Opinion

In his latest statement, Burney has admitted to the crime but tried to defend himself

Pakistan has about 195 million Muslims or 12 per cent of total in the world that subscribe to the Islamic faith

Muslim leaders may publicly condemn the US and its policies but privately help it advance its interests

Marginalised communities number in the tens or even hundreds in the country

It has suffered decades of neglect, infrastructure is ramshackle or absent and governance

It is unclear what Riyadh has achieved from extensive manoeuvering against Iran, its allies at various regional forums

We need to be reading more, not less

Lack of commitment has hindered indiscriminate implementation of this point of NAP

Trump is the latest devil-may-care fire-thrower in this conflagration

Pakistan can learn from Japan where large corporations like Toyota and Honda started as small factories

About 12 million women are missing from the electoral rolls in the country

Brash US diplomacy against Pakistan seems a façade for its vulnerability and failures in Afghanistan

Without traditional institutional media gatekeepers, political discourse is no longer based on a common set of facts

Proceedings cut short by lack of quorum

Pakistanis are familiar with Aga Khan given the large number of social service institutions that bear his name

In Balochistan one out of two children appears to be affected by insufficient and unbalanced food in first two years

Our world is full of cultural distrust, misunderstands and biases

Sexual harassment is endemic in workplace whether that is a field of cotton or a brightly-lit modern office

Presidency of Donald Trump has been beset by controversy from the outset

Pakistan has suffered an absolute decline in exports for three years in a row since 2014-15

How has Pakistan had a paradigm shift and decided collectively and individually to literally clean itself up?

The government needs to realise the exigency of curbing the Jirga system at the earliest

Governance issues simply imply multiplicity, vagueness and ineffectiveness of current accountability mechanisms

The inequality which is breeding through the education sector is bewildering

Recent visit of the minister for maritime affairs of Pakistan to Chabahar can further boost cooperation

At the country level, a national narrative, based on rationality, needs to be adopted

If the unfairly US pressure on Pakistan continues it will only push it more into the fold of the Chinese

Much has been said about the ‘do more’ mantra which is basically the US policymakers’ wish list

The term ‘terrorism’ needs a curt definition since it means different things for different participating nations

As opposed to common perception, the Chinese never requested Pakistan for exclusive industrial enclaves under CPEC

Those who have no clean hands should not be allowed to defile the temple of Indian Parliament

We have to resist any interference in textbooks that comes as a consequence of political deal-making

The real victims of all this hooliganism are we the people

The PPP over the years has continued to disappoint, and the future promises the same

Pakistan’s biggest enemy is Pakistan itself

Shunned by the United States and shunted aside by Modi’s India, Pakistan has moved firmly into the Chinese orbit

Beyond law making, gendered state intervention is sacrosanct to make real change happen

Even the most ordinary of changes that occur in the KSA do affect us rather profoundly

Pakistani rulers, past and present, allowed Iran and Saudi Arabia to carry out their proxy wars on our soil

The shameless surrender at Faizabad has put a noose around the state

For decades, the US has anointed itself as global guardian of human rights

Education is a double-edged sword which plays a vital part in the fabric of any society

We live in a world where access to information is rampant, yet public opinions have become increasingly polarised

There are currently around 133,529 people in Pakistan who have HIV

China warned that it was going to take ‘necessary measures’ in order to protect its business interest in the US

Management of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is a constant source of difficulty

Final departure of Ishaq Dar has done more good than harm to the economy

Pakistan suffers from an ever-extending range of self-inflicted wounds

Undoubtedly, air pollution is one of Pakistan’s major environmental concerns at the moment

Even before the visits can take place ‘the tone of their visit’ is being set by General John W Nicholsons