Analysis

Amid protests, another abuse of power case emerges in Haripur

The only losers here will be politicians from these areas that fly for free

In a Just War the “cost benefit ratio” should also be “positive”

The spoilers, however, seem to have hit the target.

Prejudice of different kinds has prevailed in most human societies, with that based on skin colour being most notable

The “racial time bomb” in the US will explode if Trump is re-elected in November

One hopes that the Democrats will be able to transcend the maximalist stance towards China

For any effective learning, India would have to make its regional foreign policy less belligerent and more consolatory

Turkey had shown the path to Muslims, it can lead now

Awareness campaigns are expensive, but the lives of the people of Pakistan are priceless

Cowards (enemies of peace) don’t hide behind a mask, they hide behind their Kurdoglu

Given that Raymond Davis incident is still alive in public memory, Pakistan was just acting cautiously, not illegally

What made Fawad Chaudhry come up with a charge-sheet against his own party is anybody’s guess

However, the main reason for the delay in the project’s completion is lack of political will

Nothing unusual though, the gentlemen’s game is surrounded by allegations of wrong and unwelcome doings, of late

A tug of war has long been going on particularly between the local governments of Karachi and Hyderabad

Significant belt-tightening brought on by the economic impact of Covid -19 and other revenue issues

Slave mindset is indeed toxic — especially when we are slaves of our own ego

Budgets for all four provinces are out and it seems that they have done a much better job than the federal government

Yes. You heard that right. The award for the most unfriendly neighbour on the planet goes to… India.

About 10 million people fell below the poverty level since 2018

We must stop these crimes from persisting at all costs

The days of horror are long past when terror struck as a matter of routine in Pakistani cities

It is heartening to see there has been some measure of justice in a case that most of the world had long forgotten

The onus is on our authorities

The decision is harsh and inhumane, and it comes as a surprise that no one objected while it was being made

How would this building conflict get resolved?

Clearly, the Indian government has little option to hit back at China

Non-development expenses should be reduced instead of development expenditure

Best thing under pandemic is to reduce risks to savings by playing safe

Govt should withdraw from commercial role like support price, export subsidy and quota

Pakistan’s situation calls for out-of-the-box policy recommendations to tackle situation

Importance of supply chain management grows due to global competition, outsourcing initiatives

SJC may again come into play in case a link is established between Justice Isa & foreign properties owned by his wife

Perhaps someone should call the Competition Commission

People living near the collapsed building have been without water and power when heat is at its peak

The region is currently living the reality of the third option. It just may be time for the world to act.

The thief’s hat is always burning, so was the case here.

India today, the India of Modi is not the India of Nehru and Gandhi

Now the Erdogan administration is quickly pressing ahead to gain an overwhelming control on GNA government

Tariq Aziz had been far ahead of a lot of poets and authors had he concentrated a little bit more on this side

The entire society should join hands in motivating coronavirus survivors to donate their plasma

While the military didn’t admit it, Pakistan is directly in the fallout zone of this brewing nightmare

The world doesn’t need more knowledge as much as it needs the truth

To borrow from Tomas Pueyo’s popular Covid metaphor, if we hammer it hard now, we will soon be dancing

Corruption-tired common Afghans continue to flock towards the Taliban, viewed as “brutal but efficient and devout”

There was hardly any reason to assess the performance of the Sindh govt during lockdown in light of its past record

In the bid to acknowledge mental health, the ‘rescuers’ stigmatise mental healthcare

We must not vilify these people and help them see that there is a better way to progress as a society

We should learn to live without society and need help from experts