Published on, Aug. 30 -- August 30, 2025 1:12 AM

The floods of 2022 that swallowed one-third of Pakistan laid bare a harsh reality. Now in 2025, another monsoon has turned catastrophe into deja vu. Just this August, more than one million people have been evacuated from Punjab due to "exceptionally high" water levels in the Ravi, Sutlej, and Chenab rivers-a result of relentless rain and sudden releases from Indian dams. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, flash floods and cloudbursts have led to hundreds of deaths, notably in Buner where over 320 lives were lost, many in landslides triggered by climate-intensified weather. For millions of Pakistanis, climate apartheid is no longer a concept debated in air-conditioned conference halls; it is an everyda...