Opinion

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

Twenty-five million children in Pakistan don’t attend school today

There is ample evidence that investing in women is the most effective way to lift communities

What ought to be headline news is largely absent from the prints and the airwaves

Media’s role as ‘agenda setter’ on police reforms has been largely inconsequential

Ghani has made a generous, mostly unconditional offer to the Afghan Taliban for direct peace talks

proportional voting system used to elect members of the Senate has been exposed as a farce

How are we going to deal with these major anomalies and weaknesses?

sexual exploitation of racialised women and girls has a long history

Our police have become a force for intimidating people, rather than a public-friendly service

The realisation after 2013 and the subsequent years is that there is no appetite for an education policy

Pakistan Railways must go towards institutional and financial reforms to turn around the entity and make it profitable

No democracy should allow such desensitisation towards the literal buying of votes by independent candidates

Why Lahore has become an epicentre of abuse of blasphemy laws

So much of national wealth plundered and squirrelled outside the country is shocking

What was once taken as amazing and inspiring inventions are now taken as a given for teens

Xi Jinping can serve in the position he currently occupies until he dies

Next few weeks will see names of many hopeful being bandied about in the media

Presidency of Shehbaz will mean little to his person and to his party

Potential danger exists of India deciding to use Chabahar to launch further intelligence-related ventures

Pakistan putting its weight behind Ghani’s offer create a golden opportunity for peace in Afghanistan

New Delhi has understandably avoided on one pretext or the other talks on the subject with Islamabad

The drone technology is an excellent example of digital mix of satellite and localised information

The attackers are none other than the bigwigs of the PTI in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government