Opinion

Biden was hoping to work with a cluster of Asian nations that had signed the far-reaching Trans-Pacific Partnership

Viruses are not making a queue to take turns to start epidemics and pandemics

Recent political crisis seems to be a continuation of what has been a ‘strategic norm’ established over the years

Democracy in post-colonial societies has morphed into an ugly Orwellian system

PDM’s economic indecisiveness is an outcome of a dramatic political miscalculation

The Taliban have failed to establish a broad-based government and adhere to human rights

As a society, a nation and a state, we haven’t evolved

IIOJK faces economic slowdown, farmers have been forced to either sell produce at throwaway prices or watch it rot

Politics can play a key role in polarising the intelligence in a country

These fights are always of the elite, only they prefer to risk the lives of the poor

US has been in constant efforts to establish its technological, strategic and economic hegemony throughout the world

The government of PM Shehbaz Sharif misread the situation by not correcting the deviation from the programme quickly

Inequality is of course not a Pakistan-specific problem

A massive slowdown in world economic and trade conditions is on the anvil

The failure to respond to early warning signs can have disastrous consequences

The hate-driven Hindutva ideology heavily banks on the use of religion

The cost of instability will overwhelm the country as Khan has moved ahead with his dream plan of marching

The Russian invasion has resulted in the greatest humanitarian and refugee crises in Europe since World War-I

The fear that has engulfed Islamabad right now is the unstoppable Azadi March of Imran Khan

Constitution being a law organic in nature continues to evolve according to the dictates of times

Our leaders should address real core issues head-on, preferably with govt and opposition taking a long-term view of it

With political commitment and adequate resources, young people have the potential to make effective transformation

The existing EOBI, a bureaucratic institution of colonial mindset, needs to be radically restructured

Cycling has helped Dutch people improve their health, enhanced sociability in public life

In this era, the road to glory is not too long and requires passion, unity and consistency of efforts

Elites in Pakistan are not incompetent, they are savvy in navigating a complex political arena to ensure maximal gains

Benefit of traveling is it puts you in your right place, reminds you that you are not special

Once we have exploited our rules and principles, we are driven by anarchy, greed and egoistic tendencies

Appropriate techniques, besides water management and plant density, can successfully regulate insects and pests

The world is changing faster than we could have imagined and in ways that we could not have envisioned

The Great Replacement Theory is rooted in racist, baseless beliefs about innate superiority and white privilege

The visit of Imran was part of that process and not the isolated event

Gold or Bitcoin, both are tradable for cash and lots of other products because of their limited supply in the world

In the Russo-Ukrainian war neither side has been able to claim victory, they miscalculated each other’s tactics

Pakistan is experiencing a treacherous political period, people are concerned about their personal, financial safety

Pakistan existed in disarray for more than 70 years going from bad to worse

We know one thing for sure: our house is on fire

There is a time for tough love; this isn’t it

To bring back the country on its track we need to bring knowledge back into education

How does a state-centred foreign policy weigh on the present and future of a country?

Profit-making can no longer be put before welfare of people and the planet

Pakistan’s fiscal predicaments will remain the bane for this or any other government, impossible to resolve

In the fifth week of crisis, the heightening of duties on luxuries and inessential items is too little, too late

People are poorer today than they were last month

With the funneling of aid and IMF nod resting at Washington’s largesse, Pakistan will have to make a tough calculus

Russian offensive, contested fiercely by reinvigorated Ukrainian Army, is making slow but sure-footed progress

The so-called 'peaceful nuclear explosion' is itself ironical

The narrative to describe death and destruction is cynically biased — maybe that is the priority of global capitalism

For Shabbar Zaidi this means the present model — hijacked by deeply entrenched forces of status quo — is not workable

More than 71,000 Afghan and Pakistani civilians are estimated to have died as a direct result of the war