Opinion

Unruly activities by professional groups only reinforce the chaos in the society

Simply bringing countries together does not, of course, guarantee any results but it creates opportunities

The poor’s suffering is the result of people not doing their job but know their privilege protects their incompetence

After an initial honeymoon period, reality has started to set in as the govt juggles with multiple challenges

US painted rosy scenarios about a war that cost taxpayers trillions and a colossal loss in human life

Our society is not one governed by the rule of law instead it is governed by power

One does not need an Aesop to educe a moral out of this tale!

This will not be the first time the Americans would have left the country they invaded in a mess

Student unions are the first step towards participation in national politics and the grooming of future leaders

Flip side of the Afghanistan Papers is how in the US it is difficult to hide the truth

For centuries, we have been instilled with the idea that the people collectively represent a nation

There is an old maxim that the first casualty of war is the truth

Only possibility of Trump leaving the scene is a heart attack

Reform of a society is not a business in which you have to break even and then make profits

Doctors should at least be facilitated, paid and promoted like other graduates in government services

The minute IK stops being angry, you’ll know he’s become part of the status quo

The silence with which India offered Modi a walkover is one extreme. The other extreme is the messy reality of US

The recent government reform agenda seeks to do the routine job again

Those thinking out loud generated new hopes for change in quality of life of citizens but nothing tangible came out

It’s the mindset that has made our educated youth so short on temper and egotistical

London is termed the hub of political intrigues and conspiracies that cause political instability in Pakistan

RCT experiments aim to assess the impact of specific interventions using “experimental” and “control” groups

A look around the world shows that the least corrupt countries are mostly democracies, not autocracies or oligarchies

While children face new threats to their rights, they also have new opportunities to realise their rights

Pakistanis have been denied democracy by the relentless military interventions

EU is China’s largest trading partner and China is EU’s second-largest

In short, a new social contract is in the calling to put Pakistan on the road to progress

Blaming a victim robs the victim of their dignity

It is estimated that Pakistan is now home to over 500 private armies

Lies can never erase truths

Pakistan is a federation and its future depends on strengthening democratic institutions and practices

There are three major concerns that might undermine the reform effort

This disparity is evident in the fact that Pakistan’s top quintile consumes 4.76 times more than its bottom quintile

The conscience kills you long after you kill it

There is lots of talk and resources focused on national security, but little interest in general safety

If govt is serious about Digital Pakistan, issue of network coverage & affordability of services needs to be resolved

How should the state act and behave now as it is grappling with another grave economic crisis?

Typhoid fever is a major burden on our healthcare system

We run our airports like we run our “bus addas”

The question is: can the renewed push for a peace deal succeed

'Pakistan and Egypt have the highest disease burden of Hepatitis C in the world'

Are challenges to other state institutions driven by assumptions of autonomy within intelligence circles?

'Musharraf was not fake and there was too much Pakistaniyyat stuffed in him to commit anything close to treason'

Is Pakistan in the midst of another disruption or on the verge of another slide?

As per a research, by 2040, cost of climate change to agriculture in Pakistan is likely to rise to 7% of productivity

Pakistan should reintroduce the Kashmir issue to the world through the UN and other relevant fora with renewed vigour

That the cold war is actually between India and China and the US is India’s proxy

Much needs to be done and much can be done to put G-B on a strong and sustainable development trajectory

IMF, WB struggle to stay relevant in a world where climate change continues to undermine prospects of economic growth

Most stories were rewritten by him to add some punch, and the most powerful were written by him pseudonymously