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Ehsan Mani says he would have encouraged ‘board-to-board’ and ‘board-to-government’ talks

Environmental impact assessments need to be valued

Islamabad had often gone the extra mile to provide whatever assistance was required of it

The incoming government has included two initiatives for resolving the water crisis in its first 100 days agenda

An important sector for action is girls’ education, which exerts a potent influence on demand for family planning

The failure to control the situation in occupied Kashmir, is also a motivation for hostility towards Pakistan

KSA came up with a laughable face-saving fiction, that some rogue officers killed Khashoggi in an operation gone awry

The power struggle continued for some time before they finally decided to bury the hatchet

Premier's strategy to increase foreign remittance from overseas Pakistanis is sharp

Internal neglect of the water sector over the decades has resulted in inter-provincial disputes

Zero hunger is a definitive call for a transformation of the rural economy

'We take pride, it seems, in pulling down our national heroes'

The Chinese are the biggest holder of the United States’ foreign debt with more than $1 trillion

If Imran wants to succeed he needs honest and objective people around him

Allegations made against UN peace workers or simply ‘workers’ as they deserve to be called must be handled with tact

In the individual sense, treading on toes is the bane of all societies

Thousands of older people are neglected and sometimes abused in their own homes

It is hard to say where this verbal duel is headed but it has certainly put Pakistan in a challenging situation

'The breaking of law became a fashion and a status symbol'

Ours is a system that only functions in a reactionary manner

The rest of the world needs to step forward and provide Indonesia a helping hand

A centralised system may facilitate families and medical experts at multiple hospitals

A breakdown in the relationship between the two countries would affect about 40 per cent of the global economy

The recruitment of teachers itself is a questionable exercise

The least talked about area, however, where technology and humans interact, is modern warfare

According to analysts, the Afghan war is on track to inflict more than 20,000 battle deaths this year

Building dams must be complimented by other ‘self-help’ sustainable social enterprise initiatives

The PM House and other buildings can be converted into centres for excellence instead of universities

Nation-building requires much more than recognised state boundaries and a functioning government

The assessment suggests the enormity of the challenges confronting the new government

Trump, battling one of the deepest crises in his 20-month presidency, has raged about Wednesday's searing essay

Pakistan continues to be one of the worst countries to raise a family

The PTI government will have to ensure that it is genuinely independent

In electoral terms this is uncharted territory

The venom whipped up against Pakistan was particularly vicious

Despite hostility at the government level, the people of both countries by and large go along nicely with each other

Contrary to the Afghan hostility for Pakistanis, Pakistan’s hospitality to the Afghans has been a matter of record

The fruits thus far of the myriad CBMs on and off the bilateral high table have all been reaped by Indian interests

Imran Khan is one change agent who will never allow himself to be coopted by the system

The old school model of higher education needs to go

Trump’s latest decision to cut funding to the forlorn nation challenges the latter

The assessment comes at a time when Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have dropped to $10.23 billion

The use of corporal punishment to ‘discipline’ children is deeply entrenched in tradition and societal attitudes

This is good news but for this initiative to take some positive shape, certain steps would have to be taken

South Asia remains the only world region that does not have a working arrangement among its nations

Khan told the Foreign Office that Pakistan’s national interests must be kept supreme in dealing with other countries

Gratitude is owed to stringent military operations in the area and pursuing suspects in polio worker murder cases

There is unanimity of views among all pillars of the state that we need to get out of this mess

The hope to carve a future that is different from the past 71 years is a beacon of a more inclusive, embracing nation

The challenge of hiring the right people will become all the more daunting