Opinion

Talks gained importance because Pakistan’s expectations of the Taliban govt in Afghanistan did not materialise

Pakistan is a poor nation, with 30% of the population below the poverty line

UAE-Israel deal is actually an avowed expression of the convergence of strategic interests between the two countries

The need of the hour is to switch to sustainable ways of living and introduce transformative actions and techniques

Pakistani higher education institutions generally do not benefit from philanthropy

Rules exist in the collective subconscious don’t hold space for the beautiful ways in which humans can be different

Leaders would be expected to conduct themselves to lessen despondency, frustration-instead some are igniting passions

Research-policy-society contract in higher education in Pakistan is lacking

This cultural shift promoting cleanliness requires changing the mindset of every single citizen of Pakistan

The power of the ‘establishment’ resides in the institutions and elites of the country

Putin’s latest maneuver is to starve a good part of the world that is resisting him

It is believed that the TTP is under immense pressure from the Afghan Taliban to show some flexibility

Current economic crisis means change is around the corner

The 75-year long struggle for stability in a volatile environment

Pakistan's institutional greed and lack of balance of power

Pakistan is in deep trouble because of consistently bad choices with loans

Pakistan violates Article 38(a) of the Constitution by purposely promoting extreme inequality

The international commitment to ‘Education for All’ needs a strategy that must be apolitical and uncompromised

Consistent weakening of the state conjures up the image of an ailing father who once enjoyed great power

Beyond comprehension for a common man as to why a party that preaches accountability, avoids conclusion of the issue

Democracies stand on four pillars — legislature, executive, judiciary and media

Measuring problems like inequality is no easy task and each approach for doing so has its strength and limitations

At home we are in the midst of an experiment where one player is playing off a playbook of post-truth elements

Khan has undermined Pakistan’s institutions and processes that oversee and uphold the country’s fragile democracy

PTI has proved having no political acumen, no competence, no experience to handle complex issues at ‘national’ level

I would have ignored political shenanigans if the Sharifs had not claimed major credit of atomic explosions in 1998

Opportunities and challenges become part and parcel of Balochistan which is struggling to cope with them

Hatred rather than love, misinformation rather than information achieve hits and likes

No taxation without representation was the glorious stance that changed Westminster governance for good

The food of Balochistan is simple and reflective of the harsh terrains and punishing climate

There are issues that are more pressing than deciding on the kind of ‘purdah’ Afghan women should practise in public

Kinetic use of force against insurgents and terrorists has at times attracted scathing criticism

When it becomes clear that silence only emboldens the aggressor, or harms the innocent, it is no longer a virtue

In 1,000 years, we’ll have no choice but to become a Type 2 Civilization — an interplanetary civilization

What is required is the will and moral courage of those who have the capacity, weight and muscle to rectify wrong

During Trump’s presidency, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unequivocally called for regime change in China

In order to be rid of slavery, there is a need to say ‘absolutely not’ to the borrowed ideas

Biden was hoping to work with a cluster of Asian nations that had signed the far-reaching Trans-Pacific Partnership

Viruses are not making a queue to take turns to start epidemics and pandemics

Recent political crisis seems to be a continuation of what has been a ‘strategic norm’ established over the years

Democracy in post-colonial societies has morphed into an ugly Orwellian system

PDM’s economic indecisiveness is an outcome of a dramatic political miscalculation

The Taliban have failed to establish a broad-based government and adhere to human rights

As a society, a nation and a state, we haven’t evolved

IIOJK faces economic slowdown, farmers have been forced to either sell produce at throwaway prices or watch it rot

Politics can play a key role in polarising the intelligence in a country

These fights are always of the elite, only they prefer to risk the lives of the poor

US has been in constant efforts to establish its technological, strategic and economic hegemony throughout the world

The government of PM Shehbaz Sharif misread the situation by not correcting the deviation from the programme quickly

Inequality is of course not a Pakistan-specific problem