Opinion

People paying price of state's failure to manage the economy, provide security and ensure essential utility services

Demand for lithium used in these EV batteries will create a variety of problems including environmental degradation

There is little empathy towards those who are addicted and a lack of understanding

Only the IMF team’s arrival today offers a glimmer of hope that we will be able to stave off default

Demographic changes in China offer Pakistan opportunities that would need well-informed and thought-out public policy

Self-discipline lies at the heart of every noble journey and every miraculous achievement

For all practical purposes COVID19 has become a distant memory now

Injustices destroy the existence of man and the state

Aristocracy thereafter capitalised on the fear, insecurity and agonies of poor with impunity

World must wake up to this damaging war by other means by the West

Several factors suggest that govt is over-optimistic in its estimates with possibly massive shortages ahead

South Asia is facing some of the toughest security challenges in the world today

Holistic development is not confined to textbooks but is inclusive of social capabilities and life skills

Despite your individuality you share a lot of influences with your age fellows

We must adopt a proactive approach to resolving the out-of-school crisis in Pakistan

The centerpiece of educational reforms in GB is the promotion and integration of STEAM

Extreme wealth and extreme poverty have increased concurrently for the first time globally in 25 years

We may be in a steep inflation cycle but can control money and commodities supply through administrative measures

National Austerity Committee is constitutional and falls in the category of fundamental, but much delayed reform

Pakistan has been turning incessantly to the IMF, Saudi Arabia and China for financial help

Our political culture breeds division, greed, nepotism and corruption

Human rights issues related to migration are steering the domestic politics of Europe for a decade or so

What’s called celebrities nowadays are the people almost everybody hates

Gwadar ‘Haq Do Tehreek’ initiated by Maulana Hidayatur Rehman (Jamaat-i-Islami) epitomises that sentiment

Everyone’s raising money but none of the money seems to be reaching those who need it

The United States has the most well-equipped and technologically superior military in the world

The perception that MQM compromised on principles to get its share in every government since 1988 cannot be denied

Dar, on getting legal respite in Pakistan, dashed from London to head the Ministry of Finance with misplaced optimism

Numerous immediate measures could be listed to save energy and stop imports that we can live without

Antimicrobial resistance remains one of the gravest public health challenges of our time

Replicating human activity and human behaviour means that machines can make mistakes as humans do

A negative attitude to progress in this world is believed to be undermining one’s capacity to become a pious person

Saudi Arabia only wants to pump money into Pakistan once the country revives the IMF programme

A basic question is how to use and optimise the advantages of Pakistan’s oral tradition in augmenting economic growth

Countries like Pakistan cannot afford to follow the Western political model that rests on a satisfied middle class

Symbolic traditions and monetary interests increasingly defeat genuine affection and candidness in today’s friendship

What Pakistan needs now is for every leader to step up within their sphere of influence and take responsibility

To believe that a political alliance that puts Kashmir on the backburner will be productive for Pakistan is delusional

Dr Hamid explores a fundamental conflict between the twin ideals of democracy and liberalism

Despite a 20-year-long and successful campaign against them, terrorist attacks are currently making a comeback

In Pakistan, civil society has — since at least the 80s — largely taken the shape of hyper-conservative collectives

Israeli government has announced that developing settlement in all parts of the land of Israel

Initial responses from across the border to the piece were steadied, cautiously praiseful, and deliberate

Pakistan was estimated to need more than $16 billion over the next three years

High and rising prices cost more political capital than gains from constituency development projects

Why have an argument when I am always right even when I am wrong?

How effective, if at all, is gender segregation in curbing harassment on public transport?

In 2022, more than 765,000 educated young Pakistanis left Pakistan in search of better opportunities

In Pakistan, 22 million people have been asking the same question: why me?

Caution: If you are visiting Lahore after a couple of years, nothing refreshing is waiting