#Agriculture is pivotal to #Pakistan’s economy, contributing 23 per cent to the #GDP & employing 37.4pc of the labour force. With 70pc of the country’s exports directly or indirectly linked to agriculture, disruptions in this sector can have profound #economic impacts. Recent #protests by #farmers, sparked by governmental policies & market conditions, have thrown the sector into #turmoil, exacerbating the ongoing challenges of #inflation & low #ForeignReserves.
Pakistan will gegen illegal geschmuggeltes Öl aus dem Iran vorgehen
Eigentlich darf der Iran kein Öl exportieren - doch abgefüllt in Kanistern gelangt der Rohstoff in Millionenwert ins Nachbarland Pakistan. Während Teheran von dem Schmuggel profitiert, können sich Pakistans Behörden kaum wehren. Von A. Kammerer.
I sure do love climate change, especially the kind that makes my city feel like a microwave oven.
I wish my folks didn't have the worst case of Stockholm Syndrome ever recorded. I wonder what it is about Karachi that makes people romanticize all the abuse? Will this convince them to move to Islamabad? Probably not—that place is too "dull," not enough phone snatchers. #pakistan#karachi#climatechange
The PRC Belt and Roads Initiative is a none too clever means of endebtedness for all participating countries. China does not loose on the deals no matter how unsuccessful these might turn out. In the meantime, hosting countries face years of loans repayments. There is a wolrd map in this article showing the extent of Chinese Ownership of Chinese built port facilities. It’s sobering.
Pakistan's Gwadar port shows China's Belt and Road can fail
Well referenced article by a thinktank based in #Pakistan summarizing the mechanism for #ClimateChange derived food inflation being observed in the country.
Doesn't add anything new except the fact none of the listed issues are predictions - they are observations and cited.
#ClimateCrisis is here, and as in the Global North, farmers/gardeners can see it clearly, but the rest barely.
We are back with the second episode of our NikkahNama series! In this week's episode, we will be sharing the findings of a diagnostic study jointly published by Centre for Human Rights, Musawi, and the National Commission for Human Rights.
As usual, #IMF enforcing capitalists' debts over #Pakistan by forcing #austerity over a #ClimateCrisis stricken country, while (2 years on) promised funds by international banks remain #Greenwashing stunts.
'..why there has been a delay, Mr Ye said that the amount pledged was for reconstruction.. "..the new climate risk profile and the possibility that these areas may be flooded again,”...'
[#Pakistan's] Supreme Court has issued a landmark directive to the government, ordering the establishment of a climate change authority within 14 days. "
Editorial in Dawn - Pakistan's oldest English Daily:
"The writing is on the wall. The time for incremental steps is over. The scale of the challenge requires bold, decisive actions that reflect the urgency of the moment."
This looks so good - a Pakistani hand-drawn animated film! Made by Mano Animation Studios and director Usman Riaz, it looks like a cross between a Cartoon Saloon and a Studio Ghibli film!
The Dilbar Hotel in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, has been a hub and haven for Kashmiri Muslims since 1950, when its original owner, Malik Jamal, opened it as a small teashop. But it wasn’t the tea that got locals’ attention; it was the hareesa and tabaq maz Jamal would bring from home for his lunch. Today, his son, Malik Aslam, runs the restaurant (hotel and restaurant are used interchangeably locally) fully aware it is perhaps the only one in the country serving food from the Kashmir valley. Atlas Obscura has more, including why Aslam believes he is the custodian of a culinary tradition that must be treated like a precious heirloom. https://flip.it/oxoBvU #Culture#Pakistan#Food#Foodstodon#Travel
"n K-P, the consequences of #GlobalWarming and #ClimateChange are evident in the changing of the #monsoon season, which now falls at a time when the #strawberry cash crop, a speciality of Charsadda, is to be cultivated."
".. unusual rains .. destroyed approximately 80 per cent of the fruit’s crop, leaving farmers in a deplorable state... "
@junesim63 this article by a researcher from the University of Bath makes a similar point for #Pakistan, but less toned-down
The gist is, the way capitalism (finance) is structured is making sure no renewables transition occurs, despite a fall in generation costs. The solution is gov led and funded transition
The only difference is the #UK can afford either path, but Pak can only afford green
"The country has witnessed days of #ExtremeWeather, killing scores of people and destroying property and farmland. Experts say #Pakistan is experiencing heavier #rains than normal in April because of #ClimateChange.
In the mountainous northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which has been hit particularly hard by the deluges, authorities issued a flood alert because of the melting of #glaciers in several districts."
Brilliant article on the challenges facing transition to renewables, and why its unlikely
"while the cost of renewable power is now lower than that of fossil fuels, renewables are not a profitable business. The particularities of the .. market structure are the causal factors here... Making sure that capital gets its pound of flesh has crippled the country."
In Pakistan und Afghanistan sterben mehr als 100 Menschen durch Unwetter
Überschwemmte Straßen und verwüstete Landstriche - dieses Bild bietet sich aktuell in Teilen von Pakistan und Afghanistan. Überschwemmungen zerstörten tausende Häuser. Mehr als 100 Menschen starben.