Opinion

People in ASEAN countries remain “ambivalent” in cooperating with mini-lateral alliances such as Quad

Defense Minister’s statement perfectly illustrates our failed and flawed Afghan policy!

I was a public health student and went to attend a major health conference

The Chinese were reacting to the get tough policies of the Biden administration

In 1994, who was worried about water?

First, humans, from birth, are happier beings

First, President’s Erdogan decision and why it came about?

Consultancies are, in many ways, similar to private military companies in the context of conflict

Virtual is real — when it comes to online relationships

Pakistan Railway is a hugely overstaffed and underperforming organisation of 72,000 employees

Arguably, the escape from reality is the whole point of a fairytale

There is a difference between the cults and the political parties

US bilateral aid is particularly dependent on western contractors

A simple lesson from successful economies is that the potential foreign investor follows the domestic investor

Second is the character of the Modi regime which mars any chance of betterment

Locke conceded the right of rebellion only in the extreme eventuality of personal life being perilously endangered

What is happening in Pakistan is on everyone’s mind among the overseas Pakistani community

There should be a deliberate promotion of climate-related intellectual discourse by faculties focused on environment

It was Third-Generation (3GW) that introduced ‘maneuver’ as opposed to ‘movement’

We are already witnessing these forecasts playing out in the severest way

First stage was to accumulate wealth and resources

This certainly engenders the need to question India’s commitment to secularism or to being a republic

The development of AI has been going on for the last 15-20 years and what we see now is a different form of it

SBA provides short-term financial assistance to countries facing balance-of-payments problems

16 months on, human suffering on both sides of the border continues on due to war and sanctions

Country continues horrific desensitisation to cylinder explosions in vehicles, homes, hotels, offices and businesses

Should Indian judiciary fail to establish its credibility, political polarisation in the country will deepen

Game fans hope that cricket remains a sanctuary from divisive realm of regional politics

I began reading the next chapter with mixed feelings of hopefulness and grief

India is foremost among the nations America is courting

In 2014, Karachi reported eight deaths, even though only two major hospitals were testing for it

It calls on state agencies charged with executing Xi’s vision to strengthen interdepartmental coordination

Only those lucky ones who have educated parents or who can afford to have coaching classes are able to learn

Philanthropic efforts should be inclusive and reach marginalised populations that are often overlooked

Zelenskyy is also yesterday’s comedian who has turned into supreme commander of Ukrainian armed forces

Evil nexus between the two adds to the legitimacy of injustice and leaves little prospect of resistance

But this would call for undertaking painfully drastic reforms

In terms of efforts made towards improving the situation of gender disparity, there are many to count

Perhaps, the help of a novelist might be needed to explore the other possibilities

On the campaign trail, Biden promised to end his predecessor’s “maximum pressure” sanctions

While India grew significantly over the past decade, Modi has not been able to make this growth equitable

Power is a social construct — it is hierarchical, it is authoritative, it craves for influence and control

Indian Muslims cannot fall back on the strength of law in seeking equivalence in citizenship as Indians

A crumbling economy has been falling behind the requirements of the security budget

One day my father left the tannery for good abruptly but he didn’t reveal this to us

Modi kept talking about his similar speech in front of the US congress members back in 2016

US/NATO only dictated the ‘overarching guidance’ and coordinated the training effort

In the beginning, climate changes were justified as part of development and economic growth

Even today, we are searching for happiness, prosperity, success, authority, and rights

Announcement of new wilayas of TTP in Punjab may emulate Taliban’s shadow governance mode