Opinion

Adoption of BBA will, in turn, compel Pakistan to further push down tariffs to facilitate agricultural input imports.

RSS-BJP also believe in the Two-Nation Theory. That is why Jaswant Singh and LK Advani love Jinnah.

In Pakistan, we need to focus on creating institutes of investigative journalism that are cost-effective, sustainable.

Zahrah Nasir's may be an extreme case, possibly unique even, but this is a place increasingly unsafe for foreigners.

Pakistani heroes quietly do great things without drawing attention.

The urban elite has long lamented Erdogan's grip on power, but Soma mine disaster may be the tipping point.

In case of a limited war or regional conflict, responsibility would equally fall on the new Indian premier’s shoulders

Student exchanges must not stop because of three unidentified attackers.

As Modi takes office, Pakistanis should focus on the economic opportunity his inauguration represents.

I believe it is misreading of political situation to believe Modi has cast shadow between India’s Hindus, Muslims.

Two personal experiences within last 3 years have exposed brutality of commercial nature of two private hospitals.

Social market economy refrains from guiding production, workforce, or sales, but supports organic influence on economy

Pakistan needs to take some tangible steps to show it is genuinely committed to turning page on its tie with India.

Detail by which we analyse numbers in any given dharna is rarely seen analysing why we don't meet development goals.

With both Sharif and Modi big on investment, business, trade may be the factor that brings Pakistan, India together.

I noticed, via first-hand exposure, how this ministry had become a major hurdle in the path of women’s empowerment.

India’s magic has fallen victim to Modi majoritarianism. And the reality of India has vindicated the idea of Pakistan.

The past emphasis on accountability in Pakistan has always been on the ex-post rather than the ex-ante.

Modi has a formidable and full-time task ahead if he is to bring India’s growth rate to the eight per cent- plus...

If you ever see flamingoes in a private facility, they are likely to be trapped — and it is illegal to keep them.

The Suleman Lashari incident suggest how young men think nothing of murdering someone else at slightest provocation.

Defeating communal & corrupt forces is essential but no less important is the positive approach to push egalitarianism

Instead of concentrating on one issue at a time and prosecuting it till the end, we get diverted to non-issues.

Modi must know that as prime minister, he will have to do more than replicate what he did in Gujarat.

For most Pakistanis, a BJP victory comes as a sort of validation of the contested Two Nation Theory.

Current stalemate in Pakistan-India relations will continue because initial focus of Indian govt would be domestic.

Today, the narrative around politics, unfortunately, is that it is somehow all evil.

It is my personal experience that in the time of great transitions, old fears come back to life

Deterrence value of nuclear weapons can help both states get out tactical weed and concentrate on strategic issues.

India has turned a chapter, or perhaps an entire book, with a new one being written now.

PPP & PML-N have given rise to yet another phenomenon as variation of ‘establishment’ — the ‘political establishment’.

Let us mourn murder of guardian for justice, but let’s not forget what he stood for as an attorney and rights defender

Inherited wealth, inequality have soared in the West, which can now only be contained by much higher wealth tax rates.

China is now at the mid-late stage of industrialisation with an urbanisation rate of 51.3 per cent.

For six decades, the Indian Union has systematically discriminated against Eastern frontier refugees.

TV journalists have made their predictions and guesstimates. So here's my prediction: I don't know.

None that I have spoken to — who were in attendance on May 11 — were able to tell me precisely why they were there.

If synergy develops that reinforces buds of transformation, Pakistani slide into dysfunctionality could be halted.

Without correcting past mistakes, any election will lead to a similar crisis of credibility.

The social space to debate is reducing rapidly. It is no longer brave but stupid to stand up and speak for truth.

Much of the talk centred around governance, insecurity, energy, and policy discord with India, US, Afghanistan.

Modi is coming, but the question is, what priorities the new prime minister will lay for a diverse society like India.

It was the framework which had held the country together in its early decades despite overwhelming odds.

I have known those who accept their mistakes in print or in their broadcast immediately attain a degree of respect.

If Khan stands for democracy and a new Pakistan, then he should stand and side with the supremacy of the civilians.

Will we wait for a travel ban before we take serious action and put measles and Dengue high on the national agenda?

Abubakr Shekau is our moral failure waiting to happen. It’s best we act before it does.

30 American journalists across the world were actually employees of the CIA.

With the right’ genes and right triggers, anyone could have committed the acts which Bhakkar cannibal brothers did.

Fiscal policy has been used effectively in improving asset & income distributions. This should be done in Pakistan.