Opinion

This year, Pakistan earned Rs 3,400 billion in tax revenues, amongst the lowest in the world

'It’s wrong to link the US-Pakistan relations to Afghanistan'

It is believed that bureaucrats of olden days were not as inward looking as their present counterparts

Before the Panamagate scandal, this nation was on the threshold of an economic upswing and the worst finally behind us

Not only do we live in a post-truth world, we also live in a post-decency world

People start taking matters in their own hands when they see absolute power corrupting absolutely

We have to deal with huge population increases, whereas water resources and housing are already hard pressed

Countries have benefited a great deal from the migration of their citizens to the Middle East, Europe & North America

Inclusion and diversity in the long run will help the cricket team and the country

Economic empowerment is a complex whole embedded in political, social, legal and in fact moral empowerment of women

Tt’s noora kushti [a fixed fight] for public consumption

Our political and military elites should come out of the colonised frame of mind

Tragic part of this tendency of appointing hitmen is they pervade the system of not one but multiple organisations

Power is lost and power is grabbed again and again through the most vicious of means

From a moral and ethical standpoint, inequality is an issue of concern for almost everyone on the political spectrum

A key responsibility of the ruler is to advance the quality of life of his subjects

It is an open and shut case

The lack of awareness breeds aloofness in our social behaviours and we turn a blind eye to victim’s plight

It emerges that the ill-fated tanker did not meet the safety standards of the company that owned and operated it

Pakistan may have missed tech opportunities, but it can ride the innovation wave by the 4th Industrial Revolution

The report is a decade-old but none of its recommendations have ever been implemented

It is very important to acknowledge that culture and religion are two different entities

However, our world still faces many development challenges, most of which are mutually reinforcing

Both the PML-N and the PTI are engaged in a high pitch criticism of each other

This misogynistic mindset prevails in most state bodies

Politics in my youth was a sort of prototypical Fifty Shades of Grey; monochrome and deeply tedious, worthy but dull

Only 44 per cent of the 10-year-old and older population of Balochistan ever attended school

When nobody likes you, the problem could very well be with you

Pakistan finds relations with China invaluable which also helps counter US-India pressure

Our policymakers have never adopted measures to cure the root causes of these problems

And whosoever chooses to defy the laws of nature does so at his or her own peril

The Bahawalpur disaster was a tragic event the likes of which we hope we never see again

Pakistan needs to adjust to this challenging environment

Neither you nor I can be the judge of His guidance or His will

His father’s entourage for a recent trip to Asia included 1,000 people, 10 airplanes and 500 limousines.

The new American president feels that his country and the Kingdom share a number of interests

The finance minister had high expectations from the FBR despite tax concessions

97 per cent of gau raksha violence happened after Modi’s government came to power: IndiaSpend

Despite its 122 million-plus population, Punjab has only 280 burn recovery beds for the entire province

Pakistani counter terrorism agencies' operations against the IS has, by and large, been reactive rather than proactive

Who knows what kind of a world we would be living in had Einstein not found a way around his dyslexia?

Bomb blasts and oil blasts may be causing equal damage but evoke a different response

There is much that is wrong with all stakeholders in the power game — and yet two wrongs do not make a right

Islamabad has the perfect opportunity to further strengthen its current alliances and its policy of non-alignment

Fifteen jurisdictions which previously had a less than satisfactory rating peer reviews against the EOIR standard

Unless coherent reforms are initiated, eradication of child labour will remain an elusive dream

Though inquires cannot bring back the lost lives, they can surely feed in policies preventing such accidents in future

Growth cannot become inclusive overnight

President Trump said, “the security partnership between the US and India is incredibly important"

The Bahawalpur tragedy; a reminder of how much needs to be done in Shahbaz Sharif’s province which prides on progress