Opinion

IR today is just current affairs, with too shallow an analytical base

The blue pill is to remain in the status quo, never changing conditions, and business as usual

One sector of the economy that has suffered the most is the oil and gas exploration and production

General Zia was eagerly looking for recognition of his govt by major powers and needed economic assistance desperately

A hard system reset seems increasingly unavoidable, and time is of the essence

When girls in Afghanistan were denied the chance to go to school, there were lots of apologists in the country

The national security of a country cannot be salvaged unless it is politically stable and economically vibrant

Did the world finally see its leaders take some steps towards turning the global economy 'green'?

Manichaeism heralds a dualistic religious movement that surfaced in the 3rd century

China has been reported to have a major surge of Covid19 infections

Naveed Sadiq Shaheed was one of the gallant soldiers of Pakistan who laid his life in the service of motherland

IMF is refusing to play ball with Dar and no foreign friends are raining in the dollars

Turkey is the oldest claimant to the seat of Middle Eastern hegemony

Sadly no govt made a penny’s effort in reforming and implementing any of these three poverty alleviating mechanisms

History, however, witnesses that people and societies often defy theistic obligations

Big corporations exploit human psychology to satisfy the business ventures and political aims of their shareholders

Histrionics and temper tantrums cannot substitute for sound policy and judgment

Capitalism and climate change are two sides of the same coin

Do they only want to preserve their legacy that brings both money and power?

As for now, what we in Pakistan and the region must embrace is an incoming onslaught of ISIS in Afghanistan

Political disenchantment, dysfunction and extreme polarisation has left institutions fully compromised or in disarray

The US needs to invest in more creative strategies to contend with China in South Asia

Political stability is a condition precedent for economic stability and elections are a means to achieve this

Pak was defined by counter-terrorism strategies while India rose to the fifth largest economy of the world

TTP remains eager for a settlement because Afghan hospitality would soon run out for this sizeable armed foreign force

If there was any rebirth of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after his martyrdom, it was his daughter of destiny, Benazir Bhutto

Other nations, which are strong and rich, write laws and policies for the citizens of Pakistan to obey

China’s GDP for the whole year is expected to exceed 120 trillion yuan

The world now has two roadmaps for peace and prosperity: one proposes war and the other offers trade and commerce

In the last few years, Army’s involvement, dominance in politics, economy, strategic decision-making was at its peak

The government is unable to concentrate on governance as a result of the country’s ongoing political unpredictability

Farmers use poor technology, face inefficient input and output markets, and rely on high-cost informal credit markets

Because of our lies, everything of the country has been turned into rubble, there is no ruin left to wait

Too often our Decembers and Januaries are separated not by a few days but by light years

The cottage industry of private tuition centres and educational academies been mushrooming for years

IIOJK is facing a new challenge: illegal delimitation to suit Modi’s agenda

China, being an authoritarian state, went for strictly enforced rules

Pakistan’s woes only got deeper in 2022

Despite the great demographic potential, the country failed to engage and contain the intellectual lot

The risk aversion curtain cannot be raised without ditching the petrodollar as the world trading currency

The only respectable way to save Pakistan from an impending economic disaster is adopting serious austerity measures

Without ending the use of fossil fuel and introducing carbon tax, the world can only create nonsense solutions

The ban has drawn global rejection, with even leaders from Muslim countries demanding its reversal

If you get enough individuals under one roof and they all make predictions, some are bound to be correct

As long as nuclear weapons deter the potential rivals successfully, why should these weapons be used

There are at least seven critical aspects of governance that call for an urgent and collective response

He spent his enormous wealth in the struggle for Pakistan and donated generously for the new-born state

There was a time when years added respect if one hadn’t found it another way and acting old was the key to the mantle

It is about time for the US to overcome its zero-sum view of the bilateral relationship between China and Pakistan

The Government of Balochistan abandons not only water supply schemes, but also heritage sites