Opinion

Pakistan has a better chance of persuading the ICJ that the Indian claim is not admissible for two main reasons

Ending transphobia requires big decisions such as legislation and court rulings, media policies & religious dialogues

Our continent will be immune if we don’t take responsibility and seize the opportunity to act today

These poor social indicators will haunt Pakistan for decades to come

There is a need to rethink the civil service training regime

The cracks in the system are visible and hopefully irreversible

We will miss you Mr Mooraj and your writings

The political systems in the West, as well as the Islamic world, are in a state of flux

Gujaratis need not feel ashamed of the lack of this martial tradition

I am so delighted that Ahmed has now received this award which celebrates his remarkable attributes as a great scholar

The big rock in front of Macron is now to win enough seats in parliament

Can’t we do something for our mothers without spending money?

Civil-military divide may have been bridged for now, but in the larger scheme of things, we are worse off than before

Trump, too, is terrified of reporters who expose his daily tranche of lies and fabrications on their front pages

It doesn’t make sense why the elected governments require a five-year tenure to deliver results?

Liu Jinsong says China has no intention to interfere in the disputes between India and its neighbours

How General Raheel’s appointment will impact Pakistan’s ambitions of balancing dual engagement with the Gulf states?

Pakistan requires greater cooperative interaction between the civil and the military leaderships

The lotas of yesteryear managed to become the ‘electables’ of today

The more they delay, the more they will struggle to catch up

We also need to evolve as organisations

Macron’s message of hope and reform-centric policy agenda did win him the presidential race

Merely putting more power into the wires as the government is striving to do may not be a solution

Both neighbours should be included in NSG criteria based

Nobody has resigned yet, nobody directly involved on any side has been sacked

Any number of security measures will be futile or partly successful as long as the mindset continues being nourished

Sharifs' defence was so unbelievable that all five judges were not satisfied with the explanations

Problem of extremism and terrorism in Pakistan has also been due to denial to the individual its basic rights

Focus of such workshops is practical training of lawyers which bodes well for Pakistan

Pakistan’s internal contradictions are reflected in our external policies

Imran had a remarkable flair for risk taking with aggression and sublime confidence

Are we doing justice to our future, or are we trying to create an overspecialised workforce?

In these days of press freedom, the media has a duty to play a positive role

If India was not playing the role of a spoiler, would we ever have an Afghanistan that would dodge Pakistan’s offers

Yet in Pakistan what matters is what physical harm was actually done, what the backstory is

The share of domestic consumption in Pakistan is much greater than in most countries

The bigger issue isn’t Chikungunya. It is vision and a will to rise to the challenge.

The NH&MP has launched a threeyear road safety plan

The audience has been programmed to expect such footage and indulge in sadistic voyeurism

Does the difference come essentially from religion?

Hekmatyar’s return brought back bitter memories for the residents of the city who he had tormented for 4 long years

In response to Maryam’s tweets they sent tweets showing her passports and pictures, etc

Corrupt are visible to the naked eye, but not to the law

Let's get Iranian gas pipeline completed and let Tehran talk to India for extending it beyond our borders towards east

There is no doubt that the CPEC narrative at the regional level is a positive sign

There is no dispute about the saliency of diplomacy as a quiet craft that needs the space to air ideas and test limits

President Trump’s budget proposal released earlier this year would end all international food relief assistance

Focus should be set on setting our own place in order

Pakistan will need to have selective deterrence force posture to plug the deterrence gaps

The new-found idea is useful if limited to testing the reliability of overall GDP