Category: Articles
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Lyari River: Karachi’s Forgotten Lifeline
PAKISTAN Karachi, the city of lights and relentless ambition, hides a secret beneath its bustling streets—a river that once breathed life into the city but now struggles under the weight of human neglect. The Lyari River, a 50-kilometer stretch from the hills of the Kirthar Range to the Arabian Sea, has been reduced from a…
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Leveraging Technology for Scalable Sustainable Solutions
By Engr. Dr. Nawaz Iqbal Technology’s involvement in sustainability efforts has now moved beyond a supportive role to become a cause of systematic change. Through digital intelligence, organizations are now able to develop scalable structures that do not work within geographical and economic boundaries but facilitate the swift transformation of old forms of operation, which…
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Fifty Years of Engineering Review: A Chronicle of People, Principles, and Progress
By Manzoor Shaikh It must have been sometime in the late 1980s. On Chundrigar Road, in an office on Dr. Billimoria Street, two senior men were deeply engrossed in a heated argument. The office peon, after asking me to wait, said politely, “Please have a seat for a while.” From where I sat, I…
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Green Entrepreneurship: A Pathway to Scalable Solutions
By Engr. Dr. Nawaz Iqbal Green entrepreneurship is a new paradigm where sustainability and profitability intersect, which develops business models able to meet market demand as well as environmental and social issues. Green entrepreneurship is unlike in traditional entrepreneurship where short-term profit may tend to be prioritized; ecological stewardship is integrated in the business venture’s…
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The Case for a Primary Education Commission
By Prof. Dr. Tariq Rahim Soomro As an educationist who has spent decades in our nation’s classrooms and lecture halls, I have witnessed firsthand the immense potential of our children. Yet, I have also observed a growing void that our current system is failing to fill. We are proficient at teaching children what to memorize,…