Opinion

The conduct of elections, in essence, is by and large an administrative exercise

Assessment also highlights the lingering terrorist threat within the region

Washington is basically pursuing Indian wishes, while personalising Pakistan’s strategy

It can be deeply tedious being Malala Yousafzai

The mechanisms for the prevalence of peace remain a question mark but the reasons are valid

What was Jinnah’s ideology? Was he liberal or an Islamist?

For a nascent democracy like Pakistan the challenges are only piling

By being involved in specific scenarios with the robot, autistic children can learn social interaction skills

Youth of the province should be provided a platform for constructive integration

Parliament and the federal government cannot hide their inaction on the miserable state of labour rights

Regional and global cooperation is the only way to strengthen the hands of Afghan government

The federal government doesn’t seem to be interested in the poor of Thar

What’s happening with the bank’s pensioners is just the tip of the iceberg

Malala has done more for Pakistan’s image then any one of us could ever hope to achieve

For Pakistan, American adventurism would pose unprecedented challenges

In a talk with students at IBA, Dr Ishrat talked about decline of institutions like civil service

Countries such as Pakistan have not benefited as much from globalisation

One of the key psychosocial intercessions is the utilisation of tutors

But it is by no means an easy proposition given current state of relationship between Pakistan, India

But Islamabad has not yet fully exploited the benefits of the special EU trade regime

Harassment of envoys and their family members is embarrassing for Indians and Pakistanis

Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar is not required to explain himself or his actions

Whales have been the victims of whalers for as long as one can remember

Trump’s sexual affairs have taken over the national discourse

Madrassas have been part of the problem of extremism and terrorism

Preliminary delimitation is a self-inflicted wound, it is therefore curable within the given time

Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan of the bench has been transferred to Multan for a case

PML-N government is expecting the public to be thankful for things that should not have been absent in the first place

US has no plan ‘B’ to fall back on this time if Pakistan were to actually close down the corridor

Bajwa Doctrine and its timing plunged the country in a fiery debate casting its future once again in doubt

The world is witnessing an epoch-making rise of a robust civil rights and Pashtun Nationalist movement

PTI remains the only hope and perhaps the last hope for the future of this country

The first step to deliver a service is to allocate enough resources

Several media and civil society reports have been documenting labour exploitation and environmental damages

Pakistan is a country that needs to be wary of power being concentrated in one individual given its history

It was a bit like having a pocket version of what had been going on in Punjab for the last five years

The objective and intent appears to be a public debate on vital national issues

The country is well below international standards and best practices for domestic flights

The government decided the best thing they could do was bury their heads in the sand

Hosting the event in UAE would be at least 10 times more than what the tournament would cost in Pakistan

I know, I will be slammed left, right and centre for this article

Infrastructure in Pakistan is getting a major boost and now there is a need to make use of this opportunity

Pertinent question is which institution should be formulating foreign, defence and security policies

Seven decades since independence, and after various derailing coups, we have our work cut out for us

The same narrative is repeated that Washington’s troubles in Afghanistan are due to the ISI

The PTI initiated a course contrary to its political ideals

Ideally, policy must understand the capabilities and the limits of the instrument it employs

The whole operation of bird migration takes place with uncanny precision

Imran represents the very forces of status quo he once vowed to take them on

As a Pakistani, it was important for me to show the Afghans what the real Pakistan is