Opinion
More News
-
Not who but what
Pakistan has to be saved from the clutches of “political vultures” and “political wolves” who have torn it apart
-
Climate change as a security threat multiplier
Growing number of think tanks, security analysts now agree that climate change is increasing instability throughout
-
Better sanitation systems
Pakistan seems to find itself at bottom when it comes to a whole gamut of community health issues
-
Busy doing nothing
Accountability in its myriad iterations, semantic convolutions is on lips and agendas of every politician
-
An exit foretold
Whilst he will leave his post as finance minister he is to retain his seat in the cabinet
-
Hernando Colón and Zahid Dar
o Zahid Dar, read on, while we catalogue the technocrats to step into Ishaq Dar’s shoes
-
No squatter home count
Record keeping is not a strongest point of government authorities
-
The best of Bahawalpur
Corporate social responsibility appears to be alive and well in Bahawalpur
-
Challenge before Rahul Gandhi
Political parties all over the world have come to be closed shops
-
Prolonging the standoff
Government has cornered itself, allowing judiciary (and military) to sweep in to make the tough calls
-
A tentative cooperation
Few could have foreseen the endless troubles that were ushered in by the drawing of the Durand Line
-
Tribunal verdict
AUN tribunal has sentenced a former Bosnian Serb army warlord, Ratko Mladic, to a life term
-
Words and violence
Unsurprisingly, the hardest legal concept I’ve had the misfortune of teaching
-
Beyond the ridiculous
Virtual lockdown of large parts of Islamabad by right-wing religious party for fortnight goes beyond the ridiculous
-
Talking about sexism
Most of the advertisement industry in the West is soiled with stains of sexism
-
Are we destined to be enemies?
One of the foremost foreign policy challenges for Pakistan has been managing its relations with India
-
Revisiting our intellectual crisis
Many people agree that we have an intellectual crisis in the country
-
Where dysfunction rules
Under the rules, the SECP cannot function with just two commissioners of the five designated ones
-
Growing pains
CPEC is going to be crucial for Pakistan; the whole country is eventually going to benefit — but not at the same time
-
State failure and extremism
Pathologies and symptoms of state failure in Pakistan; failure to counter religious extremism is most obvious one
-
Ending child marriage in Pakistan
Senator Kamran has tirelessly campaigned for the approval of her proposed legislative tool against underage marriages
-
Trouble in Paradise
Paradise Leaks exposes monarchs, crocodile-tear jerking “end global poverty” celebrity campaigners
-
The science of inconvenient realities
Smog unfortunately is a yearly phenomenon that has gotten worse in our own lifetimes
-
Waiting in the wings
By early next month, Rahul Gandhi could finally be named Congress party chief
-
Arm of slave trade
People trafficking, smuggling is arm of the slave trade, illegal everywhere in the world, prohibitions are worldwide
-
Drowning in debt
The current debt crisis has its origins in the era of General Ziaul Haq
-
No state for human rights
In Pakistan, the human rights issue encompasses children, women, youth, transgender people and religious minorities
-
Rising from the ashes
The airline has been bleeding more because of bad management decisions
-
Censoring cinema
The electronic media is to a large extent at the mercy of estate owners
-
Pakistan and the Road and Belt initiative
China will look to the development of domestic demand to find opportunities for the productive sectors of its economy
-
Children’s access to education is a right
Amidst many other challenges we are facing today, the rights of children cannot and must not be forgotten
-
The ticking population bomb
A large population base with a high growth rate is a ticking bomb
-
The desert storm and the ideological shift
Soon Kingdom may witness abdication of King Salman in favour of his son to further strengthen the succession process
-
Ilm in the synagogue
Ambassador Akbar Ahmed discusses essence of Islam and how it runs strongly contrary to the media narrative
-
Our collective failure
Sit-in by 2 religious groups begs some serious questions about our collective failure to control handful of zealots
-
Transforming the downtown of the capital
The downtown area is generally the most happening place in any city, that is not the case in Islamabad
-
CPEC: ABCs of commercial investment dispute resolution
CPEC framework is a component of massive initiative that involves 60 countries, affects half of the world’s...
-
Smog of despair
The mood in Pakistan is generally sombre
-
Hate speech
Former UK cabinet minister Sayeeda Warsi, who is of Pakistani origin, has accused British newspapers of Islamophobia
-
Essential viewing
Verna shines a light rather than gets busy with the dustpan and brush
-
Testing patience
IHC directed its umbrage against government authorities for failing to clear the Faizabad Interchange
-
Tackling the misinformation ecosystem
Social media and the digital sphere offer a great new opportunity for journalism
-
MMA comes in from the cold
Defunct alliance of religio-political parties, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), will be making a comeback soon
-
Love at first sight
Have you ever had the experience of falling in love at first sight?
-
Use school buses to help fight smog
While we only come to Pakistan twice a year, every time we do so the degradation of air quality is palpable
-
Unravelling a mystery
Italian archaeologists and relevant departments have spent a significant time in Sindh and Balochistan
-
The dam case
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has been activated once again
-
Time to open up and soon
There is still no official word on whether the government has accepted the changes proposed by China in the LTP or not
-
Development update or downgrade?
In the latest Pakistan Development Update, Pakistan is advised to accelerated economic reforms to speed up growth
-
The great American retreat
There is a memorable opening to The Newsroom an American TV series that was aired in 2012































