Opinion & Analysis

The piece of legislation that grants military and civil armed forces the powers to detain suspects for up to three months has stirred fear and suspicion. At a time when...

Few events strip away the layers of rhetoric surrounding a nation's defence posture as decisively as an unplanned, high?cost emergency procurement. India's sudden sanction of INR 67,000 crore is one...

Peeral had always believed that patience would deliver him from misery. He was the man who sat quietly at the back of life's procession, watching others march ahead waving the...

The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza has reached an appalling new low. After months of siege, bombardment and displacement, what remains of the enclave is little more than a graveyard of...

Sindh's bold move to establish the Sindh Electric Power Regulatory Authority (SEPRA) promises liberation from Karachi's exorbitant power tariffs and K-Electric's monopoly. However, there is good reason to keep optimism...

Political polarisation in Pakistan has intensified manifold since the ouster of former prime minister Imran Khan in 2022 through a no-confidence vote. A sharp divide emerged from this so-called democratic...

Due to being housed in California, Hollywood always likes to paint its image of not only democratic leaning but also all for human rights and other goodies. Truth be told,...

Pakistan is 78 today. It is a moment of pride and celebration that a country carved out in the name of emancipation has come a long way, and is a...

While covering the Iran-Israel-US war in June this year, I had concluded that: a) the combined US-Israeli attack had badly damaged the Irani nuclear infrastructure and ambition, without obliterating it,...

As Pakistan's green and white flag soars proudly across the skies this Independence Day, there is more than just patriotic fervour sweeping through the streets of Pakistan - there is...