From control to facilitation – Farid A Malik

Dr. Farid A Malik | Institutional cultures are almost impossible to change. Institutions designed for control cannot deliver facilitation. There are only four countries (Pakistan,...

Military courts and hypocrisy of politicians – Ikram Sehgal

Ikram Sehgal | Military courts were established in 2015 during the Nawaz Sharif regime in the aftermath of Army Public School (APS) massacre of 140...

China’s Xinjiang – a role model for Pakistan to develop Baluchistan – Jan Achakzai

Jan Achakzai | “My heart goes out to the people living in hardship,” said President Xi Jinping while stressing the twin goals of creating jobs...

US envoy seeks peace deal in Taliban talks before Afghan elections

AFP | The US diplomat leading talks with the Taliban said Friday he hoped to see a peace deal in place before Afghanistan’s July presidential...

Three reasons why the Los Angeles Rams will win Super Bowl LVI

After one of the best postseasons in NFL history, with amazing comebacks and shock victories galore, the stage is now set for Super Bowl...

Is Reham Khan mulling over a second book?

News Desk | Reham Khan, the former wife of premier Imran Khan in a recent tweet hinted for another book in the pipeline. She recently...

A.R Rahman defends daughter’s niqab as ‘freedom of choice’

News Desk | Indian music composer and Academy award winner A.R Rahman defended his daughter Khatija's choice to wear the niqab as ‘freedom to choose'...

Kashmir’s peace: FM Qureshi urges India to “Sit and Talk”

News Analysis | Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi stressed the need of acknowledging Kashmiri right to self-determination at the international conference on Kashmir held in...

Decline of the ideas industry – Farid A Malik

Dr. Farid A Malik | There is a worldwide decline in the ‘ideas industry’. No one is thinking about the present and future of mankind....

Pakistan’s befitting reply to Ashraf Ghani: PTM-Afghan nexus exposed?

News Analysis | The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), a self-declared rights movement, is once again in the news. As the Afghan President Mr. Ashraf Ghani...

Maryam’s tweets: From a daughter’s role to the politics of emotions

News Analysis | Maryam Safdar, the daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has expressed concerns over her father’s “deteriorating health condition” and said that...

Extension of military courts – Saad Rasool

Saad Rasool | The tenure of ‘military courts’ is coming to an expiry, on 30th March 2019. And Pakistan is once again confronted with the...