Analysis

The Dutch election of March 2017 was seen as a ‘litmus test’ in mainstream media for far-right populism

Islam is a religion that attaches great importance to peace and all its principles are based on peace

Oxfam estimates that real incomes of the world’s very poorest have gone up by merely $3 a year over the last 25 years

Nature has earned the reputation of being a great leveller

Nationalists have opposed a population census in the province for years

It was the diversity of London that stole my heart when I first came to the city

Honesty, integrity and objectivity are qualities we expect as basic requirements of those that occupy the House

Cousin marriage has reared its head again

CPEC is a major Chinese project closely related to its One Belt, One Road initiative

India has come up with its Cold Start doctrine to fight a limited conventional war with Pakistan

Pakistan is already not a ‘destination favourable’ for foreign investors

Pakistan has descended into a world of mutual recrimination

The FDI has direct and indirect advantages for the exports of host countries like Pakistan

It has been Indian Prime Minister Modi’s declared policy to isolate Pakistan

Terror can’t be defeated without cooperation; policy also affects India’s global image, plan to become economic...

How the National Action Plan is faring is usually conveyed by a whole lot of numbers

Pakistan is completely dependent on foreign funding and foreign manufactured TB diagnostics

Global challenges are difficult to overcome using narrow interpretation of nationalism

He has ensured that the media, not only covers every extravagant utterance of his, but also debates it repeatedly

Interesting facts have come out in the open since Husain Haqqani wrote his now famed article in The Washington Post

Pakistan is in the top-ten of countries most likely to be adversely affected by climate change

I wait for the vision of Quaid-e-Azam to be incorporated and acted upon in letter and in spirit

US should encourage both India and Pakistan to exercise restraint

Indian state still refuses to see its Hindu extremist problem

Few people remember or even know of the peak days when a US first lady visited Pakistan

The implications of the proposed US aid cuts on developing countries would indeed be severe

With 17 goals and 169 targets, this is a much wider agenda than the MDGs

A thing of beauty is a joy forever, so said the English poet John Keats

To be fair, I am a bit clueless about the rants against social media as a purveyor of blasphemous material

It is time we reverted to the original narrative of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah

I have reached the venerable age of 70. Yes, Pakistan Day and my own birthday coincide

In international politics there are no permanent friends or enemies — only permanent national interests

Court has advised the different parties to sit together and sort out the Babri Masjid dispute through negotiations

Success depends on how well steps for cooperation against terrorism, border management, trade are implemented.

Here are five examples that explain the minister’s limitations

Circular debt was officially defined by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet in 2014

Placing blame on Hussain Haqqani and Afridi may be touching only the surface

They are all around us. When the car stops, if it stops, at the red light

Democracy does not simply mean the holding of elections and establishment of democratic infrastructure

‘If you go to Russia you will always be watched when you came back...'

Although it is a truism that there are lies, damned lies — and statistics, some sets of numbers are obvious truths

The recent BJP win in UP is thought to have made a return to power of Narendra Modi in 2019 inevitable

Pakistani politics is dead. Long live the politics of convenience

Amnesty International has described the Frontier Crimes Regulation, 1901 (FCR), as being deeply flawed

Multiple theories are taking rounds predicting as to what is going to be the likely decision on Panama Leaks case

We Pakistanis seem to have perfected the art and science of wasting time and energy on non-issues

Linguistic discrimination is a widely-used tool to reinforce authority, dominance and biases

The days of our lives remain peppered with uncertainty, even if they are filled with all kinds of activity

Pakistan is most probably the worst performing state in South Asia in terms of gender gaps

The Ulema are respected by all in Pakistani society and as such they hold a position of power