First aid kits unavailable in schools

LAHORE: Thanks to their relentless curiosity and dreadful naivety, school-going children are known to attract misfortune. While some are injured after being pushed off a ten-foot-high slide, others willingly embrace sickness after hugging a sneezing friend. For the government, however, this fundamental fact about childhood fails to register as public schools continue to operate without … Read more

Pakistan floods spark calls for adaptation over aid

Recent flash floods have killed hundreds and uprooted thousands of lives in northern Pakistan, which ranks among the world’s 10 most climate-vulnerable countries Northern Pakistan is reeling from devastating climate-induced flash floods that killed hundreds earlier this month, destroying homes, infrastructure and livelihoods in scenes many compared to the catastrophic 2022 deluges. Pakistan ranks among … Read more

Living in ‘sin’? Ronaldo, Rodriguez highlight Saudi double standard

RIYADH: When Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez announced their engagement this month, two things stood out: the outsized diamond ring, and their unmarried cohabitation in conservative Saudi Arabia. The celebrity couple and their blended brood of five children have been living in the birthplace of Islam for more than two years, untroubled by laws against … Read more