Ather Naqvi

Ather Naqvi

The writer is a staff member

  • CPEC is on its way

    Is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor going as planned? Since it was launched in 2013, the flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative , has...

  • Smog over Lahore

    One can see that the dreaded smog is gradually descending upon us. It is palpable at the moment, but it is not inevitable – it shouldn’t be....

  • A mindset for pollution

    It’s the same time and the same smog but a different year. A lot many reasons have been pointed out for the scary smog that visits Lahore but...

  • CPEC: where do we stand?

    The government of the PTI – just having completed its two years in power – has drawn the attention of many, mostly its critics, who are busy...

  • Broken promises

    We’ll come to the wheat crisis a little later. Let’s start from where it all began – a hope inspired by a promise. The first half of the year...

  • Towards a digital future?

    The ‘Digital Pakistan Vision’ launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan recently has the potential to considerably help improve our socio-economic...

  • A for arsenic

    If I go back a few decades, when I was a school-going boy, I can remember drinking water from the tap without any fear of it being contaminated....

  • Reluctance to change

    Now that the dust has finally settled over the Panama case verdict, we’re perhaps in a better position to turn towards less urgent problems...

  • Our false pride

    Ather NaqviThe tragic incident of the oil tanker explosion in Bahawalpur will continue to haunt us as the death toll has risen to 191 as per the...