Opinion

The global peace deficit, security deficit, trust deficit and governance deficit are growing

The competition between tech giants to successfully deploy their AI-powered language models is gaining momentum

Pakistan’s digital transformation is in its nascent stage, and vulnerable to a problematic political-economic matrix

Populist leaders articulate narratives which purposefully create a corrosive political atmosphere

Our politicians have exercised their reckless genius to maximise political benefits for themselves and their parties

Our political system stands badly stalled and stagnated, and thus the economy in a free-fall

Myths that Thar coal is inferior, sulphur content is too high and moisture is an insoluble problem have been exploded

One year ago, Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine and Russian parachutists tried to launch a blitz strike against Kyiv

Aliens have more power than a Pakistani citizen to decide the ruler of their country and how that ruler would govern

13 after the partition of the Indian subcontinent, the IWT was signed, with the World Bank acting as a broker

Bangladesh, also called Asia’s next tiger, remains one of the most vulnerable countries to accelerated climate change

There is no doubt the reason for the anticipated delay in elections by the PDM is to prevent PTI coming into power

Intensity of the attacks indicates the ability of terrorist to recruit, train, execute and interact with their cells

South Asia’s people are its biggest asset but remain wastefully under-utilised

Russia was confident that it would defeat Ukraine in a short span of time but it turned out to be a war of nerves

'Character ethic’ refers to trying to be good while ‘personality ethic’ refers to trying to look good

Intellectual exchange is more than a mere technology transfer from rich to the less rich

The Chaman border symbolises various dimensions of the Pakistan-Afghan ties

Doing PhD doesn’t make someone into an all-knowing creature

The world of finance has discovered that Adani had built his large empire basically on fraud and falsehood

Pakistan’s hope is that the Afghan Taliban tackle the TTP issue without it needing to carry out cross-border raids

Corruption finds expression in capitalist as well as socialist polities, in democracies and military dictatorships

An amoral intellect is more detrimental than no intellect at all

The world is moving on with technological innovations like AI, while Pakistan struggles to sign a deal with the IMF

The Modi government has started a demolition exercise against Muslims in IIOJK and liberals in mainland India

Zia Mohyeddin, Amjad Islam Amjad and Pervez Musharraf died this month

Outer space exploration has become a vital aspect of the global economy and security

Girls from far flung areas stop short of completing their education because they can't afford public transport

The return of democracy raised the hope of evolving a democratic consensus on the socioeconomic way forward

If the status remains unresolved, the Constitution will turn irrelevant

Authoritarianism and outsized military influence on the political-economy are blamed for corroding the body politic

Imran Khan and PTI’s direct and indirect acquiescence on Army-bashing makes Imran Khan a highly controversial leader

No effort has been helpful to meet the net zero target — replacing fossil fuel with renewable energy

In this world, we must know how to climb the corporate ladder, even if it means stepping on someone else's neck

We are not destined to perpetual economic and political slavery if we choose not to go on this path

Unfortunately, the automobile manufacturing sector in Pakistan is below mediocre

All this can be drastically changed if only the honourable judges realise three elementary concepts

It is only normal to expect that political leadership would lead people during severe economic and political crises

This year’s total estimated receipts are Rs1,332 billion

It caught people’s fancy by showing that it can interactively answer many queries in a strikingly convincing manner

It is the myopic decision-making on the part of the rulers that Pakistan has been a failure as a state

One wonders whether we really live in a sovereign country, as claimed by our rulers

Literature festivals tend to happen in particular venues with a certain image that does not inspire true inclusion

A pragmatic and viable approach to redefine our education system is to integrate Islamic teachings and modern sciences

Musharraf said the performance of the government led by him in the field of economics was very good

Energy production through nuclear power plants is safer, cheaper, effective and supports self-reliance

Everyone has a lot of complaints about the current healthcare system of Pakistan

Science now believes that humans gained the ability to imagine things around 70 thousand years ago

It is not the business of the state to decide who is patriotic or unpatriotic in this country

As a nation that received aid from Pakistan in its hour of need, S Korea is in a position to share some of its success