Opinion

The humble Abdul Sattar Edhi has served as a beacon of hope for millions in the country over the last many decades

Pakistan’s policy towards the world must factor in changing interests outside of our usual ‘India-centric’ approach

Shafik Rehman, a well-known pro-opposition magazine editor in Bangladesh was arrested this month for sedition

How does one break out of the social obsession with losing weight?

I am conscious of the fact that there is a strong anti-Pakistan lobby in the US

There was so much more that I wanted to share with the reader but couldn’t because of shortage of space

Current round of elections will bring terrible news for Gandhis: will return debate to issue of Congress-mukt Bharat

Two Muslim police officers in Toronto insisted that I must make sure the police take my complaint seriously

Buried deep within folds of this latest political upheaval is a silver lining waiting to see light of day. But how?

Corruption coupled with thievery there has always been, since inception of the country and grab for refugee properties

IMF has been so supportive of government’s economic policies that it has given us as many as 14 waivers in two years

Panama Leaks are more about the civil-military balance and continuation of democracy, than about accountability

One thing that becomes crystal clear after reading these texts is centrality of US power in the reshaping of the world

Defined that way, it fit neatly into Pakistan’s stereotypical image as a place that is abysmal for minorities

Most recent revelation, that even state owned entities like PIA have off-shore accounts, is further cause for concern

The PML-N government should have had only two priorities — countering terrorism and resolving the energy crisis

Heatwaves are seldom given adequate attention although they cause more deaths than lightning, floods, etc combined

Countering this form of violent extremism is insufficient if it simply entails the deployment of the police or Rangers

We live in a society full of scripted relationships, with clear expectations on how we should interact with each other

People laugh at my phone. Really laugh. It is not in any sense a ‘part’ of me

Sometime back on an Etihad flight, a man unknowingly frightened on-board passengers by reciting his prayers out loud

It will take at least a generation to reverse the change our society has undergone in the past 35 years

Khankah Sharif, Bahawalpur is an example of how development has not reached the sub-region

Journalists look for controversies. It is part of our job to look for stories that would interest the masses

It remains to be seen whether more reasonable minds can prevail against the Trump phenomenon

Ruling elites shall have to stop pandering to religio-political lobbies that abhor the present edifice of Pakistan

It must be made compulsory for all fresh medical graduates to work in Tharparkar for one to three months

Panama Leaks are merely the opening scene of the larger picture of national and global corruption

Pakistan is fortunate that we continue to send our best and brightest to medical schools

Is it justifiable to solely declare Pata exempted from all kinds of taxes, forever?

There are around 27 million individuals in the world dependent on the drugs they use

Gone are days when we in Pakistan plainly hoped for a Republican president just because Jimmy Carter wasn’t nice to us

While facing an existential terror threat, we should take all possible measures to put our own house in order

Economists don't study history as it is a record of particular events, while they search for universal scientific laws

The rise of extremism and associated terrorism discourages foreign participation in the country’s progress

After years of suffering abuse and corruption at the hands of the government, have Pakistanis succumbed to their fate?

Since Erdogan became president in 2014, 1,845 court cases have been filed against individuals for insulting him

The PTI’s Lahore ‘sit-in’ may prove to be as inconclusive as the one in 2014

I lived in Dubai from 1982 to 1985 and during the first year, I worked 12 hours a day

A grandson of our former dictator, General Ziaul Haq, had the gall to write an article criticising the legacy of ZAB

Renaming cities is an easy way for political parties in India to dominate the news

As long as outrage over Panama Leaks keeps revolving around 'Get Nawaz' campaign, it will remain a politicised...

There is a widespread acceptance that the police forces across the country are corrupt and inept

How would you respond if told that the world is still unipolar and yet there is immense polarisation in the world?

A major reason behind the fall in exports is said to be the absence of an enabling environment for businesses

Sabeen apparently very famously said, “I think therefore I am dangerous”

Waqar Younis: “It's funny how everybody considers honesty a virtue, yet no one wants to hear the truth”

The history of reconciliation initiatives over the past few years, have been a monumental exercise in self-deception

The primary race for the Democratic contender for the US presidential elections is becoming increasingly intense

Pakistani women have an important role at the household and subsistence economic level