Opinion

SC verdict seeks to ensure justice for women and to prevent misuse of the permission to have more than one wife

Political struggles are not just won on streets, they must be won by writing

Even if Karachi is made a province, its ordeals will not be reduced unless those in power ensure good governance

Reform requires indigenous thinking and political will, not money from abroad

Any notion of a woman’s dependability on men for her survival has been dispelled by the Quran in various places

Saudi Arabia is pivotal to the wider Islamic world and Pakistan in particular

Kashmir is another bone of contention between India and Pakistan which gives little hope to Saarc’s revival

In Afghanistan, in just the last 12 months alone, the Kabul regime has changed stances and faces so many times

Pakistan will face US opposition on CPEC and China’s growing influence in the region

Morality, grace and the BISP Act demands that the programme should be run under its original name

Past glory can be a great opiate

The citizens of Karachi wait for the day the rain will truly be a blessing for them

Truth be told: Lebanon never really recovered from the 1975 civil war

Pakistan has always had a difficult relationship with the rule of law

Pakistan’s position on Israel is principled and based around larger sentiment of the Muslim world

Politics remains the thorniest part

Three tests for UHC

Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho has opposed the decision to reopen primary schools until the pandemic is over

There is a good chance that the November 2020 elections would result in a Biden-Harris administration

UNSC rejected a US resolution calling for an extension of arms embargo on Iran

Many women are murdered over property dispute and due to men’s extra-marital affairs

Current government seems to have no clear plan

Lessons for Pakistan are very clear

Impunity for US forces has perpetuated serious abuses, some amounting to war crimes

Even on a good day Pakistani Twitter resembles a high school cafeteria

The most important duty of a state is to protect the lives of its citizens

A non-partisan review of SNC reveals our awakening to international challenges, holistic approach

It's imperative not to succumb to despair spread by naysayers. But to live in a fool’s paradise isn’t an option either

If intra-Afghan dialogue fails, poverty, violence, political instability will turn the country into a living hell

It’s riskier not only for kids but for our elders to send our children back to school

So, what are the “profound changes” that arrogant Macron has demanded before he returns to Beirut on Sept 1?

Anti-Americanism which has surged throughout the world in the last 20 years is a major reality

Countries like Pakistan have had a tough time with international indexes such as the Corruption Perception Index

Perhaps the time is ripe for a single social protection window for all

Women in Pakistan have to bear pervasive sexism throughout their lives

In the long list of US/NATO failures, counter-narcotics and counterinsurgency strategies never complemented each other

Green governance is the life-saving medicine urgently required by our ailing economy

If Biden wins, Afghan peace loses, India wins, Kabul wins but Afghanistan loses

FIA is advised not to play a game which is not in accordance with law and adhere to the law than to the rule of man

We as citizens have every right to ask some basic questions from our political leaders and heads of political parties

Karachi is a megacity and needs strategic rainwater management planning based on collective wisdom

Covid-19: a game changer

Effective policing not only requires enforcement but also public engagement and consent

Indian Covid crisis is being equated with zugzwang as there are no good options left with Modi’s govt anymore

Jinnah got us home 73 years ago. But ever since, we have done nothing but given up our liberty bit by bit

Privilege has ruined countries and societies, we should not allow technology to further cement inequity

Unfortunately, the problem cannot be wished away with the issuing of statements and the showing of solidarity only

The disease has resulted in what some economists called the “pandemic depression”

Both sides must engage in a long discussion over governance systems and Taliban’s role in a new dispensation

Lebanese failing system, corruption, economy will make it another chessboard for regional and global powers