Opinion

The rivulet that forms after glacial melt trickles to become streams has inviting sights, sounds and scenery

Over the past several years, the mindset of the average Indian has shifted too, perceptibly

Countries in future warfare will focus on speed, information warfare and AI

Atomic empowerment cannot precede economic development, nation has to be self-reliant

Federal, provincial govts should take aggressive steps to regulate gold sector

Govt negotiating teams can sometimes be ad hoc assemblies with uncertain hierarchies and without trained staffs

Captain, you need to bowl very lethally in the last spell against the status quo; this is what you are, where you are

The barrier is not the language per se, but the training of the applicants to express themselves

Accumulation of wealth and power leads to an unnatural state of a human where abd is given the position of a maalik

Even under 20 year-long US-sponsored regimes, western standards of women’s rights did not work in Afghanistan

The first generation of Pakistani rulers opted to locate the capital in Karachi

The only livable hotels are the so-called five-star ones which are prohibitively expensive

Pakistan has a problem with prioritisation. What should be prioritised in our reform process?

How can Pakistan keep itself safe from impending humanitarian crises after the takeover of the Taliban?

Did not hear was a single word about carbon tax or governmental policy targeted at transitioning from fossil fuels

Pakistan cannot afford to shy away from reaping the rich dividends that are up for grabs courtesy the tech innovations

Coming from a heavy toll of 147 wild polio cases in 2019 and 84 previous year to only one thus far is a mega success

There’s still time for US, int'l community to facilitate peaceful and meaningful talks between Polisario and Rabat

This much power in one man’s hand should never be acceptable

Democracy is said to be the worst form of government except all others that have been tried

The neurosurgery ward of Holy Family Hospital lacks basic functioning framework

The already inordinate water burden being borne by women and girls is continuing to worsen

Once we re-evaluate our situation through the geo-economic lens, we won’t be resorting to quick answers

We need urgent infusion of credible economic intellect in our governance model

K-P must act before the area plunges into darkness again, shattering its touristic dreams

Freedom and democracy are in dialectical opposition with one another

Pakistan’s power play is a joint venture between politicians and the establishment.

Our political cadre — ironically — has always forced the military’s hand

Facebook seems to be in the business of two devilish things: spread of fake news, manufacturing mentally ill people

According to the PDHS in 2017-18 about 18.3% of women aged 20-24 were married before the age of 18

Pre-modern Muslim societies were often cultures of dignity

Maybe it is time for a new NAM — a movement of countries that do not wish to completely side with China or USA

Good science, and good scientists, need to be connected to the society.

Who are these people and how is their moral scale so different from any other reasonable human being?

Harmony between Islamabad and Pindi would lead to necessary reforms in all sectors particularly on the economic front

This fascination for developing tourism spots to attract foreign tourists never seems to end

There is enormous amount of information available in the records that have been kept by patwaris for decades.

US investment in opposition politics; China’s admiration of Imran Khan’s govt are indicators of changing geopolitics

Since the beginning, communist China had maintained a principled position for joining UN focusing on one-China policy

The fact that Imran Khan is asserting his civilian authority shatters the narrative of puppetry

The AI revolution, which is going to create a completely different world, is around the corner!

We were happy to observe many events of remembrance and enjoyed the hustle and bustle in and around Balakot

One precious commodity that is increasingly rare around the world is democracy

Achieving these ends has the potential to reverse many of the sustainable development setbacks

Cruel treatment began when advertisements explicitly required ‘only non-Muslims’ to apply for janitorial jobs

Solution to the pandemic does not lie in richer countries sending vaccines to poorer countries but waiving patents

Majority of rural women work in the agriculture and livestock sector, but unfortunately their efforts go unrecognised

Our problems, threats remain; Kashmir is still an unresolved issue; our political, economic woes aren’t any better

In the NRSP schools as a whole, enrolment has more than doubled, from 15,556 to 39626

Pakistan’s population policies have for long revolved around operational and structural reforms,