Opinion

CPEC with its focus on Gwadar, has also given impetus to maritime cooperation between China and Pakistan

Scientists need inspiration and for many it comes from science fiction literature

Concern of America is not nuclear proliferation in the Middle East but economic benefits it extracts from nuclear deal

Issue of Ahad Cheema relates less to corruption in question and more to his assumed political affiliation

There is no denying the fact that there exist certain strategic reasons behind this move by the US

She was a better advocate because she could listen to and step into shoes of the victims

As a nation, what have we been reduced to?

International economics is also often guided by the same principles as physics

CPEC is a pure economic project but India thinks of it as a design by Beijing to have a strategic advantage

Waseela-e-Taleem has benefited 1.9 million children in 32 districts across Pakistan

Logic can bend as easily as minds

Constitutionalism should prevail over a person-specific or institution-specific approach

Perhaps we should let the storm through the door

We always talk about tolerance but we must also talk about intolerance

Newspapers and TV programmes of one country are banned in the other

This change would call for a socio-political revolution to happen.

Indeed it is a difficult task to defeat the PPP but not impossible

Such events are organised among the students of law

Several other positive messages can be reinforced by madrassas using Islamic precepts

The last Labour Force Survey relates to 2014-15 and the Household Integrated Survey to 2015-16

It is required that Afghans are treated with dignity and returned to Afghanistan

Pakistan, it must be pointed out, is one of the few countries that allow ordinary citizens to own such weapons

International Committee on International Trade may consider possibility of upgrading EU relationship with Pakistan

So should ccountability bar be set higher for organisations delivering succour to neediest and most exposed

In South Asia, the US needs to work with China and Russia as well as Pakistan and Iran

Governance is all about how best we are able to manage our lives in different public domains

Between 2000 and 2010, Pakistan lost forest cover equivalent to size of Lahore

Dirty politics is to produce more dirt, more hate and more confrontation

Regulation of even clothes is not furthering the cause of either the religion itself or the country

Using the pretext that engagement has to wait until next Indian or Pakistani elections does not hold to reason

The wealthy make money by lending, so easy money lowers their profits from extending loans

Keeping up with these rankings is not a one-time effort and rather a continuous race

Some of them are exploiting the issue of G-B’s status with the help of their ‘foreign masters’

We might end up endangering the very children we are trying to protect

An effective de-radicalisation strategy adopts distinctive methodologies

Globalisation as an economic philosophy came into vogue following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991

Where will we find the politicians who will not interfere in the workings of the airline

Pakistan is in the eye of a storm due to serious external challenges

Pakistan civil society is a reactive civil society

She was not afraid of anyone - she could snub, silence and vanquish anyone who dared to cross her path

Misguided myths propagated to damage the project’s credibility are a disservice to environmental conservation

High noon can bathe you in light or burn you in heat

Gone are the days when people believed all that the politicians promised them

The political landscape of the region has vastly changed since the war on terror began in 2001

Progress on peace negotiations blocked in the past by deep mistrust between Kabul government and the Taliban

There is still time for Pakistan to make the types of needed changes that will avoid an overall negative situation

The issue is the failure of the very educated to understand that our people may be illiterate, but they are not stupid

The Global Climate Risk Index 2018 has ranked Pakistan the seventh country vulnerable to severe climate change

Balancing the civil-military relationship requires an institutional framework for joint policymaking and discussion

The judge-to-population ratio in the city of Karachi is estimated at 1: 103,448 (Legal Aid Society, 2017)