Opinion

The time is now and you have the bat

Advice: When you decide to carry out a generous appraisal of issues, begin by first reconciling with your ego.

Numbers don’t lie but those who collect them could, and do

COVID-19 has laid bare severe, systemic inequalities both within and between countries and communities

If a race war is being planned in America and Europe it cannot be anything for the immigrant population

It seems as if PTI-led coalition govt has already tumbled into the fifth year of its first term in office

Covid-19 waste is ending up in our oceans and threatening the marine life’s ecosystem

India should realise that its security personnel cannot continue inflicting physical torture on harmless Kashmiris

The legal and constitutional way to remove Imran Khan from the post of PM is through an in-house change

Whether India can effectively serve as a counterbalance to China’s influence in Asia remains to be seen

Prices are a notoriously hard nut to crack

We cannot depend on the existing lot of people to choose who should rule us

Electing and eulogising people like Modi comes with a cost

Pakistan needs to tap into the domestic tourism potential

Since when did the US media become a Super PAC?

The efficacy of a system depends on accountability, transparency, enforcement of law and policies

The fraud in organisations reflects the general malaise that afflicts our nation at large

If the annexation happens as planned, it would have a number of ramifications

It seems that Pakistan is still stuck in a limited social order

Bandit framework supports dynamic redesign of business websites to effectively engage wavering customers

Where do we draw the line?

Besides the sheer size, what is really frightening is the pace at which the pensions are growing

Sometimes I wonder who gets to be in parliament?

The real question to ask was the competence of the inquiry committee itself.

One consequence of Sino-India conflict would be to draw New Delhi closer to US

Seoul is troubled with Washington’s persistence to extort more billions

The real issue, however, is much more complex

We need to take a holistic view when claiming success on foreign policy

When epidemics spread with no end in sight it generates either panic or pessimism, leading to resigned fatalism

Pakistan’s dilemma remains a compromised leadership

There are others who argue Pakistan shouldn’t make this conflict about itself

India must do well to remember that there is only one sun that rises from the East and that is China

To have an effective system of contact tracing, we need valid epidemiological data of cases

Without clever stories you will never have the culture industry you yearn for

Italy seemed to be making progress in curbing spread of the virus notwithstanding political turbulence and infighting

Our opposition, like our govt, keeps their personal interests in view rather than imagining the whole picture

In a Just War the “cost benefit ratio” should also be “positive”

As far as the health expenditure is concerned, the pandemic never happened

The “racial time bomb” in the US will explode if Trump is re-elected in November

One hopes that the Democrats will be able to transcend the maximalist stance towards China

For any effective learning, India would have to make its regional foreign policy less belligerent and more consolatory

Turkey had shown the path to Muslims, it can lead now

Awareness campaigns are expensive, but the lives of the people of Pakistan are priceless

Cowards (enemies of peace) don’t hide behind a mask, they hide behind their Kurdoglu

The new sanctions will unquestionably delay, if not entirely prevent, the reconstruction of Syria

There is an urgent need for govt to realise severity of the situation and take policy measures to avert the crises

There is a glaring difference in the Indian response to China on LAC as opposed to theirs with Pakistan on the LoC

The underlying purpose of all these statutory laws and policies is to enhance the quality of higher education

Slave mindset is indeed toxic — especially when we are slaves of our own ego

Budgets for all four provinces are out and it seems that they have done a much better job than the federal government