable group of population started to be educated; I do appreciate this act by the Government of Punjab. Punjab education...

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The Guardian of the Environment

Khadim Hussain is a well-known social activist who has been working tirelessly in various fields for the past 64 years. However, in recent years, he has shifted his focus to a particular cause—revitalizing a barren area by planting trees and caring for the environment. Every single day, without fail, he travels from the city to...

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FEAR IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOUR SO AS ABUSE

Abuse is any behavior that one partner uses to control the others and control has no place in a relationship. According to National Domestic Violence identifies six categories of abuse; • Physical • Emotional • Verbal • Sexual • Digital • Stalking Physical threats and violence to you, your children, your family or your pets...

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LET YOUR HOPE SHAPE YOUR FUTURE

According Pema “Nothing ever goes away until it taught us! What we need to learn”. During the journey of 2019 some concepts were unknown for me, like social distancing, mask mandates, lockdowns, due to prevailing situation of pandemic globally, were un-known to most of us. Today without these concepts life has become difficult to live,...