Opinion

mran Khan founded the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, in 1994

It is the third time on the trot that a government has been elected in a relatively free and fair countrywide election

Pakistani ‘voters’ never bring back the incumbents

Pakistan has had water crises as more than one-third of the water resources have origins outside of the country

The victory speech of Imran Khan has generated immense positive response from all the quarters

Imran Khan is slated to be the next prime minister of Pakistan

It’s a hung parliament with a new Prime Minister

We see leftist political parties become so marginalised, while those on the right have risen

It is clear from the trends that the incumbent provincial governments have returned to power

We must also hold Imran Khan accountable if PM-select becomes PM-elect

Scale of the Israeli crimes in Palestine can be judged merely by the number of Palestinians killed and displaced

Experts say that population growth and urbanisation are the main reasons behind the impending water crisis

Democracy has remained a target of military dictatorships, monarchies and worst of all totalitarian regimes

A country needs to be anchored on principles, on a framework that is based on the rule of law and constitutionalism

Pakistan’s judicial system is overstretched beyond capacity and the burgeoning population is compounding this

One thing that gives a distinctive character to voting this time is its unpredictability

Datasets of various elections reveal that higher the poverty, the higher the probability of the occurrence of rigging

Not a single institution of state is free from allegations of kowtowing to one power or another

Counting the one scheduled for July 25, 2018, the country would have gone to the polls 10 times since 1985

Political participation of women and transgender people has increased

Politics of late has been messy, much dirtier than it ought to be, and far more violent than anyone expected

The post-election scenario does not look that hunky dory unless we address some fundamental questions

The fault lies not in the stars but in the rapaciousness of man

The media should continue to strive for telling the truth, irrespective of who is in power

Pakistanis set to vote in their 12th general elections

Haroon Bilour's tragic death was followed by attack on Akram Durrani's calvacade, claiming more than a hundred lives

Nawaz Sharif has shamelessly assigned absolute supremacy to himself as a three-term prime minister

Politics in Pakistan is on the verge of a strange, peculiar and almost a weirdly alien transformation

We have fought three wars in the last ten years—at the LOC, against the TTP and on the Afghan border

Systematic human rights abuses by Myanmar forces were designed to instill terror in the Rohingya population

Graver than external threats, population growth is the most alarming threat facing Pakistan

A generation of women is being educated to the point at which they confront a blank wall

International aid remains unable to achieve its stated goals

But what are their motives and who are their paymasters?

This is only the second time that a democratic government has made way for another as per the Constitution

Yet again the stage is set for the comedy of errors associated with our political transitions

The recent CSS examination result has again stirred a debate about the quality of civil servants

Liberalism in different times and different countries has meant different things

Imagination it must be noted is not an expensive quantity

On the 25th of July the queues will be long and patience may not seem a virtue

Various forums such as the EU, Asean, NAFTA and regional treaties, are successful examples of how connectivity

Climate change has far-reaching implications for the implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

With the Election Day getting closer, electioneering is heating up and so are verbal assaults on opponents

The political landscape of the Seraiki regions has remained stagnant for decades

The three major parties — PML-N, PTI and PPP — have issued their manifestos

We live in a country where some conservative parties have barred women from voting

The 2018 general elections seems destined to provide the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf a clear lead

It took only three days for terrorism to reappear in Pakistan

It has led to an ‘economic Darwinism’ which has resulted in privatisation and commodification of social...

Pakistanis’ dissatisfaction with the country’s criminal justice system persists