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Articles for author: Rafia Khalid

October 13, 2026

Rafia Khalid

The Lahore Canal We Deserve: Turning a Familiar Waterway into a Living Solution for the City’s Environmental Crisis

Every day, thousands of people travel along the Lahore Canal, passing its water, trees and familiar banks as they move through the city. For many, it is simply part of the daily commute; for others, it is a cherished reminder of Lahore’s character. But what if we began to see the canal differently—not merely as a waterway running through the city, but as an opportunity to address some of Lahore’s most pressing environmental challenges? At a time when the city struggles with hazardous air pollution, increasingly intense summer heat, disappearing green spaces, water stress and mounting urban waste, the canal

August 28, 2026

Rafia Khalid

PIMS Tragedy: When Hospitals Fail the Test of Resilience

Fourteen newborns. Fourteen lives that had barely begun. The fire at the Mother and Child Health ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad on August 26 was not merely a tragic fire incident. It exposed a deeper question: how resilient are our hospitals when the systems designed to protect patients suddenly fail? As an environmentalist, I believe the conversation must extend beyond flames and smoke. The built environment is also part of our environment. Electrical wiring, ventilation, air-conditioning, oxygen systems, emergency exits, alarms and building design directly affect human health and safety. A hospital may be medically advanced,

November 30, 2023

Rafia Khalid

Depression-A Silent Killer (Opinion piece)

It’s true that a person’s own thoughts can kill him even before his death. While depression has become a hot topic in today’s world, it’s funny how it goes unnoticed when we encounter any depression patient in our daily lives. Though its severity varies in different people belonging to different backgrounds, its root cause is usually common, “A Constant Pressure”. A constant pressure of anything that one takes on his nerves. In simple words, whatever we mostly think about is what our body perceives as constant pressure. Even if the genuine cause of death remained unknown in cases including Sushant

March 8, 2022

Rafia Khalid

A Meaningful Women’s Day (Opinion)

What a wonderful creature a woman is! A miracle in herself.. a true blessing.. a beauty with a fragile heart and a strong mind. From birth to death, her life has always been in a constant state of change, but whatever may come, she will always be the one who adapts to change first. She is fully prepared to pace with the twirling circumstances. A roller coaster of events that happen to her daily, and still she overcomes every hurdle with a smile on her face. The one who lives hundreds of lives in different roles and plays all her

January 9, 2022

Rafia Khalid

Who is to blame if not the Government?

A heart-breaking incident that happened in Murree took many lives. Where it left everyone in grief, it made us realize how our system has collapsed completely. Calling it a failure to handle tourists or no prior policymaking (despite the issuance of red alert), whatever may be the reason, this mishap has proved that the claims of our Premier to make Pakistan “World’s Top Tourist Destination” was a mere delusion. The government which on the one side wants to bring the international community at home has failed to handle its own tourists. How the international community will perceive this incident is

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