Analysis

Were the gains of Operation Zarb-e-Azb not temporary?

Economic transition of these four war-torn nations indicates what massive inflow of wealth can do for a country

The Express Tribune was allowed to attend CBFC preview of the film ‘in secrecy’

Lawmakers need to be reminded that they are answerable to the people

Recent cataclysmic events have plunged our world into much turbulence

Who knew the issue of refugees would cause divisions in the ‘Free World’?

The core aim of Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad it appears is — eliminating residual and latent threat of terrorism

The US administration will probably have to provide some form of a transparency rule for extractive industries

In the last 24 hours I have had to advise the CEO of an NGO I have worked closely with over the last 12 years

I have grown up to believe that [most] politicians and far-right religious conservatives explicitly hate women

Delay in treaty may have provided Pakistanis time to park money elsewhere

Afghan officials refuse to look at the latest wave of terror in context of India’s “teach and bleed Pakistan” policy

It is no secret that we have differences with the US on several aspects of Afghan policy

Military solutions to the problem of terrorism are never complete by themselves

My students and I, like millions of others around the world, love TED talks

We need to move away from the ‘Pakistani big brother’ rhetoric in the Pakistan-Afghanistan relationship

Our job of seeking the truth has become immensely difficult in face of a strategic communications industry

Pakistan needs to engage in constructive and meaningful dialogue with Afghanistan

His disastrous immigration policy was apparently rolled out without any real forethought or planning

Many thinkers in the Muslim world today question the validity of Samuel Huntington prediction about the future

If the depths of human misery measure darkness, Pakistan is in its darkest hour

The more harder India pushes its nationalism on to its population, the further away we send Kashmiris

Since 9/11, more Pakistani civilians and military personnel have been killed due to terrorist acts than from the US

Scope of making a tolerant society and reducing crime obviously goes beyond the role of legislation, jails and courts

The new wave of suicide bombings has so far taken a very heavy toll of lives in Pakistan

Poets are dreamers. So are mavericks

Frequent transfers of civil servants have commonly been cited as a reason behind poor public sector performance

The world continues to lag miles behind its true economic potential

A cult around former President Obama and his wife is a strangely disturbing occurrence in the United States

Pakistan and Afghanistan need to remove mistrust from their relationship and work together with sincerity

The lawmakers are mulling to redefine Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution of Pakistan

Over the last two months, I’ve been writing about clinical depression

Debate over the abolition of Fata as distinct administrative entity is creating ripples across the political spectrum

Say militant groups reorganising and collaborating

These columns are snapshots of the life and times of an ordinary man living an ordinary life

Lahore attack is the latest example of the deadly connivance of non-state actors by those running the state

What do criminals do with their money?

The threat of water scarcity looms large in Pakistan, posing a threat to the country’s security and stability

Revision of the status of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) is several decades overdue

Policy and decision-making is more than giving speeches

The overall literacy rate in Pakistan stands at 57%, with females lagging far behind males

There are enough greenhouse gases in atmosphere to raise earth’s average surface temperature by 1.5 degrees Celsius

Pakistan’s politics has become increasingly non-accommodative and conflictual

League's chairman Sethi said final in Lahore is subject to security clearance on many occasions

My journey to becoming a member of the UN panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment has been challenging

International commerce is by far the most important element in the process economists have labelled 'globalisation'

There are almost no safety precautions in place on the road

Power and wealth have a strong tendency to cheat and oppress and the people

The focus of SASC meeting was Afghanistan but Pakistan got mentioned 73 times along with dozens of indirect references

Cockroaches are a familiar sight in every nook and corner of the world