Opinion

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In the midst of India's hallucinatory obsession with Pakistan, what was truly lost was South Asia itself

Churchill's characterisation of the Soviet Union fits modern-day Afghanistan best

The question that refuses to die

It is the fall from grace that hits the powerful states harder than actual defeat

This all may seem like a sudden series of events of the last couple of years

Agentic AI is becoming more financially accessible, which is one of the most significant barriers for SMEs

Several notable innovations in governance have emerged from provincial initiatives

Migration rate is 71% for skilled and semi-skilled, 24% for highly skilled and 32% for highly qualified professionals

There are about half a million foreign workers employed in Italy's agriculture sector

ICOR refers to how many rupees of capital must an economy deploy to generate one additional rupee of GDP

El Niño is a naturally recurring warming of surface waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean

For a country starved of domestic liquidity, forcing this idle cash into the banking channel is an absolute necessity

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Fourth shift defined as transition from Atlantic-centric international order to Eurasian-centred geopolitical system

The governing elite have too much invested in this rotting system to change it

The people of Pakistan are still held dear by the rulers - instrumentally dear

The difference now is the speed and scale of its reply

Universities can no longer remain isolated from global academic trends

In 2016, Trump did not emerge in a vacuum. He tapped into frustrations that had been building for years.

We ostensibly do not have the required agency to mould our future

Germany's failure to get a seat on the UNSC, Kyrgyzstan defeating Phillipines

New Ebola outbreak in Central Africa exposes how little has changed in the global approach to pandemic preparedness

How the phrase 'we sinful women' continues to resonate as part of our shared social history

From a pariah to an equal partner in a dialogue for peace

Modern cosmology often presents itself as the most triumphant extension of physics

Pakistan's constitutional conversation appears to be gathering momentum once again

Nuclear powers never fight conventionally, given the chances of miscalculation, escalation, unintended consequences

When a group focuses on blowing up infrastructure, killing civilians, it is clearly not working to rebuild the future

Education was never meant to be a living hell or a burial plot

Keynes arrived at Bretton Woods with a proposal of remarkable foresight and uncommon fairness

Hajj is supposed to dissolve worldly distinctions

Societies that prioritise knowledge and children's education rise, while those that neglect them stagnate

Sector's largest contributor to industrial output and value addition is still large-scale manufacturing (LSM)

As we engage with generative aspects of AI, there are important questions we must ask ourselves

For decades, higher education in social sciences has operated on a deeply flawed, extractive contract with the public

Public admission by the United States that its decision to attack Iran was a mistake interpreted as political signal

The current situation in Pakistan's power sector appears volatile

Pakistan's policy line remains firmly anchored in its traditional stance

Contemporary autocracies preserve the procedural vocabulary of democracy while hollowing out its substance

Donald Trump's war in Iran has brought conflict close to Pakistan's border

If usefulness is the metric to determine value, then everyone ends up becoming disposable

Modern warfare has blurred civilian, military spaces, civilian collateral damage is no longer seen as a war crime

Ask anyone outside the Red Zone what the government is doing other than racking up foreign policy achievements