Opinion

The list of issues is wide

Pakistan has been battling militancy for more than a decade

Only the newly empowered middle, urban classes can perhaps challenge the dynastic politics of Pakistan

Without these meaningful yet difficult reforms, public investment in other areas may not yield desired results

Education system focuses on ideologies and not intellect and sacrifices culture in the name of copycat robots

Imran has been seen to do business with what he has previously maintained to be the 'bad guys'

What are we going to do to stop this malpractice today to save our daughters

Punjab will be an important battle-ground for the ruling party and the opposition

Sadly, our politicians still act as proxies to further an agenda that runs contrary to democratic norms

Much needs to be done but the beginning has to come from ownership and representation

It will profoundly change the structure of the country’s economy and alter the lives of all people

Fiddling is out; tweeting is in! The net outcome and emphasis, however, remains unchanged!

We start categorising children as smart or dumb the day they start school

President Putin’s grip today on Russia is stronger than ever

The Sanjrani option — always looked upon by suspicion by established parties — has now been legitimised

Financial stability cannot be attained in the country in the presence of the 7th NFC Award

We need to look to places like Karachi and Dhaka to truly understand where the internet is going

It is media’s responsibility to develop a counter-narrative that terrorism has no faith

Ending corruption and the rule of the corrupt is extremely essential for achieving the goals of SDGs

The provinces are capable of undertaking more responsibilities

China is perhaps the best example to start with as a nation

The PPA has been asking for stricter implementation of the breastfeeding laws to protect children

The upturn in the real economy continues

The emperor’s meaning is that Pakistan is on the grey list because it uses militants as a foreign policy instrument

Pakistan should propose a mechanism that the Chinese are amenable to in view of its independence

Judges speak through their judgments, freedom of expression guaranteed under international conventions, constitution

The patterns of radicalisation among Pakistani women can be followed back to the Afghan Jihad

Foul play during the election has tarnished the upper house’s status as a watchdog

Saudi Arabia was lagging behind in various fields and far too dependent on foreign expatriates

the legislation and execution seems overwhelmingly dominated by self-serving motives of the rulers

FEMA can also be hacked and wrongly reverted to order the launch of a nuclear strike on the wrong country

Pakistan needs to incentivise Pakistani scientists working abroad to serve even part-time in the country

The LTP clearly mentions construction and development of DI Khan-Quetta-Sohrab-Gwadar road

ATP is for students to learn methods without doing actual experiments

Naturally, with an exploding population, inflation has to be high, with demand exceeding supply

What amplified and compounded Pakistan’s problem was the so-called Afghan jihad

It is important for us as a nation to move beyond the rhetoric and start looking for action

Extending Mr Xi’s tenure will ensure some measure of predictability in one way at least

We need to recognise that the divergence with Washington is out of Islamabad’s control

Eight-year-old Beenish did not know how to make roti for her employers in Gujranwala which put them in a rage

Following the Fukushima disaster in 2011, there was a huge public effort to block Indian nuclear projects

While we await greener technology, long-term cost effectiveness may prove case for LNG over other fuels

In K-P, there was just a single case last year, against eight in 2016 and 68 in 2014

There is no part of daily life that the OBOR project will not touch in Pakistan

Tribal solidarity looks at everything foreign with suspicion

one cannot rule out the possibility that the PML-N’s money could also work on these eight

Though women constitute 49% of Pakistan’s population, they constitute only 24% of the labour force

The Senate is a symbol of federation, democratic continuity and inter-provincial equity

Many of the problems exist in informal surgical instrument workshops

A woman’s role today is so much more and despite challenges, women in Pakistan have time and again broken barriers