Opinion

If Pakistan is to avoid the IMF then only three countries can provide the way out

Let us stop dreaming of the old days of PIA

Trauma responses such as friend, flop and freeze are frequently mistaken as consent

A lawmaker must not be rebuked or punished for acting in accordance with his conscience

If the PTI wants to fix the economy in the long term, it cannot go after quick fixes

The language of love and compassion knows no boundarie

If tabdeeli has arrived in Pakistan, Punjab hasn’t heard about it as yet

The results of the recent Punjab by-elections have not been reassuring for the ruling PTI

Pakistan's Foreign Office needs to be geared up to meet the ‘new challenges'

At present, our anti-corruption regime is reactive and not preventive

There is now a pro- and anti-PTI divide

Questions about poverty are important when considering means to develop better welfare and development schemes

Hanif Kureishi wrote about V S Naipaul

Some experts would have us believe that Pakistan has no choice but to seek the IMF’s help, which is a fallacy

One hopes that those in power would pay attention to the much neglected elementary education

The incoming government has included two initiatives for resolving the water crisis in its first 100 days agenda

An important sector for action is girls’ education, which exerts a potent influence on demand for family planning

The failure to control the situation in occupied Kashmir, is also a motivation for hostility towards Pakistan

KSA came up with a laughable face-saving fiction, that some rogue officers killed Khashoggi in an operation gone awry

Inscriptions have been discovered in the Khirthar Mountainous Range and in Thatta

Reform in the police structure is long overdue

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s initiative of planting one billion trees in Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa sets an example of hope

Pakistan continues to remain under pressure from both the US and Afghanistan for its perceived support of Taliban

Turkish government reports that MBS sent a squad of 15 men alleged to have killed and dismembered Khashoggi

The winds of austerity can be quite brutal

Under a new banner called I Empower Me, an organisation wants to change the narrative to women becoming heroes

There are three patterns that define fiscal management in the last five years

Zero hunger is a definitive call for a transformation of the rural economy

'We take pride, it seems, in pulling down our national heroes'

The Chinese are the biggest holder of the United States’ foreign debt with more than $1 trillion

If Imran wants to succeed he needs honest and objective people around him

Winter hits the snow-white Himalayan peak of western Nepal early

Turn the page on the pervasive popular narratives

Naya Pakistan will have to run to the IMF to pay for the sins of Purana Pakistan

Former ambassador to the US once again writes a hard hitting article

Pakistan's threshold of pain is about to be tested

Blue Origin is the space tourism and transportation start-up founded and financed by Jeff Bezos

PTI-led coalition government has proposed a draft of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority law

At a Rahim Yar Khan hospital, a sweeper attempted to harass a lady doctor

Iraq invasion was the collapse of faith in the international order and Arab Spring the faith in democracy

Glaring forms of atrocities afflict the lives of multitudes of people all around

The current situation is the cumulative effect of the uncertainty following the Panama Papers

Despite very succinct and clear regime of separation of powers among them

This 'end' is climate change

Pakistan’s foreign relations have been uneven

Sindh was declared the hottest place on earth in April 2018

Imran Khan to tackle Pakistan’s severe economic crisis with an austere approach

49% of the American population says that the United States has failed to achieve its goals in Afghanistan

The more Pakistan and the US talk the more they get to the same point

For most part the Pakistan military will continue to fight a defensive war which means it will react rather than act