Opinion

We as a society blame women, while conveniently forgetting that such criminals don’t even spare minor girls

We are complicit and complacent, and we are the ones failing society, and we need to acknowledge it

Victims should not be blamed. Rapists cannot keep getting away. This cycle must change.

How would Pakistan be affected if Trump makes it back to the White House in January 2021?

Gender is multi-layered and a structural issue

It is sheer coincidence that the crucial intra-Afghan talks kicked off a day after 19th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Modern conflict is measured to the purpose – coercive, punitive, or retributive

Why can’t this nation, politics do away with mediocre, self-serving sub-nationalists who can't see beyond their noses?

Ending the 40-year-long conflict is a dream of the Afghans that would hopefully be realised

In a country where women are dug up from graves to be raped, the CCPO Lahore questions the victim

Ground reality reveals deep rooted patriarchy that has taken hold of both formal state institutions and informal ones

The Indian deep state is busy investing heavily in the rise of far-right elements both at home and abroad

One common feature of govts since 1977 was the IMF dictated economic model they all worked

It is critical that the policymakers across the country ensure that a proper Covid school safety policy

The war with the virus is by no means over and one just has to keep fingers crossed and behave as safely as possible

Had Pakistan been a welfare state, Karachi would not have been so badly hit by torrential rains

It would be no small feat if Pakistan can continue collaborating with both China and the US

For a long time in US history, weak law enforcement has been cited as the justification for the right to bear arms

In its desire to isolate Pakistan, the Pulwama attack brought the Kashmir issue again to the centre stage of the world

All rich individuals are not essentially corrupt

US economy cannot swallow the higher cost of decoupling with smaller trading partners, let alone Chin

Seeing Trump lose would be of tremendous entertainment

When all is said and done, the Taliban hold the key to peace

If the poor are treated so shabbily how does one expect that we would show compassion and care for the animal world?

It is ironic that school health has remained an ignored domain in Pakistan

Despite a faltering economy, Turkey is slowly but surely, extending its influence beyond the Middle East

Would the nations of the world wake up to demand an end to such an assault on the rule of law?

The cycle will continue, and democracy will continue to crumble

Nowhere in the world is there as fragmented a structure as witnessed in Karachi

We should not allow our best to stay at the bottom of the pyramid, we should stop feeding the famine

Pakistan fared much better than its neighbour in terms of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

Unlike most cities of its size, the people of Karachi do not feel they have any stake in the running of the city

There have been several occasions where civil institutions have been assisted by military — with outstanding results

Endorsing pro-Indian parties has not gone down well with Kashmiris who have been struggling for freedom

It’s never bad to take a ‘scholarly view of democracy’ — not so in countries like Pakistan

Pakistani politics has for long been de-tracked and lost in pursuit of its impulse than purpose

Where did Imran Khan find political will & vision to champion this cause when Pakistan has more pressing issues?

Dirilis: Ertugrul is also a move away from Arabisation of popular culture and narratives since the Zia era

Western forces have been interfering in state after state since the Cold War and have been direly failing

Zardari has destroyed the potential of a promising party and promising young leader

Climate change has the potential to cause havoc on the economy, on the lives of ordinary people

It is time govt garners efforts to remove misconceptions around accountability and show it means something good

It is better to pitch its performance vis a vis the mission assigned

Perhaps the people of Karachi will have to live with this culture of indifference, let-down and betrayal

Her selection is a striking response to Trump’s unswerving efforts to denigrate people of colour and immigrants

Whether it contributed to tilting the balance in favour of the PTI would require in-depth research

Blaming PPP to have turned the city into wreckage is not the best way to find the transgressor

China has so far defended non-interference but cannot remain the ‘hesitant power’ in the evolving international order

A threat bigger than Covid is our media which has fed the public negativity towards the medical community

Earth would become one cold hell. One that does not heat up but suffocates