Opinion

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

Musharraf’s decision to join the US in the war on terrorism was made out of necessity

Afghans remain apprehensive that US is tired of the war as the issue never surfaced during presidential debates

The coronavirus has changed our values and relations

Taliban and Kabul government are exchanging their role, habits, and actions

The bottom line of all the manifestos has been the assurance of good governance

I have never been afforded the liberty to create an inclusive environment for myself or exhibit casual mannerisms

For Africa, Chinese aid and investments has led to economic growth

Over the past 50 years, Oman’s story has been one of success

The state’s problem is that it uses a hammer to strike every challenge to the status quo

Even political slogans seem to evolve by geography

For many civil servants, especially those in the early years of their careers, issue remains inadequate compensation

University leaders do not have a monopoly on doing everything to climb up the evil ladder of rankings and ratings

Joe Biden, the incoming president, has not spelt out his approach to international trade deals

PTV needs to also broaden its horizon

Ironically, less people died of starvation and diseases as nomadic hunter gatherer than as farmers

The American model of democracy is no more idealised

Keeping protests outdoors in the daylight and the provision of hand sanitisers is a doable strategy

Our enslavement at their hands is not much different than the enslavement we experienced at the hands of British Raj

PDM is an arranged marriage of ideological partners that make no sense in bed together

Pakistan today is not even self-sufficient in producing its basic staple crop wheat

Constitution-making will be a particularly sensitive issue as debates and negotiations will be heavily polarised

The government needs to invest heavily on the education related internet infrastructure

The opposition parties in Pakistan are older than the governing party

Maradona was like a guided missile that hurtled through his flustered, nervous and terrified opponents