Opinion

Yet in Pakistan what matters is what physical harm was actually done, what the backstory is

The share of domestic consumption in Pakistan is much greater than in most countries

The bigger issue isn’t Chikungunya. It is vision and a will to rise to the challenge.

The NH&MP has launched a threeyear road safety plan

The audience has been programmed to expect such footage and indulge in sadistic voyeurism

Does the difference come essentially from religion?

Hekmatyar’s return brought back bitter memories for the residents of the city who he had tormented for 4 long years

In response to Maryam’s tweets they sent tweets showing her passports and pictures, etc

Corrupt are visible to the naked eye, but not to the law

Let's get Iranian gas pipeline completed and let Tehran talk to India for extending it beyond our borders towards east

There is no doubt that the CPEC narrative at the regional level is a positive sign

There is no dispute about the saliency of diplomacy as a quiet craft that needs the space to air ideas and test limits

President Trump’s budget proposal released earlier this year would end all international food relief assistance

Focus should be set on setting our own place in order

Pakistan will need to have selective deterrence force posture to plug the deterrence gaps

The new-found idea is useful if limited to testing the reliability of overall GDP

As things stand, it seems that significant cuts to US foreign aid will probably take place soon

So what can be done under such circumstances?

The government seriously needs to develop trust among informal sector workers

Made in Pakistan and distinctly proud of it

The unwholesome values of postmodernist culture have prevailed in Pakistan

No matter how many cookbooks one has, basic skills cannot be bought with the purchasing of more books

Once again the ugly spectre of the perennial civil-military divide has come to fore

While aviation accidents are not a rarity in Pakistan, it is interesting to note that such accidents are declining

Humanity has and still is suffering from the recent onslaught of global radicalism and extremism

Generalisations about integrity, or worse character, based on political affiliations are both naïve & inaccurate

Support for Le Pen and her populist agenda is likely to influence forthcoming governments’ actions and policies

Political institutions and process have become an arena of conflict

America has taken nothing from Pakistan which its leadership did not give it willingly

The question, however, remains as to what use this finding would be put to

Any sane person witnessing these murders can’t help but wonder why Pakistan’s society is so bloodthirsty

This is the first time in the history of Pakistan that the SC has made such remarks about a sitting prime minister

The demographic data will be critical for devising a health policy for the country

Pakistanis welcome international cricket and with the revised ICC financial policies

Whatever the truth justice is going to be long in coming to Ehsanullah Ehsan

Everyone deserves the due process of law and the right to trial and appeal

The speculation is that artificial intelligence will not be malevolent, but it will treat us as we treat insects

More than tax and energy reforms, politicians and civil society of Pakistan need to demand are institutional reforms

Syria is going to tread the path of destruction and on its way may even trigger a wider war

Americans could not decide whether they were in Afghanistan to defeat terrorism or engage in nation-building

After the BJP had formed its government in UP Modi sent his friend Jindal to Pakistan with a reconciliatory message

They could easily declare mob lynching a criminal offence and try them swiftly in anti-terrorism courts

Progress in polio eradication has been a result of intensive and quality vaccination campaigns driven by government

How many regional languages will survive 50 years hence is anybody’s guess

Informal sector undoubtedly plays a significant role in our economy

Pakistan is a nuclear power, which cannot be threatened or blackmailed into submission

Household waste can be transformed into solid fuel, charcoal, liquid bio-oils or gaseous fuels, such as synthetic gas

Religious education with a focus on belief divorced from action is not the same as an emphasis on ethics

The political temperature of the country is expected to rise with the onset of the harsh summer

If there is one thing that gladdens my heart it is a bunch of kids reading