Opinion

World needs to realise that there are other illnesses seriously affecting patients and these are not getting attention

It’s not as if America doesn’t love its citizens; it just loves its guns more, and that is the detestable truth

The only certainty is that migration in a world of unprecedented border controls remains shrouded in myth

The expanding sea of the black economy continues to offer the ‘misled’ a ready source of terror-financing

Every time our PM visits an important country, question that dominates media is: how much help are we going to get?

Will goodwill for Imran Khan’s mission fade under his seemingly arrogant, self-righteous confrontationist approach?

Akbar S Ahmed's recent cinematic venture Journey Into Europe seeks to answer: “Is Islam compatible with the...

Sense of relief on part of Netanyahu may be short-lived as flames engulfing Syria will spread to other countries

Connecting scientists from Israel & Middle East through a apolitical conference, there was only one language: science

Many women in conservative societies hide their Facebook accounts from their families

Unlike any military berets he wore with great distinction, NSA hat will be a difficult one to wear for General Janjua

In all the havoc — beef bans and ink attacks and the lynch-murders — we see in Pakistan schadenfreude: shameful joy

Pakistan participated in pioneering experiments of poverty alleviation under the able leadership of Qazi Ismat Isa

It was expected that once Modi gained power through elections, he would pursue the Hindu agenda

If both you and your spouse are always miserable, then it may be for the betterment of everybody to let go

To start with, the widely abused and largely outdated gun licensing system has to go

NA-122 may have devastated Khan and vindicated Sharif, but for many this is just National Geographic entertainment

The success of a few government schools will speak for the success of a new beginning in the right direction

If we have not been able to totally reverse the negative effects of the Kargil days, we are very nearly there

If President Ghani wants to restore peace in his country, he should re-engage with Pakistan

75 per cent of class five students in Sindh can’t read class two-level English sentences

CPEC’s potential won't be realised if planning and financial allocations happen at a snail’s pace

Public private partnership programmes in the education sector, such as adopt-a-school schemes, remain ad hoc

The selfie… is a tribute to narcissism, an ode to our desire to be desired and the epitome of self-projection

Without legislation, there is little that can be done to help improve their welfare

We need an open debate on what motivates young persons to join the TTP or the BLA

This child had no siblings, nor friends, but she claimed the contrary

There was a time, and it seems very long ago, when it was worth getting up early just to watch Pakistan breakfast TV

For as long as I’ve known Shoaib Malik, he’s been fiercely determined to make a comeback

I gave the worst speech of my life last week. I fumbled one incoherent sentence after another

Talking to Russians, it was pleasant to see the mention of Pakistan did not automatically result in tense expressions

Pakistan has the geopolitical advantage of being a friend of China as well as a close partner of the US

Should we be shocked over juvenile exuberance and an over-projected sense of self-righteousness flowing out of India?

Are we becoming an increasingly schizophrenic society?

Instead of making our canals theft-proof, we waste all our efforts debating the contentious Kalabagh Dam

US is counselling nuclear restraint to Pakistan as well as selling state-of-the-art conventional weapons to India!

It is obvious that the only diversity the government cares about is that of foreign currency

One hopes these measures, once adopted, would help in fostering harmony in coming years

It's interesting to note the condescendence with which India has been treating all its neighbours, not just Pakistan

Mention the houbara & you get hit with the usual what-aboutery: what about Real People?

The inaugural Democratic Party debate showcased a party largely united on what it stands for and against

Pakistan is tightly gripped by a discourse on electoral rigging and illegitimacy of the government

Climate change is “the first big challenge for humanity” and Paris is where the world hopes to come up with a...

he government has once again proposed yet another assault on the country’s declining Houbara population

The major political parties should make self-corrections in their organisational structures and political agendas

I feel very sad when I read about what is currently happening to the national flag carrier

The writer is protesting against what the government is doing in society

A fair amount of time will be spent in Nawaz-Obama meeting discussing developments in the Muslim world

Today Imran Khan’s failure is measured against unrealistic expectations borne out of an ideological zeal

People like me were fiercely opposing Imran Khan's dharnas because we thought he would most certainly fail