Wolf Lineages Meet in Pakistan

We all know that Pakistan's mountains have been a melting pot of various cultures across history, but not just for humans, even for wolves! New research by Lauren M Hennelly et al, published in Oxford Academic's Journal of Heredity pin-points the point of convergence of three wolf lineages in Pakistan's north-west mountains. What food / drink are you bringing to this party?

Cartoon for DW Environment. 

Gharial in Pakistan

In some cheerful news, a Gharial was spotted in Pakistan's Sutlej, leading to the discovery of its first population of gharials in 30 years! After successful reintroduction programmes in India's Harike wetland, a gharial is likely to have crossed over during the floods of last year.

Comic from my column with Roundglass Sustain. Special thanks to Mr. Bilal Mustafa for sharing the news with me.

Climate Brides

What does climate change look or feel like to you? For some of us, it may be the image of a Polar Bear on thin ice. For others, drought stricken stretches of barren land. For many young women in developing nations, it is premature marriage and pregnancy. ‘Climate brides‘ are married off in their teens by their families to relieve them from the brunt of financial duress brought on by climate change.

A cartoon on climate brides this Earth Day for DW Global Ideas. Visit and follow the Climate Brides Podcast for more information on this issue.

Pakistan Floods and EU Coal

What do COP vows mean when developing nations are paying in human lives for the mistakes of the developed world? Cartoon available royalty free on my Cartoonstock gallery.

Pakistan's MacQueen's Bustards in Trouble

Like every winter, Pakistan's Macqueen's Bustards (also called the Asian Houbara) are in trouble this year. While Pakistan's conservationists and ornithologists are hard at work trying to revive bustard populations, their government chooses to use these birds as political pawns to appease their sugar-daddies in Saudi Arabia. Cartoon from my column with The Hindu.

Environmental Costs of an Indo Pak War

This World Wildlife Day, a Hangul, Kashmir's state animal, briefs you about some of the environmental costs of an Indo-Pak border war. The comic appears in my column with Sunday Mid-Day.

Define War

The Tiger and the Markhor, the respective National Animals of India and Pakistan, define "war".