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Peer Muhammad

Peer Muhammad Baigal is a freelance environmental journalist. He has worked for a variety of English daily newspapers in Pakistan. He tweets @peerbagel

How green are Pakistan’s political manifestoes?

Pakistan’s national elections are scheduled for February 8, 2024, but election manifestoes by the major parties were only released at the end of January....

Farmers who lost crops in Pakistan floods struggle without compensation

Most farmers in Pakistan whose crops were destroyed in last year’s devastating floods do not have any insurance they can fall back on, leaving...

Farmers in mountainous areas of Pakistan feel the heat

Since March, major cities in Pakistan have experienced unseasonable and extremely high temperatures. However, farmers in the mountainous areas of the Upper Indus Basin in the...

Timely warnings avert loss of life from surging glacier in Pakistan

On 7 May, as Pakistan reeled under an unusually long and severe heatwave, an ice-dammed lake burst in the Hunza valley of northern Pakistan. The...

Most tap water in northern Pakistan not fit to drink

A report on water quality in Pakistan’s northern region of Gilgit-Baltistan shows high levels of pollutants in sources of drinking water, with serious implications for the health and safety of residents

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