Ideological foundations of religious extremism
Why do militants use Ibn Taymiyyah to justify violence?
By: Mujeeb Talpur
To understand the ideological foundations of religious extremism, one has to track down...
Leaders who lead
Leaders should realise how much people look to them
By Parvez Jamil
So much has been said and done on and by leaders and leadership...
The last IMF-programme
Or is it?
By Usman Masud
Turn a few pages in the history of the economy of Pakistan and you will see a vicious pattern....
Indian designs in IHK
Additional deployment of troops will not help India in IHK
Reportedly India has decided to deploy an additional 10,000 troops in Indian held Kashmir...
Major players of the 2020s
Their strengths and weaknesses
The PPP and the PML-N will likely be led in the 2020s by new leadership. The transition will be comparatively...
Stopping zoonotic diseases during Eidul Azha
By Muhammad Ammar Saleem
Eidul Azha, the Greater Eid, or feast of sacrifice, an important event in Islamic history celebrated every year in the month...
Women underrepresented in superior judiciary?
The law of the land does not envisage any bar to appoint women lawyers as judges of the superior Courts, and the only bottleneck...
Is the FBR’s Rs5,500 billion target achievable?
Taxmen must be taken care of
The current government in its resolve to steer the nation towards economic viability and development on the basis...
Understanding institutional reform
Understanding institutions is a prerequisite of institution-building
The Prime Minister is usually heard talking– and rightly so, including during his recent visit to USA–...
A fresh start
A good visit
As expected, the much-anticipated visit to the US by Prime Minister Imran Khan ended on a positive note. The meeting with...
The Day After
Time to face stark realities
Prime minister Imran Khan after a warm and effusive summitry with the US president Donald Trump was given a...
Nothing for Sharifs, Zardaris from USA
US pressure does not favour either the PPP or the PML-N
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s official visit to the USA (so far) is either...
In the vortex of time
Candid Corner
The country needs to turn a new leaf
“Who will be sheriff in a town littered with meat
where the watchman is a vulture?
Mouse...
#Metoo not to be witnessed in Pakistan
Lack of seriousness towards the movement is showing in acquittals
After creating some small and some large ripples in a society shamelessly carrying the...
India slightly improves journo-murder index
The improvement should not hide that journalism is still risky
After years of bad precedents on journo-murder incidents, India (Bharat) has slightly improved the...
Imran Trumps Trump
He succeeded in charming the whole USA
Even before Prime Minister Imran Khan sat foot on US soil, his charm offensive began. Undoubtedly it...
The meeting without a deal
AT PENPOINT
The meeting saw an advance made on Afghanistan
The most anticipated meeting in Washington for Pakistanis has taken place between US President Donald...
