Opinion

For over more than a decade, people of north-east Nigeria have become conversant with the horrors of Boko Haram

It is the need of the time to move away from traditional cabinet forming and give proper representation to women

Modi has bulldozed major liberal and pro-minority movements in the recent past

From a constitutional perspective, the judiciary has no business making policy

Underlying differences amongst the PDM leaders kept them from giving a clear way forward

Engineering curricula need to incorporate reading and writing

Just as terrorism is a reaction to aggression, climate change is the reaction to what we have been doing to earth

Persons with disabilities must be represented in the parliament

Pakistan could serve as a model for the restive nations in the larger Middle East

Maternal and child health indicators are a good measure to gauge a country’s level of development

As a society we should never forget about the plotters, the schemers and the inventors of political conspiracies

In operational strategy domination is endowed to the one who retains initiative

Only in Pakistan can we trade other people’s lives for our own respect and call it a deal

President-elect Joe Biden and VP-elect Kamala Harris are certainly a historic ticket

To effectively utilise temporary decision-makers' attention we need to set up effective systems of health intelligence

The 2010s witnessed the rise of ultra-right proto-fascist elements in Europe’s politics

Despite his numerous noble endeavours and charisma, Imran failed to translate them into his political power

The way out of the deadlock is a multi-ethnic, broad-based government that includes the Taliban as a major partner

The conscious thought is a sublime matter of ideas, concepts, and qualia

Critics argue that the 1970 elections were the last attempt to keep Pakistan united

Farm workers in many poor countries are often exposed to pesticides without any protection

The economic and social consequences of the Ayubian growth model fed a mass movement that led to another coup

While US-Pakistan relationship floundered because of nuclear issues, India-US ties strengthened for the same reason

In sum, in this limited war, a Muslim country — using force successfully — righted a wrong done to it

Pakistan must present a strong legal case against India at the UN

Extending the same services to people we don’t like are the true manifestations of the belief in those services

Plea Bargain has always been a hot button issue and segments of our society still haven’t acknowledged this concept

Our political history tells us that the PDM-like alliances are not new in our country

Every Pakistani should feel the flush of former finance minister Ishaq Dar’s humiliation

The Syrian conflict is being increasingly addressed in “endless wars” for the United States

Even a nation as dynamic as the United States of America will lose its way as it moves farther away from the truth

The government is facing multiple crises including galloping food inflation, rising poverty and Covid-19

Accountability of civil servants is not a wholesale business

We should recognise that we have to get the basics right

Fakhrizadeh killing comes a few weeks before President-elect Joe Biden is to move into the White House

Pakistan is no exception to corruption. We have seen how gradually this cancer has spread in our society

The offence does not either provide protection to transgender persons and gang-rape victims

The meeting of Pakistani envoy with the Bangladeshi PM was the result of quiet diplomacy

Both politics and media need to give way to another set of mind, another set of eyes and ears to take over

Let Pakistan be run per the law

Doctors do all they can to save every life but some deaths are inevitable

The loopholes in the existing system should be plugged after a detailed debate in parliament

All these personal peculiarities would have remained Hollywood myth had it not been for Trump's political style

Like in the past the opposition parties are still part of the system

The Australian Army Chief needs to be complimented for showing resolve to punish those who are guilty

This is time to mobilise the Kashmiri diaspora the world over and gear it into a powerful voice to plead

The world’s largest democracy has plunged into a majoritarian abyss since the BJP came to power in 2014

There is a long history of proposals, plans and projects to positively transform Karachi

This global pandemic has laid bare the deep inequalities plaguing our world

Ending poverty requires that we end landed privilege