Tag: punjab
Residents Continue To Violate SOPs Despite 27 Deaths
Gujranwala becomes one of the most affected areas in Punjab as more than 1,650 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the division. Located in the north of Punjab’s provincial capital Lahore, Gujranwala’s administration ...
A Commission With No Mission?
For a very long time, the religious minorities of Pakistan have been seeking a body that will monitor their problems and difficulties and provide solutions for them. This has been the main purpose of what should have been ...
Blood, Sweat & Tears: Bonded Labour in Pakistan
The grind is the same during the summer months. Calluses and scars have marked the workers’ bodies, but there is no stopping. At least a thousand bricks a day must be made or the quota will not be met.
Smog – A human rights issue
Though air pollution is a year-round phenomenon, it is smog that Lahore is most concerned with – sometimes referred to as the city’s fifth season. Multiple theories about the causes as well as possible solutions of smog in Lahore have come forward throughout the years, but the Punjab Government has no other answer than trans-boundary pollution. Therefore it cannot be controlled. And therefore, it is not a concern of the Punjab Government.
