Opinion

Pakistan must not lose the opportunity to make its mark on global tourism

We desperately need to enact and implement better food hygiene laws

For Asma, no cost was high enough when it came to civil liberties and political rights

India is in intense competition with China to achieve everything that China has attained

Erosion of the boundary between the civil and military leadership makes lawfare even more appropriate

Pakistan went into the plea-bargaining stage with no leverage. It had nothing to sell

The Republican gun obsession is the reason for the deaths of young children in Sandy Hook — not Muslims

A consistent ostrich-like attitude has remained prevalent in policy formulation since 1963

What is required is for Pakistan and the US to engage in multi-dimensional foreign policy

The dire need to change the working conditions of bureaucracy became apparent

Pursuit of national interests in a globalised world requires pragmatism, domestically as well as internationally

The biggest fault in Nawaz’s current narrative is that it is Nawaz-centric

Pakistan has been advocating political dialogue and engagement as the best course

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