Opinion

Nationalist Americans strongly believe that the ouster of Imran Khan from power was the work of China

Imran Khan’s recent statement against PDM leaders and army chief has come under scathing criticism

Nuclear weapons and climate change are two intertwined existential threats to the globe

A country may have an elected political system but it may lack democratic institutionalisation

Some monsters sitting in the government use the tragedy for photo op opportunities

Chinese media suggests that Chinese and Russian vessels may carry out another joint maritime patrol after Vostok-2022

Imran Khan’s constant use of addressing the military leadership by the synonym ‘neutrals’ is not appropriate

The problems in health faced by the disadvantaged communities are a result of climate injustice

In 2022 alone, Pakistan has been hit by heatwaves, forest fires, melting glaciers and now massive floods

Local and national NGOs have stepped up their work in the field as they did in 2010

Inflation rates are the highest ever in the last two to three decades in the US and Europe

America cannot be trusted to bring peace and stability in the region for it will slash its influence in the region

To remain the leader of the world, Americans will have to change the way they deal with their evolving situation

Can we help avert the suffering of our people? Can we diminish our losses? Or are we to accept this as our fate?

Floods have not just destroyed people’s homes but their livelihood

Islamabad is considered relatively safer than Karachi against effects of climate change due to distance from the sea

As power is a natural instinct in humans, everyone tries to control the lives of as many fellows as possible

Three years after the absorption of Jammu & Kashmir into the Indian Union, situation on ground is as dangerous

The desire to destroy others and maximise power was always a man’s dream

Pakistan is the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change

More than 700,000 people are estimated to die by suicide every year

Society has been trying to stand still since seventy-five years

Unplanned rapid growth of housing societies is a manifestation of the rising demand of housing units in Pakistan

Hindu nationalists instigate hatred against Muslims with evident impunity

The central focus of the National Solar Energy Initiative appears to be the early start of mega projects

IK claims he needs to bring the corrupt to justice

As of 27 July the reserves had fallen to $39.59b and the external debt of Bangladesh has risen to $44.2b

In democracy, business and marriage, it is important to have someone to settle for

Floods have inundated 7m hectares out of 22m hectares of total cultivated land which is around 33%

The worst affected area in a disaster is the ‘supply chain management’

Decentralisation is way beyond delegating power to lower levels of government

Pakistani politicians deem their popularity more important than the national economy

It is a phenomenon that is pervasive to the human instinct

Amnesty International has come out with an exhaustive report on the conditions and policy of the Indian government

Floods and earthquakes are defined as natural disasters that cannot be averted

They say you don’t value something until you lose it

Among those who have been forced to flee, few will return and rebuild, but many will move to neighbouring villages

In April more than 130 PTI MPs had resigned from NA but five months later, only 11 resignations have been accepted

Every year the nation celebrates its Defence Day with the memory of halcyon days

The fact of the matter is that we have to deal with climate change ourselves

Unpredictability of FBR and its propensity to revise taxation rates almost every year has literally killed business

Muslim migration into Europe has produced a backlash that has had important political consequences

Very few in the world have enjoyed such stardom, there are even fewer who can translate it into a never-ending legacy

The continuing flood mismanagement should serve as a wake-up call to our dead political conscious

One could argue that PDM has neither the time nor mandate to engage in long term structural reform

Pakistan faces a rate of warming considerably above the global average with a potential rise of 1.3°C–4.9°C

Seventy-five million people believed in a leader when he undertook the task of building this nation

India sacked 3 air force officers for the accidental firing of missile into Pakistan on March 9

Geelani always advocated the right to self-determination for the people of Kashmir

When the fuel of religion is poured on this fire of make-belief, it takes two ugly turns