Opinion Lull before the storm? One cannot really claim with confidence that the storm of dust kicked up by the controversies surrounding Elections... Published 27 Feb, 2024 03:06am
Opinion An (in)credible election! The 2024 elections have aroused a perfect storm of allegations of gerrymandering, rigging and manipulation of... Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am
Opinion One, two, three knockout punch By the time these lines appear in print, the elections will be just two days away. However, what has emerged as one... Published 06 Feb, 2024 05:00am
Opinion Elections and prospects As the date for general elections, February 8, 2024, looms, the election campaign scene exhibits some troubling... Updated 30 Jan, 2024 05:30am
Opinion Back from the brink After an exchange of missile attacks on alleged Baloch subversive elements in each other’s territory, Pakistan and... Published 23 Jan, 2024 05:14am
Opinion Balochistan: engagement or suppression? The rough treatment meted out to peaceful families of Baloch missing persons by the Islamabad police has placed this... Published 09 Jan, 2024 04:18am
Opinion Crises old and new It is hardly breaking news on the first day of the new (not so happy) year that Pakistan faces a slate of challenges... Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am
Opinion Exacerbating the problem The state’s penchant for turning a molehill into a mountain has been on ‘glorious’ display in Islamabad these... Updated 26 Dec, 2023 05:06am
Opinion Nawaz Sharif: prospects and challenges The view of most analysts is that Nawaz Sharif is poised to become Prime Minister (PM) for the fourth time as a... Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am
Opinion Israel bent on genocide Only the naïve could have imagined that Israel would continue the truce that allowed the exchange of some of the... Published 05 Dec, 2023 03:01am
Opinion Fallout of the Gaza war One and a half months after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel from Gaza on October 7, 2023, and despite the... Updated 28 Nov, 2023 02:13pm
Opinion The Palestinian resistance The ongoing Israel-Gaza war began with the spectacular attack by Hamas into Israel on October 7, 2023. Hamas... Updated 24 Oct, 2023 05:52am
Opinion Have the people risen? Arriving on the back of backbreaking inflation across the board, the increased tariff in electricity bills has ... Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:12am
Opinion Descent into madness, barbarism The events of August 16, 2023 in Jaranwala have evoked an unusual chorus in harmony of condemnation. And so they... Updated 22 Aug, 2023 08:48pm
Opinion Legitimacy crisis On this 76th independence anniversary of Pakistan, the heart is sorely charged, the spirit wilting and the mind ... Updated 15 Aug, 2023 06:58am
Opinion A tired merry-go-round Imran Khan’s conviction in the Toshakana case on August 5, 2023 and subsequent imprisonment in Attock Jail may ... Published 08 Aug, 2023 06:37am
Opinion Bajaur atrocity Pakistan’s long standing affliction of religious extremist terrorism is far from over. In Khar, Bajaur, Khyber... Updated 01 Aug, 2023 06:39am
Opinion Elections loom amid a myriad questions The bizarre is not only commonplace, some argue it is the norm in Pakistan. Take for example the latest offering by... Updated 25 Jul, 2023 06:54am
Opinion Religious minorities’ woes Amidst all the kerfuffle about general elections looming on the horizon, our attention has been diverted... Updated 18 Jul, 2023 06:15am
Opinion Strategic miscalculations regarding TTP Given the political and economic instability and uncertainty afflicting Pakistan, it is all too easy to forget the... Updated 11 Jul, 2023 06:40am