Opinion & Analysis

The hall was thronged with people, all eager to hear their favourite star speak on the rising threat of cybercrime. Cameras flashed, conversations hushed, and anticipation grew as he walked...

After the 9/11 attacks, President Bush made several announcements in which he tried to advertise the rationale behind Al-Qaeda's attack on American soil as their hatred for American freedoms and...

Dear India! the land of multiculturalism, great religions and sects, beautiful people in good numbers, men and women with souls and hearts full of compassion, and many saner heads and...

The temporary lifting of the travel ban on Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi by the UN Security Council Committee marks a significant moment in South Asian diplomacy. His...

Pakistan's economic trajectory continues to raise alarm as signs of corporate retreat and business insecurity multiply. The decision by P&G to exit Pakistan and Philip Morris to delist from the...

The two major partners in the ruling coalition are at loggerheads with each other. The diatribe is making its presence felt on the floor of the elected houses and also...

Pakistan produces a finite number of resources, and it can only withstand a certain degree of greenhouse gas emissions to stay healthy. Consuming resources at unsustainable rate is the biggest...

In our counseling rooms across departments at the University of Karachi, we keep hearing the same anxious question: "Will there be good jobs when we graduate?" For years we answered...

Pakistan's nuclear deterrent was never born out of ambition. It was born out of necessity. When India, under the pretext of a "peaceful" nuclear programme, carried out its first nuclear...

On a sultry Karachi morning, the clock reads 8:15. A line of Suzuki vans, motorcycles and rickshaws snakes through pothole-ridden roads, horns blaring in frustration. Among the passengers is Saima,...