Skip to main content

Posts

Exploring the unchartered territories of Pakistan Water Charter

Water policy making has undergone multiple paradigms shifts in the last three decades in developing countries e.g. managing water as an economic good, adoption of integrated water resource management paradigm, and shifts in responsibilities between level of government (Jensen, 2019) . Pakistan is no exception. Pakistan faces severe water crises, with its per capita water availability declining from 5,260 cubic meters in 1952 to 860 cubic meters in 2025, shifting it from water stressed country to water scarce country. (Pakistan’s Water Crisis: Policy Challenges and Recommendations, 2018) The increasing shortage of water in Pakistan has now become severe threat for food, energy and water security.  (Pakistan Water Policy , 2018) . As a call to action, a charter officially known as ‘Pakistan Water Charter’ has been signed among the provincial governments and federal government to declare a water emergency in Pakistan. The signatories of Pakistan Water Charter acknowledge anthropo...
Recent posts

Changing Frequencies: Capacity Building Training on Radio Content Production

I reached late to Beach Luxury on 20 Jan, 2025 due to traffic jam on the main artery of Karachi Shahrah-e-Faisal. A pick-up truck broke down at Drigh Road, resulting into miles long traffic jam on in morning rush hour. Missing the welcome note by Najia Asher, I joined the training from Session 1: Trends in Radio Content Production.  Hands-on Experience in Podcast Production This session focused on the technical part of production, where Mr. Attique displayed and demonstrated mics, cameras, and mobile phones which can be used for making a podcast. A handson group activity was performed by participant to produce podcasts in natural light setting and studio light setting. The expert recommended that Google Pixel can be the best mobile phone which can be used for MoJo (Mobile Journalism).  The Business of Radio: Thinking Like an Entrepreneur One key take away from this workshop was to think like an entrepreneur radio professional, instead of a salaried radio professional. Mr. Fais...

My Summer Reads

The current economic turmoil, political instability, judicial uncertainty, and military repositioning has influenced my bookshelf of the summer too much. My summer reading list compromises money management books.   1. The Psychology of Money: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel. It is one of the finest books on understanding money and its management or we can say the relationship between Money and Human Behavior. The premise of the book is that we think of earning money as rational and logical but we spend money based on emotions and psychology. It consists of independent chapters on money, saving, investment, and spending. It can be read interdependently if you need recommendations on some specific targets.   2. Intelligent Investor: Intelligent Investor is written by Benjamin Graham. First published in 1949 and revised in 1972. It is a comprehensive and classic guide to investing but if you are interested in understanding classic strategies on the share mark...

Namaz Kit for Workplace | نماز پاوچ

عالم اسلام میں جمعہ کو انتہائی مذہبی اہمیت حاصل ہے۔ اس میں سب سے خاص   ہفتہ وار، دوپہرمیں ادا کی جانے والی   نماز 'نماز جمعہ'    ہے۔زمانہ قدیم سے ہی مسلمان اس نماز کو ادا کرنے کیلئے خاص اہتمام کرتے ہیں۔ بیشتر خلیجی ممالک میں اس روز ہفتہ وار تعطیل بھی ہوتی ہے۔ البتہ پاکستان میں اس روز دفاتر معمول کے مطابق کھلے ہوتے ہیں۔ لیکن اس کے باوجود بھی مسلمان نماز جمعہ کو احسن طریقے سے ادا کرنے کی کوشش کرتے ہیں ۔   لیکن کیا آپ کو پتہ ہے کہ اگر آپ اپنے ساتھ ایک نماز پاوچ رکھیں تو اس نماز کو مزید خشوع وخضوع کے ساتھ ادا کیا جا سکتا ہے۔ اس نماز پاوچ میں درج ذیل اشیاء شامل کی جا سکتی ہیں۔   عطر نماز میں خوشبو/ عطر لگانا افضل ہے۔ یہ سماں باندھنے اور کیفیت طاری کرنے میں انتہائی معاون ثابت ہوتا ہے۔ حس شامہ کے ذریعے ہم اپنے ذہن کو پیغام دے سکتے ہیں کہ اب عبادت کا وقت ہوا چاہتا ہے۔  ذاتی طور پر مجھے گرمیوں میں 'روح خس' او سردیوں میں ' عطر شمامہ' پہنا پسند ہے۔ البتہ یہ دونوں بر صغیر کی خوشبوئیں ہیں۔ آپ چاہیں تو عربی خوشبو مثلا عود وغیرہ پہن سکتے ہیں۔ چاہے عطر...

