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Imran Mukhtar

Imran Mukhtar

imranmukhtar@live.com

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last contributed to D+C/E+Z in summer of 2022. He is a journalist based in Islamabad.  

All articles of Imran Mukhtar

Extreme weather
Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar

Climate impacts compound Pakistan’s pre-existing problems

Why this summer’s floods will reduce food security in Pakistan in the long run

Flooding
Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar

Pakistan is paying price for neglect of climate adaptation

Not having contributed much to climate change, Pakistanis suffer impacts

Pakistan
Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar

Some poor people depend on garbage scavenging in Islamabad

In Pakistan, informal waste pickers manage about 50 % of municipal waste

Labour rights
Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar

Dangerous cotton harvest

Mostly women pick cotton in Pakistan – they are poorly paid and exposed to health risks

Agriculture
Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar

How the climate crisis affects cotton production in Pakistan

Rising temperatures have contributed to a 50 % decline in cotton production in Pakistan

Health hazards
Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar

In Pakistan, toxins put the poor particularly at risk

Pakistan’s laws to control chemical pollution are hardly enforced

Environmental protection
Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar

Cleaner air for Punjab

The regional government of Pakistan’s most populous province is taking steps to reduce air pollution

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The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

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Colonial legacies still mark development affairs

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

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Promoting access to safe drinking water for all
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Breathing space for politically persecuted persons
Colonial legacies still mark development affairs