Opinion

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

Like almost every other issue in Pakistan, we are fighting over the abstractness of Jinnah’s vision of Pakistan

Both New Delhi and Kabul have seemingly become willing promoters and protectors of US interests in the region

The Dutch election of March 2017 was seen as a ‘litmus test’ in mainstream media for far-right populism

Islam is a religion that attaches great importance to peace and all its principles are based on peace

Oxfam estimates that real incomes of the world’s very poorest have gone up by merely $3 a year over the last 25 years

Nature has earned the reputation of being a great leveller

Nationalists have opposed a population census in the province for years

It was the diversity of London that stole my heart when I first came to the city

Honesty, integrity and objectivity are qualities we expect as basic requirements of those that occupy the House

Cousin marriage has reared its head again

CPEC is a major Chinese project closely related to its One Belt, One Road initiative

India has come up with its Cold Start doctrine to fight a limited conventional war with Pakistan

Taxation is the obvious area of necessary reform and it is not happening

Pakistan is already not a ‘destination favourable’ for foreign investors

Pakistan has descended into a world of mutual recrimination

The FDI has direct and indirect advantages for the exports of host countries like Pakistan

It has been Indian Prime Minister Modi’s declared policy to isolate Pakistan

Pakistan is completely dependent on foreign funding and foreign manufactured TB diagnostics

Global challenges are difficult to overcome using narrow interpretation of nationalism

He has ensured that the media, not only covers every extravagant utterance of his, but also debates it repeatedly

Interesting facts have come out in the open since Husain Haqqani wrote his now famed article in The Washington Post

Muslims were on the very front-lines in the Trafalgar Square vigil paying tribute to London`s victims

The birth of a child within the territory of Pakistan does not, automatically, vest citizenship in the newly born

The country can put itslef on a trajectory of growth that would bring GDP increase to six to eight per cent a year

The highest number of cases were reported in Sindh

Years ago there weren’t so many highly qualified dentists some of whom are now fertilising the daffodils

Such parties cannot be revived by new leadership. They need a new message and a reason for existence

So far, Islamabad has not passed on any tasks beyond the security assignment

Like other veneers of pretence, counterfeit of democracy will sooner or later lose its value in the political market

I wait for the vision of Quaid-e-Azam to be incorporated and acted upon in letter and in spirit

US should encourage both India and Pakistan to exercise restraint

Indian state still refuses to see its Hindu extremist problem

Few people remember or even know of the peak days when a US first lady visited Pakistan

The implications of the proposed US aid cuts on developing countries would indeed be severe

With 17 goals and 169 targets, this is a much wider agenda than the MDGs

A thing of beauty is a joy forever, so said the English poet John Keats