Opinion

One needs to consider ground realities which militate against seeking relevance of the model for regional peace

A vortex of the emerging New Cold War between the US, China and Russia

The deabte remains whether Imran Khan fulfilled his promises to the nation

A host of legislative bills wait for the tug of war between the government and the opposition to stop

The time is now ripe to assess the domestic gaps that exist between policy and practice

The lacunas in Pakistan’s banking laws still beg attention and correction

What emboldens New Delhi is that its Afghan and China policy is in total accord with Washington’s

They may have spoken, but they did not say much

The growing feeling of insecurity in Pakistan is quite fearsome

Data is often described as the ‘new oil’ due to its significance and impact in the process of development

I sympathise with Finance Minister Asad Umar, who has been put in an impossible situation

The problem in Pakistan is that we do not know the extent of the problem

The government performs reasonably well on the economy, security and the tabdeeli space

One YouTube celebrity to bring the kind of change Pakistan has otherwise failed to bring despite many efforts

The developing situation in the war-torn country and Pakistan's involvement

There is an alarming increase of mental health problems among the young-population

An end to the war in conflict zones is what we badly need to stop the suffering of children

Stigma and discrimination need to be challenged from within the communities

Any Pakistan-India deal built or a ‘civil-military split’ cannot be politically endurable.

It appears to have no strategy, no direction, no plan, and no strength for a fight.

People spout opinions and pointing accusations towards the 18th amendment of weakening the federation

Analysts, opposition members and the public at large, are all gearing up to assess PTI's performance

Realpolitik can do terrible things to people and in South Asia everything is politics

Many struggle to convert faster GDP growth into substantive and lasting well-being improvements for their citizens

The report provides serious food for thought in relation to public policy for improving sanitation services

Out of the 53 items, prices of 14 items increased over the previous week

Let us think about who the rural poor are

Despite its necessity, Kartarpur is a paradox

The question that arises is: why no lessons were learned the first time the state machinery was put at halt?

The long arm of the law keeps swooping in to crush the hopes of people who have little — or nothing

It is the incompetence of the Pakistani banks not to improve on their systems and make remittances seamless and speedy

This is quintessential America First versus Pakistan First

In Pakistan, use of Big Data analytics to gather information on potential issues can help us ‘see into the future’

What is less known that Chinese leadership has used its bureaucracy brilliantly

14 districts, mostly in Balochistan, are worse than the poorest countries such as Niger, South Sudan

It seems not only plastic but all kind of pollution has been a non-issue for forty years of ‘democratic’ rule

Costs that the people of Pakistan have borne because of the war on terror cannot be swept aside by a series of tweets

'Many of the countries seeking IMF help do not end up fixing their economies'

The problem for our prime minister, however, is that the underlying facts do not change

The two incidents are just a small fraction of what goes on every day

Cultural institutions, beliefs and practices undermine women’s autonomy and contribute to gender-based violence

The negotiations leading up to this year’s climate change conference have not been positive

Low-caste people and Muslims were not the only targets of the Hindu extremists who dominate the BJP

In Pakistan, successive governments, despite many promises, have failed to address this chronic problem

Speed now influences all aspects of human existence

Beneficiaries of the new model of governance may no more be the small groups of political elite but the general public

With all the negativity surrounding us today, we can choose to curse the darkness or light a candle

By cutting Khadim Rizvi and his band down to size, the State has taken a solid step towards the victory Pakistan needs

In the past few years, the major chunk of Pakistan’s trade deficit with China and the rest of the world has widened

In the end, it is up to the US administration to decide whether it cares about its image on Pakistani streets or not