Opinion

United States is building its relations with India to counter growing power of China

ECP has finally come up with schedule for general election

Rise of non-state actors is not a new phenomenon in 21st Century or even before that

All main culprits in climate change saga have continued with their business as usual

Businessmen of success of this period were called ‘Robber Barons’ because they were experts at creating monopolies

This year has been nothing more than what Shakespeare called “a tale told by an idiot”

Balochistan has been in news for a pervasive, volatile issue of disappeared people

Singapore reported more than 50,000 cases of Covid-19 in first week of Dec

Global debate on perceived potential versus actual value delivery by 5G has recently intensified

Despite lip-service to a global consensus on averting atrocities, we still live in a world where might is right

Operation launched by Palestinians in Israeli-occupied Gaza has broader strategic implications for Israel, US

Last 30 months or so have been of extreme turmoil. Both, economically and politically

Students of English language, literature have to keep themselves abreast of all current, old literary movements

Population agenda in Pakistan for year 2023 involved three main aspects

Two attempts at dialogue with TTP under aegis of Haqqani Group in 2022 have failed

Israeli war against children of Gaza, a lie has become first casualty

Peace has always been primordial facet of human society

Be it hospitals or any other government department, everybody seems to be running on hamster wheel

Power is ephemeral and we must never forget that we will leave stage one day

Opportune time to expand, deepen trade and economic relations with US, West while maintaining close ties with China

AI and social media are unbridled and uncontrolled and add to fake news, misperceptions and psychosocial issues

The environmental collapse is affecting people regardless of their colour, caste and creed

Myth of Israel’s invincibility crashed on October 7 when a non-state actor attacked Israel from land, sea and air

As we look back on 2023, we should ask ourselves how are we preserving the memory of those who have been wronged?

Despite vast potential, Pakistan’s human development indices are declining

Modi government’s sensitivity to content in movies produced by some of well-known moviemakers took heavy personal toll

Question is why India is either not grasping purpose of formation of BRICS or deliberately turning deaf ear

Those in Pakistan still clinging to hope of dialogue and normalisation with India should now read the writing on wall

A shift towards young leadership, with Bilawal at forefront, has potential to break status quo

Smartest thing that politics of any country can do is to correctly anticipate what lies ahead

Impostor syndrome swung like a pendulum between being my best friend and my worst frenemy

Modern societies are relatively conscious of facets of barbarism they confront

Pakistani, Indian Punjabs joined hands together to create awareness about issues faced by five rivers

The vast territory of Pakistan is not directly exposed to ocean

Yom Kippur War prompted Arab states to place an oil embargo on Israeli supporters

Polls or surveys need to be done in a very methodological and scientific manner

Economists see inverse relationship between government regulations and ‘market competition’

One way of self-actualisation is to create, which is absolutely a godly act

There have been multiple calls by rights groups to sanction and boycott Israel

Iqbal bases his idea of human ego or khudi on Quranic precepts of a ‘Unity of Life’

Without knowing what they will deliver, what fate waited after elections, circumstances were somewhat similar in 1970

Hope is what keeps us going, that maybe one day we’ll see things change for better

Scholars of religion were also pioneers in medicine, astronomy and sciences. How far have we fallen since early age?

From 2009 to December 2018, over 27,622 militants were killed in more than 1,650 military operations

Pakistan brokered Afghan-US negotiation to end war that ran for more than 20 years

Gwadar Port holds immense vitality within Pakistan’s strategic framework

Neo networks consist set of cascaded connections of variegated individuals having different backgrounds

The Crucible explores themes of mass hysteria, power of fear, importance of truth

Our politics has remained throughout year extremely chaotic, highly confrontational making parliament dysfunctional

India reneges from commitment to hold plebiscite, curtailed autonomy of state, imposing direct control from Delhi.