Opinion

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

A Pakistani TV host claims that this is no more a country for ordinary people to live in as ordinary man has no rights

On 15th August 2021, the Biden administration ventured on its haphazard military withdrawal from Afghanistan

Ayman al-Zawahiri, 71, was killed by two hellfire missiles fired from a Reaper drone on a Sunday morning

Perceptions, narratives, projections, and spin all exist at a right angle to reality

The problem of lies and false narratives has been compounded in the present era of technology

What Pakistan can learn from Asia’s extraordinary policymakers

It all started with Maryam’s opposition to the fixed tax on traders through the electricity bills

The concept of human security was first articulated within the UNDP’s Human Development Report in 1994

If you were born in the early fifties, you would have grown up in simpler time

What the Biden administration has been saying about Afghan money is next to ridiculous

Construction of BHUs, trauma centres, burn centres and drugs shops in the vicinity of CPEC projects

Imran Khan’s frequent and unwarranted reference to the ‘neutrals’

Girls bear harassment at the hands of male patients – and doctors too

The militants have transnational agendas beyond the control of local tribes

The sanitation workers of Pakistan are treated with cruelty, inhumanity and indignity

What is critical is that a balance between expenditure on defence and development should be maintained

Aeschylus was the great Greek tragedian who was born in 525 BC

There is often discussion about having access to foreign libraries, resources and literature

Justice aside, this country’s populace is even deprived of the basic right to vote

Ukraine has geographical connectivity and land corridors with Russian Federation

Pakistan made a perilous beginning

Under his leadership, Pakistan’s ISI was made into one of the finest spy agencies in the world

The prospect of transitioning into a rentier economy presented itself as a lucrative means to maximise personal gains

Azad was steadfast in the belief that a united India, even after British had left, would benefit the Muslim population

Bangladesh has outdone Pakistan too on many fronts, including its exports and foreign exchange reserves

People and policymakers believe that the new rulers of Afghanistan would not provide safe havens to our enemies

The story of climate change

A major part of Pakistan’s health and education sectors are monopolised by parasitic private elite and corporates

Pakistan is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its independence

Why Quaid’s vision that led to the creation of Pakistan failed to transform into a reality

Ukraine-Russia conflict has once again raised the questions regarding the International Court of Justice

Arshad Nadeem has been vocal about the lack of funding from the Pakistani government towards sporting facilities

PTI being accused of violating Article 17 is nothing new in Pakistan’s political culture

What distinguishes one school from another is better teaching skills in physics

The first budget speech related to FY49 resonates considerably with the FY2023 speech

Co-optation refers to the process of being absorbed or assimilated by a dominant group

IMF agreed to restart its programme and enable us some breathing space

This is the same language Israel has been speaking since Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ initiative

Humans gained the ability to imagine things and to lie about them

‘Islam rejuvenates after every Karbala’

TTP is unwilling to budge from its core demand of reversal of erstwhile FATA’s merger with KPK

Real threat of disqualification for Imran Khan