Opinion

Imran like all populist leaders, believes that his oversimplified anti-corruption narrative is the road to Nirvana

Pakistan’s policies have largely been formed by dictates of international financial institutions and donor agencies

Political turmoil that has been unleashed due to American interference could generate internal chaos

Religion has become an important player in the political development of South Asia

Recent report indicates that disasters that killed Afghan children could be averted if there was access to healthcare

Washington has a habit of ‘recreating partnerships’ and giving renewed assurances to the new partners

Current Afghan regime’s policies toward female population are like the Taliban regime that reigned from 1996 to 2001

Opposition parties have neither the sincerity nor the plan to fundamentally transform Pakistan

The larger national interests and the common public good are bound to emerge a looser

Pakistan could never fit into one personality cult, nor could it ever produce a singular version of a model Pakistani

Pakistan’s military has continuously played a vital role in resolving economic fallout amid extreme circumstances

The country has developed a soft underbelly of toxic if populist religiosity

Begging surely has different names, but enforced generosity does not

Beijing vows to safeguard Pakistan’s sovereignty & national dignity

The next government will be consensual if not ‘national’

The environmental toll of plastic use and its negative impacts on human health are now major problems

Imran Khan’s reference to a demarche from the US claims similar antecedence from the past

Karachi as a separate province is the most popular discussion based on right to rule, manage and utilise resources

We are trying a quick fix to a problem that is stubbornly entrenched in our political culture

It sounds absurd that the faceless enemy would control Pakistan’s foreign policy by financing an internal resistance

Imran has used this unwarranted, ill-advised and ill-timed act to his political defence successfully

Young people who would have made beneficial contributions to society wither away drowning in their sense of stagnation

The upcoming ISD 2.0 is, thus, an opportunity to present Pakistan’s line of action in a more sophisticated manner

Feeding the masses with false hopes, luring them with empty slogans has been the general pattern of our politics

Pakistan is quite apprehensive about the Shahtoot river, which may reduce water flowing into its northern areas

Issues which if addressed timely, would give birth to a prepared and strengthened healthcare system in our country

The legal structure around which electoral cycles take place is illformulated

America’s global hegemony or liberal international order appears to be shaking

Despite the claims of change and promises before elections, some of the most acute challenges facing society remain

We as humans tend to do the most vicious and inhumane things

The concept of humankind without humanity is a desolate landscape and a barren phenomenon

Large, powerful nations have not found the way to fight small wars without taking a heavy toll on innocent civilians

India has successfully maintained a balance in its relationship with all major powers

A 2013 UNFPA report suggests that one in three girls in Pakistan is married before reaching the age of 18

It is all about fulfilling the need in the present. The small problem now is bigger than the big problem later

Why do political parties of Pakistan and other state institutions lack capability and capacity to deal with a crisis

Will the military be willing to break its shackles of neutrality? To stay neutral is to stay in the middle ground

Female foeticide has been widely prevalent all over the country and has never rung alarm bells for authorities

Is feeling any pain for humanity beyond us?

Another government is about to fall under the weight of its contradictions and that of the system

The public must watch their elected representatives on TV, defend their shifting positions without a shred of shame

In Iqbal’s reconstruction, all that is worldly or secular is also sacred if only connected to spirituality

Why wouldn’t Imran Khan choose the moral and the democratic way out of the impasse?

It is disconcerting to see the BJP bag four out of five state elections despite lackluster growth

Does Shehbaz have in him the grit to build consensuses on fair elections, accountability and economic reform?

There is no loyalty to any team but rather to whoever can manage to buy

The policing system in Pakistan is frozen in time without any reforms in the governance structure of the department

Smaller nations like Pakistan and Israel survive on ideology, morals and principles, more than on geo-economics

Why is China locking down large swathes of the country for a case load that is tiny

Pakistan took time to assess the situation before making it public and did not resort to war hysteria towards India