Opinion

On January 3, a US drone strike in Iraq killed Soleimani

30 players were supposed to take part in the training camp

We need to have more empathy and less dashboards, more understanding and less allegiance to precedence

Now is the time to put together all our efforts to fight the locust war, build capacity of agriculture departments

While we laud the protests in America and India, we spurn the ones in our own country tackling injustice

The problem with Trump is that his current faith, belief is at cross purpose with large majority of American people

The government’s indecisive approach will likely damage Pakistan both in terms of human loss as well as the economy

Violent groups operating in Afghanistan have to decide whether they support Taliban or relocate themselves

What we witness in the US is the consequences of three years without leadership

Justice Minallah’s consideration of animal rights is the only fitting judicial response to the crises faced by animals

How far has the post-truth era affected societies and states?

Perhaps Bilawal and Maryam need to review this politics of salacious returns

Maybe it’s time to know what we are not expert at!

Now more than ever we must conserve what’s left of nature because without the natural world, we won’t survive either

NAB’s problem since its launch has been its very weak prosecution wing

Pakistan alone is expected to incur losses of around $4 billion due to locust-caused destruction

Each black rebellion pushed US back just a little bit, equality between blacks, whites remains a longing dream in 2020

You do not rise the top of the food-chain by being irreparable

There is no alternative to federal government putting its own fiscal house in order

The second American Civil War is inevitable unless the American people get rid of President Trump

The balance of power theory is in fact as old as history.

Climate trauma and the Covid crises are an eye-opener for mankind

Politics is always manipulative but with President Trump it is a whole other level

The US has only become more strident in its discriminatory attitude against blacks

The greatest impact of AI on warfare may be social since autonomous, AI-driven machines increasingly replace humans

'Treatment of minorities is a barometer of the state of human rights in a society'

We can demonstrate through the budget a move to higher growth that is inclusive, sustainable and promotes stability

In crises like this, when people should be worried about the future, care-free individuals enjoy living in the moment

The challenge that faces Pakistan now is how to navigate the current rivalry between the US and China

Radicalisation has emerged in a different form post 9/11 and is considered significant in the ongoing militancy

If anything, the accident frequency during the last eight years has increased.

In many ways, the world around us has changed immensely

So, what needs to be done to make air travel in Pakistan safer?

Selling politicians and government initiatives has been so hard in Pakistan. Why?

It is therefore not surprising that China’s action in Ladakh is stronger than usual

Like most air crashes in the past, one fears that this too will be swept under the carpet

There is a view that the current standoff between China-India is much more than just a border issue

President Xi and his associates don’t wish to see the repeat of the huge street protests in 2003

History is a reminder that Pakistan has never allowed the region to be destabilised to the point of no return

Covid-19 has brought the world to a standstill; however, the pandemic could not stop nature

2020 may be a different era but a replica of ’62 is in play

Can India afford to indulge in such a competition with China?

Individuals in a group(s) have established ties with other insurgent members in physical and non-physical spaces

A country at war with itself and its neighbours cannot progress

The pandemic states will either follow de-globalisation or re-globalisation

One can only hope that with his back to the wall, the Kaptaan Sahab will find the courage to make some tough decisions

If lockdown restrictions continue universities will either have to switch to online classes or to abandon the semester

The failure of an effective leadership at the global level to deal with the pandemic is a major lesson one can learn

It is unlikely that Moore will come out and apologise for his new documentary or take it out of circulation

Perhaps India need to work on its old disease of ‘bad choice of friends’ before it can get out of its national crisis