Opinion

Voluntary local partnerships could enable the provision of basic services and provide the basis for reform

We are now missing good humorous content as well when it comes to finesse and finer sensibilities

It wasn’t revenge: Iraq did not attack America. Afghanistan did not attack America

Pakistan has not managed well its well-endowed sector of agriculture

Freshwater is diminishing the world over and Pakistan is amongst the top water-stressed countries

Afghan refugees in Pakistan constitute the largest and most prolonged refugee population under UNHCR’s directive

The manner in which public money is spent by the Sharif government is shameful

Seven-point criteria can be used to judge the quality of democracy anywhere

What will be the use of all these underpasses & motorways if there are massive water riots?

Gilgit is what it has always been — a way-station

Bollywood seems destined to be showing promise that it cannot match through delivery

Orientalism is a political vision of reality which promotes difference b/w the familiar (West) & the strange (East)

It took only a stumble of Hillary Clinton to expose the hidden sexism in the media

China’s sustained economic growth has increased its economic, political and strategic profile in Asia

Theatre, performing arts are from within our soil and most certainly part of the cultural fabric of the land

If we were to judge by scale of economy, then US, China and Japan should be the happiest countries on earth

Sorry, Hamlet, but there is not much rotten in the state of Denmark right now

The latest Multidimensional Poverty Index has found stark disparities between rural and urban Pakistan

I went on a preliminary research trip to Sindh to study the phenomenon of feudalistic persistence

In between the death of young Aylan and wounding of Omran lay one year of immense human suffering on a global scale

Eid is a time to celebrate and connect, but also to strengthen and cherish the bonds of family

It is Pakistan’s moral responsibility to support any Muslim Kashmiri uprising against India’s oppression

CROs have been established in all 36 districts of Punjab and are connected to a central criminal databas

Our leaders need to take steps for the elimination of both governance and nature-induced risks

The geographic state from which the Islamic State would spread out to the rest of the world is in Iraq and Syria

It appears that the Pakistani elite have already made the decision. They want to have a fiefdom

Translating the slogan of ‘Education First’ into reality requires a lot of work

Much of our charity goes to beggars on the streets, which in turn helps fund mafias to continue kidnapping children

In 1947, my country’s leadership saw the same potential in Pakistan as I see today

When the Berlin Wall finally came down, right-thinking people all over the world heaved a collective sigh of relief

The Supreme Court has sought to restore balance to the constitutionally ordained system of governance in Pakistan

The Indian media deliberately excludes the majority of the population

Pakistan is ranked 138th in the 2016 Doing Business country rankings, reflecting the challenging business environment

It is hardly likely to take the Danish route to investigate the ‘who’ and the ‘how’ of the Panama scandal

Crisis emanating from the global wave of refugees, asylum seekers and migrations has caused a major disruption in West

Slogans of turning Pakistan into a knowledge economy have been echoing in the political corridors

It seems that the people of Fata figure nowhere

The corruption and poor governance in our country is evident enough for all to see

The KPPO states that on the basis of “unsatisfactory performance”, a DPO can be removed from his post

Since the inception of Pakistan, minorities, have never been treated as its true components

It is a fallacy to think that stripping someone of their sense of dignity is anything short of an attack on liberty

The problem now is there are insufficient rooms at budget level to cater to the average middle-class Pakistani tourist

Philippines can perhaps do without its president’s impulsive and intemperate attitude

Imran Khan the phenomenon is even more interesting than the man himself

Sadly, Afghanistan has endured one of the most devastating conflicts of our time

The equation is quite even as far as allegations and suspicions go

The much-awaited report of the committee on Fata reforms is now public

The PTI strategy has always been embedded in making accusations against the PML-N

Reforms and remedies have been discussed for years, but improvements have been limited in number, scale and duration

As opposed to Trump, Hillary Clinton has a deep understanding of the world and is very familiar with South Asia