Opinion

Pakistan’s judicial system is tainted with sham litigation contests seeking to disinherit female heirs

With an electric car people may wrongly think they are averting the disaster, which is a lethal ignorance

What happened after Aug 15 when Kabul airport, controlled by US forces, witnessed a worst type of chaos and disorder

Our focus should not be in how this biggest US project has ended but how quickly we can shift to a “what nextism” mode

The great hope of the 1990s and 2000s was that the internet would be a force for openness and freedom

A long way to go to make Afghanistan a stable and prosperous country

With enough points of similarity to make the comparison valid

The collapse of reality is an atrocious experience

IPCC released another major report on climate change, warning of a “code red for humanity”

With great fanfare the federal budget this year announced a bottom-up approach to social and economic well-being

If the mind knows only what it encounters in the worlds that surround it, or does it know more than that

There are four inflection points where what appears as an easy Taliban sweep over Afghanistan can stand reversed

Taliban advance with lightning speed surprising many with their audacity, shrewdness and their application of force

The pandemic has given humankind the opportunity to rethink and reform existing socio-political and economical orders

The end of a war on Afghan soil is viewed from an extremely narrow and self-centred perspective

The recently increasing incidents in a row expose the fault line on which women are standing in Pakistan

With climate now a frontline crisis, we must consider those most harshly affected by present and future disasters

Recent UNDP publication reveals that it is the best of times for privileged few and the worst for the underprivileged

The militant group's victory in Afghanistan has been well-received by many around the world

US interventions in different countries are well remembered more for their failures than successes

The scrabble industry in Pakistan has immense potential and the government must support the ventures of the PSA

The entire federal government runs on borrowed money

Afghanistan is much more than an intelligence failure or an error of policy judgment

There are reports that Washington has asked Islamabad to keep its border with Afghanistan open

An estimated 44% of children in the 5-16 age group in Pakistan are not in school

President’s approval of appointing the Chief Justice of Sindh as ad hoc SC judge is a prime example

The lightning speed with which the Taliban took control of Kabul will haunt the US for many years to come

Recent events in Afghanistan again reveals that Pakistanis rely on foreign sources, for news about their own region

The rapid and mostly unexpected collapse of the country political and military order

The loudest demand for ‘human rights in Afghanistan’ comes from those who have themselves been its worst violators

The bipolar world of yester years actively engaged in geopolitics of energy and the current world is no different

It seems that the ‘new Taliban’ will try to ensure that this time they behave in a different manner

Taliban exemplified superior military tactics as well as astute negotiating skills in their February 2019 agreement

Why would media and Washington elites react so brashly to a policy change whose time had come?

As long as the foreign forces remained in the country, there was hope that management would improve

Ghalib is difficult to grasp because his poetry is like a kaleidoscope which rapidly changes images

With the Taliban being far more deliberate, adaptive and sensitive to their perception among the world at large

If one were to remember the cause of invading Afghanistan, it was Osama Bin Laden

Mighty and powerful were check-mated by the poor and the humble in a stunning contest that was never on equal footing

Questions are now being raised as to why the well-equipped Afghan army never took a position and defended them

America said we cannot justify embracing you but we can justify killing you

Remember that under the Paris Agreement 1.5 degrees Celsius has been prescribed as the danger limit!

The Constitution has been abrogated, suspended, and held in abeyance repeatedly

Pakistan’s counterterrorism (CT) challenge may not diminish completely once Taliban establish control in Afghanistan

With lawlessness increasing, the Taliban government should ensure that life and property remain safe

Predictions by seasoned politicians and pundits in the US and elsewhere were absolutely wrong

The government will provide 100% credit risk cover to commercial banks and will also pick up the interest cost

If mujahideen were not even with Pakistan, how could they be expected to support a cause owned by Pakistan

Recent cases of violence against women span across a range of age groups, social classes, and locations

According to the WHO, two billion people are deprived of access to basic medicines globally