Opinion

Instead of making our airports more efficient, we are working on the opposite

It is time to translate tall claims into actions made in the budget

Crisis of learning and schooling highlights challenges of quality, equity, access and inclusion in Pakistan

Freedom of expression should not be the freedom to offend someone

Pakistan may not be ready for accountability it deserves but it is ready for accountability it can afford

Strategic patience plan is yielding some dividends for Pakistan

Economic model established after Second World War generated what is called middle-class society

Pakistan should be applauded for moving up the issue of social protection on the development agenda

Politics cannot work with incoherence, uncertainty, and disunity

Opposing forces operating in divergent directions

Pakistan's eighth encounter with the World Bank-sponsored institution

As Pakistani narrative appears to have reached a dead end

As Imran Khan’s popularity falls following the passage of the annual budget

This might very well be the end of the Sharifs if this criminal empire is set to rest

The more we invest in communities, the closer we get to ending the AIDS epidemic

Peace in Afghanistan is a good omen for Pakistan and the region

We need to change our priorities vis-a-vis our neighbours, since we cannot change them

The government should establish a high-powered entity to examine reform in the Foreign Service structure

Pakistan needs to increase its exports exponentially and eliminate the trade deficit

Quantity alone is not enough and what matters most is quality

If the courts remain passive then the people will soon be spectators to a weak parliament

From time to time, scams surface in the healthcare sector

New police law is a strange, rather a bad piece of law

The PTI leadership seems to be going out of its way to hoist itself by its own petard

It is essential to recognise the underlying reasons due to which there is a continuing asymmetry in the relations

If we are unwilling to face our past, confront what is wrong in the present, the future will not be kind to any of us

For all that Edhi did for Pakistan, Pakistan should have tried to make Edhi’s mission easier

Much of what has gone wrong with Imran’s popularity has to do with bad PR

The time may be at hand to take a closer look at what the man in the street is in for

Even some Republicans are worried that Trump has taken their party in a direction they do not approve of

Human rights groups estimate that 20 or more Hindu girls are abducted every month in Pakistan

Despite bilateral relations seeing the lowest ebb, this interaction could be a new beginning

As Pakistan seeks to make peace between Americans and the Taliban

A step towards curbing plastic pollution

Possible only through a holistically learnt knowledge built upon the pillars of both

The video is out, the affidavit is out and the judge is out

Our nation’s poor nutritional status reflects a confluence of diverse but interlinked factors

Mr Zardari, like just any other feudal lord, prefers to break things

It would be advisable for PM to have a delegation-level meeting with the US president rather than a one-on-one meet

Pakistan remains an attractive market for US companies due to favourable demographics

Despite IMF’s admission that structural weaknesses remained largely unaddressed in the past programmes

Pakistan is confronted with challenges of many types, but with a new govt there are renewed hopes

Widespread deprivation surrounds scant pockets to abundance and privilege

Given the blunders, whether Trump will be re-elected in 2020 remains to be seen

Four years on, fear of failure looms on the horizon as our bureaucrats are neither the hare nor the tortoise

For a judicial system to function optimally, it needs a sufficient number of judges

Ironically, the so-called civilised side is showing more barbarity than the branded terrorists

Unrestrained population growth will be one of the toughest challenges of the 21st century

Higher education acts as an engine of change, paving the way for progress and development of modern societies

All financial matters act as foundation of other problems of energy and power, poverty gap, corruption and injustice