New technologies: dangers and opportunities
SMSes and the Internet are useful, but can be abused
By: Rameez Mahesar
The use of text messages supports in many cases as well as...
Difficult but not impossible
Problems of Balochistan
By: Dr Rajkumar Singh
After accession to Pakistan, Balochistan witnessed the implementation of the One-Unit scheme in 1955 which amalgamated the four western...
Turkey’s operation against Kurds and fate of Syria
The operation has wider implications for the whole region
By: Talha Ahmad
"Wars are not meant to be won but they are meant to be...
Gains of China visit
Unanimity on CPEC, IOK and Afghanistan
The perennially ascendant strategic, economic, political and defence ties between China and Pakistan, which have withstood the vicissitudes...
Where have all the creative souls gone?
A polite reminder that music is not plastic
Recycling is a great idea. Provided one is talking about plastic, paper or metals. Not so...
When worse comes to worst
The only choice we have is to persevere with patience and persistence
You win some, you lose some. No one wins it all, no...
Our content is King of cringe
Becoming relevant on the global stage by producing better material
By: Amna Khan
“Moments like this require someone who will act, do the unpleasant thing,...
Simmering India-Bangladesh bonhomie?
‘Bangladesh refugees are infiltrators, economic termites’
Before embarking on a three-day visit to India at the beginning of this month, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Hasina...
Innocent but guilty
The criminal justice system needs to be fixed
The criminal justice system of most common law countries requires the prosecution to prove and establish...
‘To be or not to be’
The Sharifs’ conundrum
“To be or not to be?”, the opening phrase uttered by Prince Hamlet sums up PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz) president Shahbaz...
Who suffers for politicians’ inequities?
What will the Maulana’s march achieve?
What exactly is an ‘Azadi March’, which Maulana F plans to organize on 31 October at D-Chowk in...
When a leadership loses its moral compass
Candid Corner
The nation is stripped of honour and direction
“The foundation of leadership is your own moral compass. I think the best quality leaders...
The great wisdom of millennial girls
There is desperation under the wisdom
The war for a liveable climate is the most important war we’ll ever fight. And our flag-bearer is...
The rise of political entrepreneurship in Pakistan
The PTI was just like a start-up
By Jamal Sohail
“Democracy is in the blood of the Muslims, who look upon complete equality of mankind,...
India’s migration politics will topple Sheikh Hasina’s government
India could make Bangladeshi Muslim go after their Hindu countrymen
By B Z Khasru
India’s migration politics—asserting that 40 million Bangladeshi migrants are illegally living...
Marching to a different drummer
At Penpoint
Is there more to the March than meets the eye?
The Million March planned by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazlur Rehman) on Islamabad may...
The global wake-up call
How to work for the Kashmir cause while at the UNGA
By Asma Butt
Prime Minister Imran Khan won hearts acting as Kashmir’s ambassador in...
