Opinion

PM Imran continues to position himself as the spokesman for Kashmiris, aiming to highlight their humanitarian plight

Instead of snapshot actions, tourism ministries should devise comprehensive policies for promoting sustainable tourism

US sanctions severely impact Iran's export-reliant economy and fuel people’s miseries

The Indian-Americans support the right to freedom of association, but only in America

Improved water and sanitation could decrease more than 70% of infectious diseases in Pakistan

Clearly, many questions arise about neutrality and fairness of the accountability process

Having such deep roots in the history of Karachi, the outburst was inevitable

No one is serious about taking bull by its horns

A lot has to be done by the police to rebuild a tarnished reputation and restore law and order

A Ruth Pfau, or an Edhi, comes once in a lifetime of nations — but we need them every day

A hard fact being the state's failure to respond to the dreadful threat of child abuse, rape and murder

But you’re still free — to lash out at the ruler’s opponents

Climate change is not imagined, it is not a western creation

Reportedly, several planes of Pakistan’s national airline were infested by rats

The war that has sharpened the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran

Besides Kashmir, Pakistan also has to deal with instability in Afghanistan and fears of a conflict in the Middle East

Thucydides had opined that “the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must”

Improving macroeconomic indicators doesn’t mean everyday life will get better overnight or growth returns...

Where are the adults when you need them?

President Trump has his work cut out

In India too, a bitter, petty and vindictive impulse brought Narendra Modi into power

The stigma associated with mental health has to go

In the first six months of 2019, American and Afghan airstrikes killed and injured 519 people

It is now almost 50 days since IOK was pushed under a complete lockdown with some huge number of Indian soldiers

Amid public uproar against Punjab police’s dismal performance in recent weeks

As most existing labour laws do not address the plight of poor farmers

As the government does not seem to have any substantive and long-term plan of action

As the financial hub has become a failed metropolis

The JUI-F has always used its social influence in these regions for political power

China has an edge in influencing these states to its benefits as they are culturally and spatially closer

Kremlin also believes that the US “is unduly coming back” to its prior confrontational policy with the Taliban

With no education, job, and a promising future these Kashmiri men would be driven into the arms of ISIS and al Qaeda

The subsequent rounds of talks logically should have also been in the direction of a comprehensive peace

And it is with them that it has to negotiate to exit safely

Karachi can and should be made a model city

Pakistan needs to do much more on adaptation

A peace deal culminating the longest military conflict in US history is too big a trophy for a Republican president

Higher education and research have to be thought through the lens of a system, not a mere number

Is Pakistan under a long spell of darkness because of the wrong policies of those sitting in Islamabad?

Local governments in this country have only flourished under military rule

The US and the Taliban have been in touch to resume the faltering peace process

Changing the mindset of the people is more important than tree plantation

Not only did Trump move scuttled negotiations; he also invited Islamabad to play the game

Life being the serious business it is, a small dose of escapism to relieve tension may be just what the doctor ordered

Many people are taking loans or converting their fertile lands into hotels, guesthouses, motels and restaurants

Civil law must protect the rights of people concerning freedom from violence and exploitation

Foreseeable hostile environment in Afghanistan does not match the responsible political end to the war Trump seeks

Modi read this reality and decided the time was ripe for his re-occupation of occupied Kashmir

As the largest democracy in the world has given a mandate to these racist, fascist and extremist clique

Women the focus of 10% of news and comprised 20% of experts interviewed in 2018 according to Unesco