Opinion

The decades-old Kashmir struggle is arguably gridlocked today

Our global economic system is visibly failing a large majority of people around the world

Despite 72 years of its existence, the country is still grappling with the issue of new provinces

The negotiations need to go ahead to ensure peace in the neighbouring country

Attempts to build a consensus around this constitutional amendment will be mutually beneficial

If the govt in Kabul is not directly involved, do talks, or the government, have any legitimacy?

Pakistan has lost more lives than the Afghan military and police lives combined 'over the past decade'

The project has destroyed the existing road infrastructure of Peshawar

Pakistan is of a size that should be very capable at producing vehicles and then using them

Reports indicate that the US and Taliban negotiators made ‘significant progress’ in the talks in Doha

POTUS Trump announced drawdown of US forces in December 2018 and thereby reducing US troops presence by half

Pakistan has always aspired to derive maximum strength from its geo-strategic location

It is one of the smartest investments we can make in building more prosperous, fair and resilient societies

What we have failed to comprehend is that antibiotics are not ordinary drugs

The anti-encroachment drive should not deprive us of what little is left of our relation with books

Rs2tr were allocated for development spending in Punjab but govt could spend only Rs1.7tr

The war in Afghanistan is a war without an end, a war that cannot be won

There are two key actors left in Afghan peace equation: the US and the Taliban

Unlike the past, this time there is a genuine glimmer of hope for peace returning to Afghanistan

World may end up with a better mouse both on the technological as well as genetic planes

Rise of Indian version of nationalism has a disturbing meaning for Pakistan

While cricket is attracting billions, our national game is surviving on a pittance

The presidential system can overcome all maladies of the parliamentary system of governance

It took the US 17 years to wrestle with the idea of what it would take to defeat the Taliban

Imran Khan is bending the future of Pakistan in his own image

Black sheep are easy to find in rhetoric, slogans and vows but real hard to find in real life

Problem of judicial populism is not about direction of populist policies, but about locus of authority

Failing states are the voids of authority that have clashing groups and ideologies vying for control

Indian policy circles seem in no mood to exercise their prefrontal cortex

Actual purpose of PMRA is not to regulate but to control the media

The looming anarchic world is thus the result of vacuum in the global power structure

The 18th Constitutional Amendment and the 7th NFC award have reduced the role of the Planning Commission

There is a need to regulate and compel the global business elite to do less harm

Pakistan should not be beguiled by American talk of any 'reset' of strategic relations

Efforts must also be made to remove the social barriers to accessing family planning services

Bringing peace to Afghanistan is a daunting task

Khan’s personality left deep imprints on the history of the independence struggle and also upon democratic movements

Instead of sweeping opposition, the US should compartmentalise its relations with Russia

Progress then is certainly a relative word for onlookers and laypersons

Frequent firing incidents and occurrence of casualties further aggravate tensions

Negligible taxes real estate in Pakistan is one of the key issues that impedes achieving tax revenue targets

A record high 1.9 million cases stand pending in Pakistan’s judicial courts

The only contempt worth having should be for the current status of our human development

The JITs and cash compensations can neither bring back innocent lives nor can they prevent future incidents

It will be a grave mistake to use excessive regulation to solve a market-driven problem

There is finally a prime minister in Pakistan that is a master of this game with a recipe to win

'Khan Sahib needs to reduce the distress and the consequent polarisation'

The Chinese slowdown is coming at an awkward time for the world economy

The government should empower the ministry of education to ensure that schools charge for what they offer

Both sides need to revive the backchannel diplomacy in order to arrest a further slide in ties