Opinion

The likes of Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have spent millions in philanthropic efforts

Political temperatures are set to rise in Sindh when a powerless mayor of Karachi takes charge

Out of $21bn worth of “priority energy projects” of CPEC, only one project is meant for K-P and two for Balochistan

It’s important to celebrate people like TCF Chairman Mushtaq Chhapra when educational institutes are under attack

There was an overwhelming diversity of grub at the Karachi Eats festival

I’ve travelled on both Air India and PIA, and I have found Air India infinitely superior to PIA in about every...

Sahibzada Yaqub resigned his commission & governorship rather than opening fire on civilians in East Pakistan

We blame the politicians and the army, but we don’t blame ourselves for not demanding accountability and hard change

Arab-Iran rivalry has found battlegrounds at societal levels in many Muslim-majority states, including in Pakistan

Given the poisonous bile taught in our textbooks, it’s not surprising Safoora Goth terrorists were highly educated

Idea that Women on Wheels scheme is effort to ‘follow the West’ and breaks the family value system is preposterous

President Obama's foresight regarding the continued instability in Pakistan must not be taken lightly

That is my regret that my friend, Ashfaq Kayani, ignored his siblings’ deeds. He should and could have done better

The pressure to become a doctor or an engineer is often just based on social pressures

Poisonous ideologies do not emerge from thin air. Oppression, corruption and injustice are greenhouses for resentment

Today groups like Jaish-e-Mohammad may be targeting our adversary, but tomorrow they will come after us

Analysts complain our liberals refuse to believe India’s behind the TTP

A media-blackout of terror attacks like Charsadda would deprive the terrorists of their real target

Most important feature in emerging shape of the global economy is the reaction to the turmoil in emerging economies

As long as the likes of Abdul Aziz are allowed to roam around free, there’s clearly a problem with the govt’s mindset

Privatisation is always a controversial issue and this government is no stranger to controversy

Imperatives of electoral politics impede both PML-N & PTI from pursuing a policy towards sectarian and militant groups

I can guarantee that in any major office, the most likely place to find dalits is in the list of grade one employees

I will be very surprised if anybody will be amused by the recent cartoon published by Charlie Hebdo

The erosion of the rational moorings of society could lead to the erosion of the moral values as well

As long as the TTP maintains a centre of gravity in Afghanistan, we will never win this war

Bhutto’s trial, while deeply skewed, could not be attributed to one man

Conspiracy theorists believe the US is producing more oil than it needs to undermine Russia

Since majority of conflict-affected populations are in Muslim states, role of Islamic finance needs to be highlighted

Nothing can bring the state closer to citizens than local governments

Lee Kuan Yew and Park Chung-hee transformed the countries they inherited — Singapore and South Korea

How do you score against an enemy that has already finished off 144 little souls?

Oxfam’s new inequality report says just 62 individuals now have the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people

Does the increased number of private security agencies amount to the outsourcing of a state function?

The CPEC offered the govt the formative moment to create new paths of economic development

While archrival Eddie Redmayne sits quietly waiting for the big night, critics are sneering at Leo

The Charsadda attack signifies that terrorism isn’t just the New Normal in Pakistan

By the looks of things, war will continue to be glorified and we’ll wait for something like Charsadda to happen again

There are few teachers who could match Shameem Anwar's love and dedication to her subject and her students

Student unions, before they were banned were funded, handled and given weapons by political parties

Skewed narrative on terror and extremism has also misled Western leaders, such as President Barack Obama

Million-dollar question is whether we will seize this moment for an economic take-off or will once again squander it

The common hatred for Iran and for Syria’s Assad has brought old foes, Saudi Arabia and Israel, closer to each other

In places like Urdu Bazaar Karachi, what used to be bookstalls on the street are now carts to buy stationary

Iran has a role to play in the region that will not necessarily be at the cost of Saudi Arabia

It is a reality that Gilgit-Baltistan can’t be made the centre of all economic activity that the CPEC will bring

Unlike the fabled mirror from Snow White, our media has been a ruthless reflection of pain, disease infecting Pakistan

For Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, the West's lifting of sanctions last week is quite the victory lap

Recognition of Taliban’s Qatar office by Afghan and US govts could convince the group to come to the dialogue table

China is linking itself with the countries to its west by building a network of roads, railways, fibre-optic cables..