Opinion

Sindh should devise its comprehensive water policy to tackle increasing water insecurity of the province

Much of the local elite in former colonies got their riches and honours by providing services to the Empire

I look forward to attending even if its promises may sound too good to be true

Pakistan’s diplomatic community has strong reservations regarding any drive towards banning the nuclear bomb

The powers that be in Islamabad seem to think that the CPEC projects will somehow transform Balochistan

The British are keenly aware of the risks that are out there for Malala Yousufzai

People constantly ask me why I chose to live in Karachi

The region is torn and a victim of persistence violence strengthening the archaic authoritarian structures

Prime Minister of Pakistan stated that ‘Karachi’s Green Line’ (KGL) will be more beautiful than Lahore’s Metro Bus’

Honest taxpayers will not step forward until they feel comfortable that the FBR will not indulge in a witch-hunt

The debate on the legality of his order to strike Syria has gained momentum

The time has come to grasp the nettle

Our leadership, policymakers and the masses need to understand them

Our public health approach continues to be heavy on implementation

Sharing videos of children and ‘just praying’ for the people of Syria, will not really help Syria

It is a long journey for Mr Saad Rafiq and one in which he has many lessons to learn

The other major decision the state in Pakistan needs to take is to get out of the business of agriculture marketing

After all, the future of our children is at stake

The time is ripe for civil society resilience to keep the “grey zone” alive

There are already over 120 British companies operating here, across a range of sectors

I’m talking about both our weather and our politics

The uniform of the Punjab police has undergone a change of colours

I found it interesting that the ambassadors from Africa issued a strong statement collectively

There is a need to decipher how the economy plunged into the mess in the first place

US itself appears to have been swamped by an acute sense of frustration

Our new ambassador has described Pakistan’s potential strategic role as serving as “a bridge” between the US and China

Adoption of a first use, or first strike, nuclear policy is highly unlikely

Pakistan will regain its lost freedom only when the terrorism ordeal is over

In Pakistan, mental illness is stereotyped as madness

Does Donald Trump commit contempt of court each time he disparages a judge?

Official statistics indicate that both consumption poverty and multidimensional poverty declined during 2000–2015

It is a tad difficult to understand how Pakistan could afford to commit itself to “no first use” of nuclear weapons

There are some pieces of furniture that never quite enter the heart

Unemployment in the region is quite high, trailing far behind the national average

Studies show that ‘unemployed and economically inactive youth are more likely to be hate offenders’

Islamabad is gradually coming out of the woods and must maintain the momentum

Back-channel diplomacy must be restored

I feel things have started to take this shape ever since the BJP came to power in 2014

Creating barriers in the path of talented women is neither an eastern tradition nor a recipe for a stable society

Government shall have to look around in Islamabad and deal with illegal structures in the capital itself

April 4 reminds us of the statesman the country lost to the ambitions of a cardboard-cutout of an archtypical dictator

To sort out the distrust between Pakistan & Afghanistan, there is a need for continued democratic institutionalisation

It seems now the wildlife of Pakistan is also being made extinct

This poor performance has pulled down with it the rest of the economy

Pakistan’s future is bright and our youth holds the key to our economic growth

Therefore, violence has been spiralling, proliferating and pervading at each level of social interaction

Nuclear weapons alone do not address these two sets of issues

The cost of not doing a rethink is a guarantee to speed up the socio-economic nosedive

We should acknowledge that this is a narrow reading of Hinduism which is being pushed by the BJP on Indian citizens

the model was extremely successful and produced a number of lessons learnt