Opinion

If 20 million Sikhs can roll back the steamroller of RSS, what will be the motivation level of 200 million Muslims

Is there light at the end of the tunnel for the people who continue to experience back-to-back crises?

In sheer excitement or plain ignorance, some spokespersons have been declaring the country in surplus

Coercive and authoritarian tendencies have re-emerged across South Asia

The assaulted coal miners were Hazara Shias, they had suffered this tumultuous fate many times in the past

US-India relations as a balancer to a rising China; and the enduring US national interests

Artificial sabotage of dissent were used by the Indian government in its hybrid war against Pakistan

The reality is not lost on the Afghan people, who can clearly see Kabul’s fingerprints on this violence

We need to understand that the battle against Covid hasn’t been won

Child, early, forced marriages place children at risk of violence and abuse, and deprives them of fundamentals right

The year just ended saw Pakistan shaken by the struggle between political order and disorder

The key for Pakistan to achieve foreign policy goals is to have internal political and economic consolidation

NawazSharifism may mean leaving your responsibilities as a senior minister of the governmen

The centre-piece of a modern fighter’s cockpit are three glass displays of 8x10 inches

According to Abraham Maslow, culminates into self-actualisation with satisfaction of all lower-level needs

Pakistan has the advantage of being a central point in the world’s geological history

With the new vaccines coming in, the Covid-19 crisis will fade with time but air pollution is here to stay

Pakistan is only recovering from the damage it sustained during the two decades of fighting terror on its land

The road towards achieving immunity is not going to be smooth

Shortage of shipping containers in some countries matched by an oversupply in others has created bottlenecks worldwide

Asia and Pacific region is providing lessons on how new normal can be more effectively achieved with gender equality

India’s desperate quest for seeking legitimacy in IIOJK is a reality and must be taken seriously by Pakistan

Accompanying aspirations of creating multicultural nations, Western states have embraced the notion of being secular

The power sector in Pakistan has operated on the assumption that supply creates its own demand

The American commitment to the Afghan war during president Obama’s administration rested on domestic politics

A year that will go down in human history as a memorable and historic landmark

We never heard from our rulers — both civilian and military — that may be it is them who don’t know how to govern

It was sort of a crash course where we paced through enormous events crammed in a single year

Attracted with its manifesto and slogans, quite a sizable population dreaming of a better tomorrow voted for PTI

Modi govt’s policies toward Pakistan need to be viewed in context of RSS’s anti-Muslim and Hindu nationalist agenda

Deplorably, soon after Quaid's demise, his ideals were abandoned and his vision was lost

A glance at the planning process in Pakistan gives a discouraging image

The reason for rise of right-wing political parties include frustration with the political establishment

Making enough land available is fundamental to the success of the programme

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time

It is time to scale up kindness to tackle a stubborn challenge affecting two of the most communities in our midst

Let us also remember those who put their lives on the line for us

Any analysis of Putin’s priorities should begin with his geopolitical interests

The truth is that our lifestyles must change if we are to seriously fight climate change

Imran may have become the PM for the first time, but many of his cabinet ministers were not new to the job

Constitutions are like operating manuals and a great guide in how to run a democratic system

Human indomitability will be the final ode to a year which tested and pained millions

Ehsaas is fundamentally re-writing Pakistan’s social contract

A relaxed mind will excel both inside and outside the classroom

Pakistan’s women already face neglect and patriarchal burden in their daily lives

It seems like Israel has only one path into Asia, and that lies wholly inside India

In the past six years whenever the Indian govt is confronted with agitation, unrest starts simmering in Pakistan too

It appears as if the problem lies with Khan himself — his own political vision

Sikhs are as alienated in India as Muslims and Christians

A sign of optimism about the success of the incoming administration is the homework the Democratic Party has done