Opinion Wages of the original sin The incident of unprovoked and indiscriminate shelling by Afghan Taliban forces at the Chaman border on December 11,... Published 13 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Opinion Bajwa tales The fierce ping pong of statements by the government and the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) continues... Updated 06 Dec, 2022 06:38am
Opinion The season of swan songs Outgoing COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa in an address to the Defence and Martyrs Ceremony at GHQ on November 23, ... Published 29 Nov, 2022 06:41am
Opinion Historic accord The climate summit COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, has produced a historic accord on funding to help vulnerable... Published 22 Nov, 2022 03:23am
Opinion Master of U-turns Whatever other foibles Imran Khan may be accused of, consistency is not amongst them. Ever since his ouster through ... Published 15 Nov, 2022 05:52am
Opinion Twists and turns The gun attack on Imran Khan’s container during the Long March in Wazirabad evoked condemnation across the... Published 08 Nov, 2022 05:56am
Opinion Even six swallows may not a spring make Imran Khan and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) are feeling extremely chuffed at his winning six of the seven... Published 18 Oct, 2022 06:02am
Opinion Terrorist hydra raises its head/s again Since the victory of the Afghan Taliban in August 2021, and contrary to the fond hopes of our establishment that... Published 11 Oct, 2022 05:54am
Opinion A fighter to the last Veteran Baloch progressive leader and president of the Awami Workers Party (AWP) Yousuf Mustikhan passed away early... Published 04 Oct, 2022 05:55am
Opinion Politics as usual? With media reports full of the flood victims’ suffering, is ‘politics as usual’ justified? Or is this a ... Published 20 Sep, 2022 05:51am
Opinion Minus one? While vast areas of the country and millions of people suffer the consequences of the massive monsoon rains and... Published 13 Sep, 2022 06:12am
Opinion Water, water everywhere… The country lies devastated by unprecedented monsoon rains and floods. Over half of Pakistan is under water, leaving... Published 30 Aug, 2022 06:21am
Opinion Imran Khan’s political future The noose of political annihilation appears to be tightening around the neck of Imran Khan and his Pakistan... Published 23 Aug, 2022 05:56am
Opinion Those who do not learn from history… Pakistan’s 75th Independence anniversary has just passed. As usual, the day produced much flag-waving and... Published 16 Aug, 2022 03:59am
Opinion It never rains, but it pours Climate change is upon us, if the unremitting monsoon deluge that has drowned almost the entire country is any... Published 02 Aug, 2022 05:36am
Opinion Gasping for breath It proved difficult to put pen to paper today as the whole country waited with bated breath for the Supreme Court... Published 26 Jul, 2022 04:31am
Opinion An unexpected victory Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) has pulled an unexpected rabbit out of its hat by trouncing the ... Published 19 Jul, 2022 06:00am
Opinion New pink wave in Latin America Gustav Petro, a former M-19 guerrilla, was elected the first left-wing President in Colombia’s history on June 19,... Published 28 Jun, 2022 06:10am
Opinion An unsustainable development model Far be it from me to add to the reams of newsprint and hours of air time devoted to the federal budget 2022-23... Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am
Opinion Grand dialogue: non-starter Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif wants a ‘grand dialogue’ among all stakeholders to somehow keep sectors such... Published 07 Jun, 2022 05:47am