Wheel of Fragrance

Its Summer time, perfume is an essential EDC but don’t judge the book by its cover. You don’t wear the bottle of perfume or the fancy packaging. What you wear is, The Fragrance. In a brief survey, I found that while buying fragrances most consumers’ decision is based on very crude/basic rationale e.g. long-lasting, discount, affiliation with loved-ones, religious beliefs, word of mouth, ads etc. They are almost unaware of sense the Notes and Ingredients that form a fragrance. Michael Edwards, creator of The Fragrance Wheel, has made fragrance selection an exciting journey instead of difficult chore. It holds the key to your fragrance likes and dislikes. It have four clusters and every cluster has relationship between the 14 different families. Floral Notes: You smell like a bouquet of Rose, Jasmine and/or other flower/s you are wearing a scent from  Floral Family . Soft Floral Family’s  fragrances contains nostalgic scents that are soft, powdery, sweet, and creamy. Amber, Oran...

ایڈونچر کی تیاری کے ۱۲ رہنما اصول

  اگر آپ  سیر و تفریح کی غرض سے دشت و بیاباں میں مہم جوئی یا ایڈونچر کرنے کی تیاری کر رہے ہیں تو یہ تحریر پڑھنا مددگار ثابت ہوسکتا ہے.    1930کی دہائی میں امریکی کوہ پیماؤں نے مہم جوئی کے لیے لازمی دس اشیاء کا ذکر کیا تھا.  جسے Ten essentials of Hiking کہا جاتا ہے. اس ایڈونچر نمبر میں، میں نے Ten essentials of Hiking اور مہم جوئی  کے  ذاتی تجربات کو مدِ نظر رکھتے ہوئے ۱۲ نظاموں کی فہرست تشکیل دی ہے. جن سے  پاکستان  کے کوہ و دمن  میں مہم جوئی کرنے کی تیاری کے سلسلے میں رہنمائی حاصل کی جا سکتی ہے.     یہ  نظام آگ، پانی، کھانے، پناه گاه، مرمت، موسمی لباس، روشنی، سورج کی شعاعوں سے حفاظت، سمت شناسی، ابتدائی طبی امداد، مواصلات، اور لین دین کی ضروریات کو پورا کرتے ہیں. آئیے ان نظاموں کا تفصیلی جائزہ لیتے ہیں۔ 1.    آگ جلانے کا نظام: کسی بھی ایڈونچر پر جاتے وقت آگ جلانے کے آلات: لائٹر ، ماچس یا میگنیزیم فائر سٹاٹرکٹ لازمی رکھنی چاہئیے۔ اس کے علاوہ ایک ڈبیا میں کچھ روئی جو پٹرولیم جیلی یا تیل میں ڈوبی...

Hingol - The Wonderland of Pakistan

From the vault: Wild Wanderers 2nd Meet-up (November 2020) Adjacent to Makran Coastal Highway – Baluchistan, Hingol National Park is the wonderland of Pakistan. It’s one of the most sacred place for Hindus pilgrims. According to Maharaja of the temple, the only Temple of Hanglaj Devi in the world is located in Hingol. This temple is locally known as (Nani Mata ka mandir). The scenery of oasis, natural fountains (Amrat ghara), hilltops, and caves around the temple adds beauty to its serenity. Main Gate of Hanglaj Devi Temple (Photography inside Mandir not allowed) Crater of Chandragup Mud Volcano What is just a mud volcano to many people, in many volcanoes of Hingol, is a fundamental stopover in their pilgrimage (Yatra). Pilgrims pray and ask (mannat) at Chandragupta, make mud statues of their Lord Shiva from the volcanic mud. Inspired by their pottery, I also made few items from the volcanic mud for my collection. Myself at Golden Beach Few miles away is the refreshing beaches of...