Opinion

The right investments in higher education can turn the trajectory of our intellectual fortunes skywards

History shows that transport corridors do transform into economic corridors through gradual development

'We need to build CBMs with Kashmiris via media and slogans and communicating in third countries'

The PTI found itself wrong-footed with no one else to blame but themselves

Dr Mir's dream is to empower the women craftspersons of Thar

This is the subject I will take up next week

Survival depends more on self-help and mutual tolerance

Continued hostilities between Pakistan and India will certainly be a distraction

Tales of Zardari's alleged corruption are legendary

But most immediately through the merger, people of Fata may finally find solace

Will planners and people at large rise out of slumber to save this country?

Flimsy grounds and legal judgments do not gel well. Generally.

Development and economic growth are poised to make Pakistan grow exponentially in the coming years

There was at least agreement on one item — that the elections should go ahead as planned, a view we endorse

No other government has ever done anything beyond bungle, fumble and fail with taxation

When you sum up these anti-Pakistan efforts being made by all these lobbies

There is a need now to come up with what I would call the ‘Greater Cities Empowerment Order’

Not only a pillar of multilateralism: the EU is a security actor in its own right

The courts must strive to interpret laws to allow victims to seek support from them

The role of PPP must not be forgotten during this voyage

Several scholars have expressed concerns about the potential of young girls

It is the challenge we face

There are no empirically researched facts about drug use in schools

Pakistan’s nuclear weapons become a crucial component of the overall security architecture against India

Full benefit of being a nuclear power can only be derived if all elements of national power are balanced

Are we just a democracy in name, or in substance too?

We have got to start doing things that we’ve never done before

Shakil Afridi’s and Jadhav’s fates might very well resemble that of Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy captured by the FBI

No matter how your year went, Ramazan is the chance for a new beginning

Punjab is a largely digitised affair

45% of children remain stunted on account of malnutrition

Diagnosis and disease management is not just a fundamental right, it is also good economics

True integration requires the people of Fata to discard the yoke of Rewaj in favour of basic human rights

In putting Pakistan down, Trump has expressed a strong preference for strengthening relations with India

APP seems to have lost its direction

Pakistan Railways is a federal government entity and no provincial government has the authority

Nuclear testing, conflict and deterrence

High-frequency 5G signals could not reach longer distances

PTI’s action plan is not different from the policies of the outgoing government of the PML-N

Recent incidents across the LoC have underlined the futility of dialogue through ‘confidence building measures’

Shifting of the American Embassy to Jerusalem emboldened Israel to extend their muscle to the city of Hebron

For the first time in the country’s history a debate has started about job creation

In the 2018-23 term, governments will need to translate money into actual work

Forty-five years should be more than enough to bridge the development gap between the two zones

Success lies in finding a solution and banning the use of mercury dental amalgams

What is happening in America today is also creeping into our country

Karachi, like any mega city, needs a different and distinct governance model

Now human development is billed as the main plank of the PTI platform

In Sabika’s case, the only thing that’s Pakistani is the victim’s nationality

In the dog days of the current dispensation, there is a kind of eerie calm in the political household