Analysis

Problem is in sugar cane prices that are neither regulated nor determined by market.

It suffers from low growth, lack of diversity, high-risk production

Scheme can enable farmers to invest in riskier but potentially lucrative crops

This development strategy alone could not be sustained for a long period of time

Pakistan has faced at least seven ICSID cases

The political crisis in contemporary Pakistan has a comparable analogy to history’s precedents

The globalisation process has turned the world into an increasingly interdependent entity

There is a growing cohort of politicians and ex-rulers that are proclaimed offenders

Government needs to remove the confusions that exist between religious interpretations and federal and provincial laws

There is growing suspicion among expatriates that Pakistani authorities haven’t promoted their labour force enough

Pakistan has been in the throes of a severe energy crisis for a decade now

Pakistan has successfully defied American discrimination and intimidation

Campus violence is on the rise in universities across Pakistan, according to recent media reports

It is the low- and middle-income countries such as Pakistan that are bearing 80 per cent of deaths annually

Parliament has been gradually becoming an ossified irrelevance virtually since the last election

Workers organised a seminar this week in Lahore in Bakhtiar Hall on the issue of decent wage and social justice

It will be intriguing to see how much ghee usage can actually be phased out by 2020

At 32.6, Islamabad has second highest hunger score in Asia

The United States had three basic choices: military action, diplomacy or acceptance

Rarely, in modern history and even less so otherwise, have international relations experienced such fluidity

On 30th July 2010, as much as 600,000 cusecs of water were released from Tarbela Dam

As in how safe am I really and am I as safe as I think I am or as unsafe as others think me?

Against the public airing of Uzair Baloch’s statement and elections on the horizon we must exercise skepticism at will

In the last four years alone, Pakistani nationals have invested an astounding $8 billion in Dubai’s property market

Kabul government pulled out of the upcoming meeting of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Coordination Authority

Extending the jurisdiction of superior judiciary to Fata is indeed a great leap forward in mainstreaming the region

'It’s a girl'-this statement scares most families regardless of their socioeconomic and educational backgrounds

Politics of hate and continuous lashing of political opponents further weakens our fragile democracy

Ruling groups have formed cliques, terming them political parties that few individuals maintain a dynastic control

Baloch's statement makes for hair-raising reading and is a catalogue of murder, extortion and gangster activity

The new chairman is going to have a very short honeymoon

The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 is the foundation of these principles

Creators of the show claim they’re kicking into 'higher gear' for the third renewal of the show

The country might be 70 years old but, at 70, it is a very young nation coming to grips with realities

Even more intriguing to some that so many in Pakistan are malnourished

There are now 12 weeks to go until the OLMT is due to go operational

Facts, it is said, care little about feelings or emotions

Have we transformed our youth into bleating sheep? In most instances, yes

The authorities must overcome these difficulties as soon as possible

PIA is mulling the possibility of grounding passenger flights to the United States next year

Natural gas has always been a great blessing for Pakistan

Policy response to the situation is yet to show any semblance of clarity

Peshawar and its inhabitants know how it is to be in the middle of a terror attack and losing your loved ones

Strict anti-corruption measures should be adopted before implementing foreign invested projects in the country

The Pakistani leadership should remind the US leadership that the IS is an American creation

The practice of tax evasion and tax avoidance has now become a global menace

As for fatwas the genie is out of the bottle, and genies rarely agree to go back in

Far from acting transparent, the government drove a coach through procedures and bent the rules to suit itself

Caught firmly in the crosshairs of terror, Balochistan has borne the brunt of militant-sponsored violence this year

Political parties have to rise above immediate myopic interests and select a candidate with impeccable reputation