Analysis

Left to fend for themselves, many Rohingyas stranded at sea will die

Let us quickly do a cost-benefit analysis of having exams at this time

If provinces are coaxed into giving up too much, they would have no money left for salaries, pensions or development

We are pretty much back to normal activity

We ask our leaders to act better, but it is high time we as individuals and as a nation do the same

The present prediction revives the sad memories of the Karachi heatwave of 2015

We are encouraged to witness Pakistan marking this day by not leaving the transgender behind

Let’s talk about the economic implications of a US-China cold war on Pakistan

There are three established ways for Covid-19 to end, and then one more

So it is not the action or the event but the root-cause that politics must address

Jinnah was appalled and shocked at the bloodbath the Partition brought

At apex in Indian intelligence is the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA) under the PM

What has worked elsewhere may not work in Pakistan

Economists hold that traders don’t need government permission to lower prices

How does the government see them?

So a new NFC Award will be negotiated 10 years after the last consensus-based award had been announced

These attacks are not some snapshots in time

We must reach out to epidemiologists to design a deployment plan for testing as Covid-19 is a serious matter

Pakistan should focus on winning the war, instead of small battles

Sanity demands that all nuclear powers reassess their national threat priorities

Where the law seems vague, they should offer well-defined guidelines

Pakistan has one of the world’s highest rates of water use and one of the lowest of productivity

The glass should be seen as half full. After all, the future is not for us to see.

What a waste of time, money — and an opportunity

Whatever may be the reason, it is evident that this government doesn’t have any clear Kashmir strategy

Pakistan did not meet the WHO’s standard ratios for health staff even in normal circumstances

The life of a journalist seems to be in perpetual peril

A radical event requires radical change

Clearly the government is moved by a huge desire to look busy and create voluminous ‘forest depleting’ folders

The change in the legal status of Kashmir led to the renewal of violence

In this age of economic downturn, such banks are taking full advantage of the vulnerability of its staffers

Tolerance of tax loopholes is decreasing in corona-hit EU states

PTI govt should not intervene as its policy distorts market, harms poor the most

Fear guides us to make our decisions.

The latest locust emergency is about to knock at our doors. Are we ready?

The state, till the 18th, assumed a more central role in our national affairs

In order to conduct an effective pandemic response, the ongoing crisis necessitates a ‘whole-of-community’ approach

The emergence of coronavirus too could be traced back to the upsetting of biodiversity

The democratisation that the internet has unleashed has simply revealed dangerous ideas never went away

Getting terrorism down to a net-zero situation might be near-impossible, but that doesn’t mean we can let up

The water scarcity is, for the most part, man-made

Wrongdoers found a good opportunity to hide in the confusion between what was official and what was not

A truth is used to create a lie

If Trump had taken timely action on those reports, the devastation of today would have been preventable.

Overseas Pakistani workers will need all the help they can get from the authorities to limit their losses

Finally some words about criticism in a fashion directed at our simple mullah (cleric)

Even though women have come a long way, their journey to equality has only begun

Will the President, please, rise to the occasion?

Taliban were never really at war with the Afghan forces

Plantation programme is a good source of employment