Pak-India relations | Editorial
Prime Minister Imran Khan was right to congratulate Indian Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi as being a reciprocal act this was …
Read MoreWhy US is in a better position to negotiate with Taliban? | Azhar Azam
Once an old Afghan described the mythical creation of Afghanistan “When Allah had made the rest of the world, He …
Read MoreThe last IMF loan? | By Assad Ahmad
IN the summer of 1991, a series of chartered flights left India carrying nearly 70 tons of the government’s gold. …
Read MoreChances of war between the US and Iran | By Muhammad Jamil
DESPITE the fact that Washington sent a heavily armed carrier strike group USS Abraham Lincoln to the Persian Gulf, and …
Read MoreClimate change: Sea level rise could displace millions of people within two generations | Jonathan Bamber & Michael Oppenheimer
Antarctica is further from civilization than any other place on Earth. The Greenland ice sheet is closer to home but …
Read MoreWar’s unanswered questions | By Robert C. Koehler
“Over these last few years, given the wars it has waged and the international treaties it has arbitrarily reneged on, …
Read MoreA rocky road ahead | Editorial
That a meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and US President Donald Trump depends on the progress of US talks …
Read MoreA technocratic solution By Zahid Hussain
THE change may have been in the offing for some time, but still the abruptness of it was disconcerting. The …
Read MorePolicies for growth & employment By Dr Ikramul Haq
The main focus of a rational tax policy should be on incentivising investment and productivity, encouraging savings and facilitating capital …
Read MoreLast chance to save democratic and secular India By Dr Moonis Ahmar
India is the world’s biggest democracy and its secular characteristic will be tested when voters will go to the polls …
Read MoreTwo faces of democracy By Ahmed Bilal Mehboob
IT seems that a section of population in Pakistan is perpetually infatuated by the presidential form of government. Although a …
Read MoreChild abuse/ Editorial
SAHIL, a nonprofit organisation working for the rights and protection of children, recently published its findings on instances of child …
Read MoreWater wars By F.S. Aijazuddin
THE pins have been removed from live grenades held by both India and Pakistan. Only experts know when they will …
Read MoreEmotion and Economic Policy By Khurram Hussain
IT is never a good thing when the economic management of the country comes to be engulfed in turbocharged emotion. …
Read MoreA move to reduce poverty By I.A. Rehman
THE launch of a poverty-alleviation programme under the(compassion) has caused a flutter in millions of hearts in the country because …
Read MoreIndia’s ‘Terrible’ Space ‘Feat’ | Editorial
What was bragged as a proud moment for India last week by its Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has turned out …
Read MorePak-Saudi Cultural Ties | Editorial
PAK-Saudi relations assumed a new dimension on cultural front as a result of wide-ranging and in-depth talks of Minister for …
Read MorePositive Signals From Tehran | Editorial
A statement by the Iranian ambassador to Pakistan about the resolution of ‘misunderstanding’ between Tehran and Islamabad is really a …
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