Dr Asif’s Media Articles

The Development Recipe, SouthAsia Journal, October 2018, http://southasia.com.pk/sa-0519/the-development-recipe.html

Tapping into the diaspora in higher education, Express Tribune, 24 April 2019

Energy sector and academia, Express Tribune, 17 April 2019, https://tribune.com.pk/story/1952289/6-energy-sector-academia/

Holistic audit of energy sector, Express Tribune, 28 December 2018

Energy sector — getting house in order, Express Tribune, 1 November 2018

An Enemy Within, SouthAsia Journal, October 2018

http://southasia.com.pk/sa-1018/an-enemy-within.html

Unified energy ministry, Express Tribune, 5 September 2018

Energy sector: setting the directions rightExpress Tribune, 16 August 2018

Energy sector audit by caretakers, Express Tribune, 13 June 2018

Energy sector audit,  Express Tribune, 5 May 2018

Protecting natureDawn, 6 April 2018

Incapacitation in the energy sectorExpress Tribune, 26 November 2017

Energy security in Pakistan Express Tribune, 17 October 2017

Missing outDawn, 27 October 2017

Enabling renewablesDawn, 22 June 2017

The energy crisisDawn, 14 April 2017

Going solarDawn, 20 March 2017

The coming disasterDawn, 12 February 2017

Energy projectsDawn, 18 December 2014

The crisis of will, Herald, July 2013

The water car saga, Automark, September 2012

The way forwardBusiness Recorder – Special supplement, 27 April 2012

No answers to energy crisisDawn, 20 April 2012

Responding to energy crisisTheNews, 17 September 2011

Sustainable Solutions to the Energy Crisis, Pakistan & Gulf Economist, 2-15 May 2011

Energy: the crisis worsensDawn, 5 October 2010

Energy Crisis in Pakistan, South Asian Journal, July-September 2010

Too little, too lateDawn, 28 April 2010

Indigenising renewable energy technology,  Dawn, 15 March 2010

Public awareness & power crisisDawn, 22 February 2010

No results in energy sectorDawn, 7 January 2010

Need for the right solutionDawn, 24 March 2009

No end to energy crisis in sightDawn, 24 December 2008

Foreign policy and energy needsDawn, 16 December 2008

Industry and the energy sectorDawn, 18 November 2008

Revamping wind power policyDawn, 13 October 2008

An energy policy with visionDawn, 7 October 2008

Energy security and National Sovereignty, Defence Journal, May 2008

Let there be light, Newsline, April 2008

Coping with the energy crisisTheNews, 27 April 2008

Welcome to the modern stone age, TheNews, 11 March 2008

Anatomy of the energy crisis in PakistanDefence Journal, February 2008

Valuable but untappedDawn, 18 April 2008

Coal: waiting for a callDawn, 2 February 2008

Bleak energy scenarioDAWN – Opinion; December 10, 2007

Energy crisis and the industrial sectorTheNews, 30 Oct 2007

Academia and the energy sectorDAWN – Editorial; October 29, 2007

For sustainable energyDAWN – Opinion; September 26, 2007

The missing link in the energy equationDAWN – Editorial; September 17, 2007

Who caused the energy crisis?  DAWN – Editorial; September 03, 2007

Hydrogen Cars – Water Running The EngineThe Nation, 27 February 2005

Solar water heating: ready to adopt technology for PakistanThe Nation, 13 February 2005

Solar water heating systems being commercializedDawn, 25 December 2004

Hydrogen: the optimum future fuel,  Dawn, 25 November 2004

Prospects of solar water heating in textile industryDawn, 6 September 2004

The Energy Problematique in Pakistan: Challenges and Prospects, The Nation, 14 November 2004