Opinion

The issue of fiscal federalism has remained one of the thorniest issues in the history of Pakistan

We have mostly looked at national challenges through a narrow lens and tried to address them piecemeal

Permitting new technology does entail some risks

We have continued to neglect areas that are quintessential in democratisation project

Our criminal justice system is a broken heap of inefficiency which we continue to ignore

Have you ever heard of any underdeveloped country really topping the charts in Olympics?

It is imperative that the two countries resolve to equitably settle all the contentious issues between them

Only with a positive outlook by the citizens will the world outside begin to view the country differently

Approximately 22% of deaths in Pakistan each year are attributed to air pollution, says a report in Lancet

People know that they are only going to be burdened with more taxes in the new mini-budget

Attack on Chinese Consulate was politically-motivated attack making it an act of terrorism

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services lends support to existence of child marriages

Prime actors and benefactors of CPEC project must be the people of Balochistan

US war in Afghanistan was doomed because US underestimated the power of group identity

Fake metrics, meme propaganda, fake news ‘boosting’ are at the heart of disinformation campaigns

There is a gap between what is being done and what is being communicated

There is need to craft a system that on the one hand delivers quick justice

Most foreign aid comes with strings attached

Indian soft power hostility is not a myth

'Prime Minister Imran Khan is truly a case of Plato’s allegory of cave'

For the information of the information minister, the PBS already produces the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)

Urbanisation is also a significant social current in today’s Pakistan

Pakistani FM's ‘shuttle diplomacy’ to Beijing, Kabul, Moscow and Tehran may have helped unleash Afghan peace process

Family planning was a federal responsibility till some years ago, which was then devolved to provincial governments

Modi is hell bent on arousing fundamentalist sentiment by whatever way he can

The focus of ‘doing away with VIP culture’ campaign remains limited to airports

Govt appears to be preparing to extend the tenure of military courts for at least two more years

Pakistan needs intellectual revolution than anything else to boost economy

Taliban call off fourth round of talks with the United States to be held in Doha

Common Afghans, their wives and children are struck violently in surprise attacks

Washington continues to view relations with Islamabad through the prism of Afghanistan

Unfortunately, in the race of being globally validated, we are experiencing a contradiction

The PTI also needs to infuse confidence in the market about their economic management

For Pakistan the challenges are manifold as US forces withdraw from Afghanistan

The seeds of a mindset shift, planted by Khan over 20 years ago, may start bearing fruits in 2019

According to AGP report, PIA reports irregularities of Rs17.11 billion in 2017-18

Thousands died and their lives destroyed for crime they did not commit

Modifying use of plea bargain will help government in creating transparent accountability regime

Pakistan needs to discover the virtue of slow, boring, incremental change

Lahore has become gas chamber toxic enough to wipe off the population

People can neither survive nor prosper on a diet of statistics alone

Second round of Afghan peace talks to be held in Saudi Arabia soon

In the wake of PTI's election victory

The new management orders members of the cabin crew to reduce their respective weight within six months

As temperatures rise in most parts of the globe

As a vortex of violence

Until now India’s most powerful foreign policy instrument is selling of the idea that ‘Pakistan is a rouge...

China makes history landing a vehicle on the far side of the moon

Tussle between the ‘good guys’ and the ‘bad guys’ for carving out areas of influence

It has been estimated that the land-owning classes have been evading taxes to the tune of over $1.2 billion a year