Making a Start on a Massive Job
Afia Salam highlights the small steps Pakistanis are taking in finding climate-adaptive solutions.
Afia Salam
Climate Speak: Look Who’s Talking!
Afia Salam on how regional and digital media are driving the climate change narrative, leaving mainstream outlets to play catch-up.
Bye Bye to Buy Buy
The wholesale adoption of a discard and dispose culture is putting the next generation of Pakistanis at risk, warns Afia Salam.
Climate Change and Media Response
The media must stop covering climate change-induced disasters as mere events, argues Afia Salam.
#AssumeNothing hashtag gives a wake-up call!
Pushback is the only way to break stereotypes; against men, women and even transgenders.
Social and responsible
Given that there are still no laws governing CSR, it is encouraging to see local companies undertaking CSR initiatives.
Do not search and you will NOT find
Why banning a social media platform is pointless.
Why PEMRA's ban on Aamir Liaquat is not the solution
How Aamir Liaquat's latest tryst with controversy has stirred the debate for ethics in journalism.
The cable conundrum
Will the introduction of DTH licences put an end to cable services?
Women, cricket, and cultural norms
The QMobile ad made quite a buzz, but not all of it was for the right reasons.
Does the victimised woman sell better than the empowered one?
Why we all need to step up to the Women’s Media Complaint Cell – and you don’t have to be a woman to do it.
Eyeballs or oxygen?
To reduce environmental damage, massive urban plantation and a strict billboards installation policy are now imperative.
Full Frontal Assault… the new normal?
A NEWSpaper front-page is supposed to give just that… the news!
Come buy my headlines
The dangerous practice of commercialising the news.
Girls drink milk too
Positive messaging is what advertisers should be doing, instead of heedlessly reinforcing gender stereotypes.