Fast-unfolding climate change crisis

‘Earth is likely to cross a critical threshold for global warming within the next decade, and nations will need to make an...

Postponement of Elections in Punjab

The Election of Pakistan (ECP) while postponing elections in Punjab maintained that it was doing so in view of the security situation...

The doctrine of necessity and the PDM government  

A Letter from Prometheus As expected, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) did not get financial, administrative, and security support for holding provincial...

No end in sight

While not directly meant as a riposte to the Election Commission’s postponement of the Punjab and KP polls, PTI chief Imran Khan...

IT export is entirely different ball game

It is tragic, though not surprising at all, that Pakistan has remained on the peri- phery of global trade and commerce, especially...

Reading corners

The books we read speak volumes about the kind of society we belong to. Unfortunately, libraries in Pakistan have lost their charm,...

Freelancers’ woes

Pakistan’s freelancers are facing the serious challenge in terms of foreign remittances. While countries like Sri Lanka and Somalia are getting the...

Peace, not polls

Winston Churchill famously said, “Britain will win the war if our courts are delivering justice to the people”. It is time for...

New Metro stations

The Metro bus service from Peshawar Mor to the new Islamabad International Airport (IIA) was inaugurated in April last year, which was...

The Dark Side of Education

By Peer Mohammad Amir Qureshi Teachers are the architects of a nation's destiny, entrusted with the formidable task of shaping and guiding the...

Choking on Our Plates

Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan, is facing a major environmental issue of air pollution, with the hotel industry being a major...

Road to nowhere

Repeated statements by American US politicians about the political situation in Pakistan; specifically veteran strategist Zalmay Khalilzad, have reinforced a perception on...

Dealing with the IMF

The government has got something of a credibility problem, because its Finance Minister keeps on saying that a deal on the release...

Credibility of the higher judiciary

This time not any sundry audio or video leak but an issued video has initiated the turbulence bringing into question the conduct...

Islamophobia — a conspiracy 

Some things are simply bad but some are horrifically worst; successful are only those who face the worst with undefeatable determination and...