Opinion

Citizen Kane is the tale of the late 20th century when print media used to have a massive influence over American life

Besides appealing to bilateral and multilateral donors and the UN system, Pakistan must approach the IMF as well

Pakistan has also been toying with the idea of tapping into carbon markets

Pakistan’s farm economy is dominated by the 7.4 million small holders who cultivate less than 12.5 acres

Gorbachev came into power in 1987, and by 1989 he had realised that Russia was fighting a losing war in Afghanistan

Pakistan’s relations with China are time-tested

Visitations to flood-affected areas without thorough planning, preparation and coordination be avoided

Before 9/11, Pakistanis had not known about suicide terrorism

Climate change has always been a legitimate concern

Urban development journey between 1947 and 2022 has seen slums, pollution of all kinds, traffic congestion, and crime

Thousands dead or swept away in floods; over 5,000 km of roads destroyed, Balochistan severed from Sindh and Punjab

To some extent, Trump’s style of politics echoes in Pakistan

It is expected that all those who can afford must contribute generously in flood relief to reputed charity houses

Pakistani politics has also witnessed radical tendencies

The day after the water recedes will look pretty much the same as the day before

The working classes do not have a ‘free choice’ in taking up and leaving jobs

The current exercise is hosting up to 2,500 personnel and 100 aircraft from around the globe

Parts of Punjab particularly in the South are also reeling from the disaster

Climate change is here and is slapping on our faces as we hold our eyes tightly closed to shun it as a nightmare

The most problematic is the developing situation in Afghanistan

Pakistan’s dilemma of a separate homeland is much more convoluted.

The devastating floods in Pakistan right now obey certain laws of science, which are anything but chaotic

Nuclear weapons pose a grave threat to the future of humanity — even worse than climate change

The country is devastated by some of the worst floods since its independence

In Pakistan’s context, power is applied negatively for maximising one’s authority and wealth

The future face of Al Qaeda is likely to be different from its present one

The coalition government has revoked NAB’s jurisdiction to investigate any corruption cases under Rs500m

There were early signs and wake-up calls

An ominous trend of using agriculture land for non-cultivation purpose puts future food productivity at risk

The new CM Pervaiz Elahi has a different strategy in mind

The idea that people of colour are more vulnerable to environmental hazards needs to be qualified

The governments began borrowing thrusting the poor nation deep into debt

We are doomed to fall into the same traps and make same mistakes within the lap of decades

Pakistan has a huge reserve of 186 billion tons of coal

Israel was created for the Jews who had run away from the oppression they were facing all around the world

Emerging technologies tend to produce technology pessimism and technology optimism

The speakers raised their demands with the ‘state’ rather than the ‘government’

The recent heatwaves in the country have heightened public awareness of the growing threat posed by climate change

Pakistan enjoyed an excellent relationship with the US being characterised “as the most allied ally”

I have severe health problems that, if not cured, might prove fatal

The elevated US inflation rate is bound to have worldwide impact

Climate change is a real and an existential threat to humanity

Thousands of people have died and or gone missing and millions displaced in the forsaken Sairaiki belt

States would not let tech firms rule their sphere of influence without constraints

The current ruling elite needs to heed the lessons of history and change course to pave the way for general elections

This Indian policy is not new. It has been continuously adjusted to changing geo-political realities over the years

Like the Nazis, the RSS limited its membership to those who believed in its very restrictive ideology

Our system needs to reform itself from the core and we need to talk to killers and rapists to study their triggers

Variations emerging out of different historical and cultural evolutionary tracks

A software engineer by profession who set up an alternative news forum, aptly called Alt News