Opinion

The current US administration is seen to lack much leverage with Pakistan

East Pakistan served as a captive market for the high-cost products

Only a wise strategy to positively channel the 5G debris can boost the economy

If the US is committed to resolve the Afghan imbroglio, it needs to recognise Pakistan’s regional security concerns

The collective memory is already fading as the story slips down the news agenda

We reinforce male privilege through minor, everyday actions from swear words to advocating for policies

Pakistan should expect real hardships to follow, but then again it is a global phenomenon

The aim is to keep the pressure on Pakistan through multiple means

The real estate sector has a tendency to experience a boom with the rupee depreciation if foreign investments increase

A change is possible and seems to be happening in the urban areas of the country

Indian Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat has been busy doing nothing to contribute to regional peace and security

Once again the chimera of privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has risen

Just when one thought that the scandal over milk adulteration could not possibly get any bigger

Before we congratulate Bizenjo, we must see how many votes he bagged in general elections

Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are the heroes of modern capitalism

The tragedy in Kasur is unbearable to imagine even for a second

One thing is clear that the area was definitely a hotspot for such crimes

The resentment towards the government was fuelled by the country’s economic malaise

What we see in Pakistan is that the state works effectively against the rape victim and not in their favour

A Balochistan MPA, who ran his car over a poor constable, also got away without any punishment

We encourage the ECP to review other parties and their platforms to determine if they deserve to be enlisted

These migrations were seen as threatening precisely by the people who had been hurt by globalisation

Let the powerful and not so powerful men of Pakistan be put on notice that the time’s up

True education has no bounds or barriers; it is free from the limitations of time and space of biases and prejudices

The rape and murder of another child in Kasur has prompted a range of ill-informed or misinformed responses

Sexual abuse is the one nasty worm that infects every class, every community in Pakistan

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has trained parents and teachers how best to use the funds

Pakistan generally has tried and repeatedly failed to eradicate polio

Road map developed by the K-P government for reforms in the criminal justice system should create wide interest

Pakistan has succeeded in curtailing terrorist activities inside country by launching Zarb-e-Azb in 2014

Human beings are far more generous and cooperative than the assumptions of economic theory allow for

The question of civil-military relations in the country is the question of who controls whom?

First instance of such an incident [Kasur] should raise an alarm loud enough to ring an emergency

Thousands die in doomed efforts to cross seas and deserts which represents the most acute policy failure

Liberals within Pakistan, whoever they might be, need to utilise local idioms and norms to speak against intolerance

Obama tells the Guardian that the US assistance is a curse destroying Pakistan

Zainab’s murder is telling of something more sinister than a few bad eggs

There only should be a clear-cut order that all will have to stand when the national anthem is sung or played

Maybe it is too early to say, but the immolation of Weinstein really is a harbinger of change

Zehri’s resignation has ostensibly calmed down things, but the crisis is far from subsiding

Pakistan has dropped from 144 to 147, out of 190 countries, on the World Bank’s Doing Business survey

Pakistan is no exception and it has already signed national and international commitments towards its citizens

But the game the opposition parties are playing is a game of confrontational politics

Are we not divorced from the reality in failing to grasp where we stand today?

Access to high quality nursing services is one of the major problems of Pakistan’s health system

Important for Pakistan to acquire second-strike capability to counter widening strategic gaps in Indian Ocean

Biggest commitment to forego coal has been strikingly shown by developing countries

It makes political sense to pursue ideals of justice and rule of law to gain critical political mileage

University land is often pristine, well kempt and hence a prime target for developers

Washington’s punitive measures may have strategic reasons