Opinion Why Pakistan must prepare for ‘Round Two’? They say wars end when the guns fall silent — but sometimes, the real war begins when the headlines fade. That’s... Updated 26 May, 2025 07:32am
Opinion Pakistan’s real victory is resilience You’d think by now South Asia would’ve learned its lesson: don’t believe everything your TV anchor shouts at... Updated 10 May, 2025 07:38am
Opinion Carbon levy, water pricing & the green tax puzzle It began with a bang—quite literally. On April 16, Islamabad was hammered by a freak hailstorm that turned the... Updated 01 May, 2025 07:03am
Opinion The future of work The work of the world will be very different by 2030 from what we know today. Several key trends—everything from... Updated 13 Mar, 2025 07:26am
Opinion Pakistan’s path to a future-ready economy In a world driven by innovation, sitting on the sidelines is the quickest way to get left behind as a seismic shift... Updated 03 Feb, 2025 07:14am
Opinion Echoes of empires I am reminded of an old Mel Gibson film “Apocalypto”. It represented a great ancient society brought down by the... Published 30 Oct, 2024 06:32am
Opinion Will Pakistan ever break free from the IMF cycle? “You can’t solve a problem with the same mindset that created it.” This quotation, attributed to Albert... Updated 04 Oct, 2024 08:34am
Opinion Looking for hope! Pakistan has faced challenges of epic proportions since its inception, yet as a nation, we are endowed with a rich... Updated 24 Jul, 2024 08:01am
Opinion Pakistan’s elite and the art of deception “The ends justify the means,” Machiavelli’s famous adage, permitting rulers to forsake moral high grounds in... Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am
Opinion The grid and energy sustainability In the ambitious quest for a sustainable future, the conversation about energy often revolves around the creation of... Published 05 Apr, 2024 04:50am
Opinion It’s turtles all the way down There is an anecdote oft repeated in university environments and I am copying it from Neuroscientist Robert... Published 24 Feb, 2024 06:42am
Opinion In search of reasonable thinking Benjamin Franklin said, “Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.”... Published 06 Feb, 2024 05:00am
Opinion Get rich before getting old It is said, “The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.”... Published 30 Nov, 2023 04:53am
Opinion Rising again Confucius said, “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” We find ... Updated 01 Nov, 2023 06:32am
Opinion The quick fix The people of Pakistan are beaten by frightening inflation and rising prices, and now the terror attacks on the... Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am
Opinion Moving from failure to failure successfully? Winston Churchill said, ‘Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm’.... Published 18 Sep, 2023 07:14am
Opinion Elephant in the room To understand strategy in a simple manner three questions are quite helpful. When deciding on a course of action ask... Published 24 Jul, 2023 06:11am
Opinion Don’t take IMF seriously? “Alice in wonderland” is an all time classic and one of my favourite books. It is about the story of a ... Updated 17 Jun, 2023 07:08am
Opinion ‘Pakistan paradox’ Argentina is a country that is well known for its football talent and Maradona is a name that most of the people ... Published 22 May, 2023 06:23am
Opinion Pakistan: the scourge of inequality Wealth inequality in Pakistan is overwhelming. According to a World Inequality Database report, the top 10% of... Published 17 Apr, 2023 06:41am