Ineffectiveness of SAARC and recommendations to make it effective

Bhakhtawar Liaquat | The cause of the SAARC’s institutional dysfunction can be traced in the Indian hegemonic designs and its indifferent behavior towards Pakistan and...

Can colleges increase enrollment?

Sonia Arshad | Educational development and progress owe a good deal to sound policies formulated by the policymakers while staying close to reality.  Unfortunately, in...

Public schools reflect government’s incompetence

Sonia Arshad | Educational development and progress owe a good deal to sound policies formulated by the policymakers while staying close to reality.  Unfortunately, in...

From a Yousafzai to Manzoor Pashteen – Not in my name!!

Shiffa Yousafzai | I am a proud Pathan – who speaks Urdu with an accent. Pashtuns may have entered the sub-continent from the North Western corridor,...

Korean “peace pipeline” gains traction

M K Bhadrakumar | The two “peace pipelines” – one carrying Iranian natural gas via Pakistan to India and a second transporting Russian gas via...

Marx and American leftists are wrong about inequity

Jacob G Hornberger | Not surprisingly, the American left are among those in the world who are honoring the 200th birthday of Karl Marx, the...

Jhelum dethroned its king: Nawaz Show, a major flop

Waqas Shabbir | Jhelum, once considered the home of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz, gave a lukewarm response to deposed premier Nawaz Sharif. Traditional fervor and...

Why Jinnah’s portrait hangs in Aligarh Muslim University?

Karan Thapar | There’s a lot that human ingenuity or craftiness can amend and change but not history. What's happened cannot be undone. You can,...

West’s Double Standards: An Unending threat for the World?

Tahir Ali Khan | When the Syrian regime was accused of using chemical weapons in Syria in April this year, US President Trump immediately issued...

Violence, rape and other fear mongering tactics used by Indian forces in Kashmir Valley

Taimur Khan | Torture, rape, psychological oppression, vandalizing of property and enforced disappearances are few methods of a sustained terror campaign unleashed by the state...

Challenges in cyber space & Pakistan’s counter strategy

Muneeb Imran | In the 20th Century, oil was the most important commodity that drove growth and production but that is not entirely the case...

Is It Time To Seek Counseling?

Falak Zehra Mohsin | There is no denying that life is full of difficulties and challenges. Some challenges we can overcome ourselves, sometimes with the...