Remembering Mir Murtaza Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s elder son remembered on his birth anniversary
Tall like his father, handsome and charismatic, when Mir Murtaza Bhutto used to enter...
Climate change to increase flood risk in Pakistan
More needs to be done to mitigate the effect of floods
By: Ahmad Ahsan
Torrential downpours flooded huge swathes of Northern Pakistan in July; leading...
A real Ambassador of Kashmiris
The Prime Minister has worked hard to internationalise the issue
The address to the mammoth public rally in Muzaffarabad by Prime Minister Imran Khan...
‘God’s Plan’
And does everything happen for the best?
There’s no dearth of misery and misfortune in the world. There’s plenty of joy and happiness too,...
Whims and applause of the crowd
What causes the mightiest of us to perish sans redemption?
Few of us become momentary masters of lives and fates of great many....
CPEC and Gwadar
Strategic implications of Pakistan’s coastal development
By Arshad Rahim
Historical Background
At the time of independence Gwadar had been under the suzerainty of the sultanate...
Planning for rescuing Karachi from the solid waste crisis
The problem has solutions
Karachi is the economic hub of Pakistan, and has the highest population among all the 100-plus cities of the country....
The UN must act, or forever hold its silence in shame
Pakistan has done its diplomatic best, it is now for the world to act
By Salman Ahmed Khan
The revoking of Article 370 of the...
Supreme Court diaries
The judges must stand up and be counted
In the last few years, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has remained in the limelight more...
Rule by fiat
And opening many fronts
In our present political milieu, rule by fiat is fast becoming the norm rather than the exception.
The democratic project is...
Keep it down
Pakistan to must tackle climate change
The world climate is becoming steadily warmer, because its growing population contributes to climate change and global warming....
Destroying India to build Hindustan
In the end, even Hindus won’t be safe
By Younus Sandeela
Hindu fanatics have ransacked Indian society and culture beyond repair. They have successfully managed...
Rumours from the Indian Navy
The next Indian false-flag operation may be at sea
Muhammad Sohail Ahmed
When the Indian reporters asked the Indian Navy Chief about what’s the new...
Netflix and the-not-so chill
A slippery slope into overzealous censorship
By Amna Khan
In a desperate attempt to stay relevant, Shariat lawmakers have declared Netflix as un-Islamic, prompting one bank...
World conscience in deep slumber while Kashmir bleeds
The UN has intervened in other cases before
It has been over a month since occupied Kashmir has been besieged by the merciless Indian...
Methods of legislation
At Penpoint
The GIDC mess here, and the UK’s dissolution woes, don’t show the parliamentary system at its best
The problems of parliamentary democracy were...
Web of opportunities
Why the Web is World Wide
By Muhammad Bilal
Things have a way of popping up in your mind, like the universe creates stars from...