Op-ed: After the demise of Benazir, the Charter of Democracy has resulted in dacoity
Nothing happens in the absence of conviction or commission. As the era of conviction and ideology is over, without upfront payment no work is...
Despite disasters, why is DHA Karachi still the place to be?
Pakistan Meteorological Department has confirmed that Karachi received the heaviest rain in a single day ever in its history when 231 mm rain fell...
Journalism: How a noble profession is disgraced
Journalism, the world over, is regarded as the noblest of professions. Journalists are men and women of reason, wisdom and patience. However, Pakistan’s journalistic...
Op-ed: Pakistan India trade situation
I was recently invited to a (webinar) conference organized by the CRRID (Centre for Rural Research and Industrial Development) management, India, to participate on...
Op-ed: To catch rapists, Pakistanis need to stop blaming and start supporting each other
Reprehensible, deplorable, despicable, extremely repugnant, and totally unforgivable, indefensible, outrageous, and non-compoundable is the offence rape. However detestable it is, it is still an...
Death penalty for rape cases and the rule of law
One culprit, just one culprit undergoing the death penalty, while the whole world watches him meet his well-earned destiny is all it is going...
Op-ed: It is time for Pakistani society to shun discrimination based on skin color
As the effect of the Black Lives Matter movement continues to create ripples throughout the world, there is very little in way of discourse...
Why does India oppose the China-Pak Economic Corridor?
India is a major regional player in Asia and has used this to play as a puppet of the US to counter Chinese influence...
Op-ed: Punjab Police deserves commendation for solving motorway rape case
An unidentified woman was raped in front of her crying children on the motorway this week. She succumbed to the perpetrators to save her...
Op-ed: China might throw weight behind Khalistan movement as India uses Tibetan soldiers in border dispute
There is a general impression that activists advocating for Khalistan (an independent country for Sikhs), are operating mainly from Canada and the UK. However...
US elections: Will Trumpism remain in 2021?
Though Democrat Joe Biden is leading in national polls, a brute majority of the Whites, constituting about 70 per cent of the US population,...
Op-ed: Reforming the CSS exam system
Examiners are overburdened and they cannot cross-check any given fabricated facts and figures. In this way, examiners can be hoodwinked into believing the phony...