Opinion

Once Zahir Jaffer is killed, we will have achieved absolutely nothing

India’s jingoistic policies drew embarrassment, as the faceoff exposed fragility and inability of fighting

Both the Russian invasions were somehow triggered by the United States

We must restore human dignity and human decency and respond to people’s anxieties with answers

Technology that makes these visual sensations possible seems to be failing to provide mankind with antidotes

Values are losing their lustre in the minds of people

Russia started attacks, as Putin announced, “I have made the decision of a military operation"

How do you go to war with a country that is so deeply penetrated into your vitals?

Realpolitik underpins how nation states give shape to specific narratives about each other

The potential yield in Karachi alone is estimated between Rs80-100 billion

PTI was the loudest in its claims of restoring transparency and rule of law and promised the state of Medina

Europe, with dwindling gas reserves, finds no affordable alternative to the Russian gas

Being a multidisciplinary subject, a lot of theories are taught to students of development at university level

Wherever student unions have legal backing around the world, they serve crucial functions

For the past three and half years, the tsunami of the promised tabdeeli has submerged the entire country in doom

The opposition to the Aurat March by the minister needs to be dispassionately reassessed

As a nation, we acutely need to learn the art of breaking down our moonlit goals into small accomplishable tasks

To attract investment from foreign and local investors in SEZs, there must be coherence amongst all the provinces

PM Imran Khan’s core ideology owes its originations and allegiance to the nomocratic state of Medina

The immunity evading capacity of Omicron dashed all hopes of those who were waiting for herd immunity

You deliberately deprived them of education and look what you’ve created now

That Pakistan has had a whole year without a single incident of wild polio is quite remarkable

On the bilateral front, Russia and Pakistan are keen to expand their economic ties

The potential for trade is worth millions of dollars, and Pakistan has a lot to benefit

China has used its increased economic strength to build up its military prowess

Possibly it is time for a complete overhaul of the policing system in Karachi

The emerging ecosystem is expected to grow from around $1.5 trillion to almost $50 trillion by 2030

Growing Sino-Russian partnership has a very meaningful context in how Russia-Pakistan relation may also gain impetus

Dangerous scenarios depicted, cannot be ruled out because India drifts into the web of extremism, violence and fascism

No single account, experience or synthesis, sums up the diverse domains of life holistically

A staggering 201 million adult women remain unconnected in South Asia

Where the rich get richer and the poor do not realise things are being taken from them, religious manipulation works

Successive governments have promoted violence and militancy by legislating pro-gun laws

South Korea is very powerful at advertising and trading its way of life

Civil society representatives foresee adverse impacts of the IMF driven spending cuts on the already marginalised

Plugging methane emissions and leakages would hardly require $500 million

Too many people j-walking, too much traffic left to manage itself are the problems

The actions of Buzdar simply fulfil promises of his leader – PM Imran Khan

In Pakistan, we are not able to deliver the essential prerequisites for investments

‘Change’ being the only permanent and unaltered fact of IR may be in the offing

Hijab is a personal choice of self-representation, a fundamental right

Imran Khan promised the resurrection of a Pakistan where talent and merit would rule

Beijing’s air quality management system is supported by monitoring and evaluation

Cultural values of the weaker culture and gradually wipes it out

There is a strong view that there are several negative outcomes of this type of rating and few advantages

PTI had been most vociferous in its election campaign by according the highest priority to the change of system

Pakistan’s policy towards India is designed to prolong the status quo

Democracy without constitutional liberalism is eroding liberty, promoting conflict and war

Democracy promotes accountability, transparency and rule of law only when it truly represents the people

The global study estimated that more than 1.3 million people died in 2019 alone from AMR