Farmers not the principal culprits
There’s a continuous debate that burning of rice crop residue in Punjab is the primary contributor to smog. Every year people in the arena of policy making shift all the…
Pakistan debt journey – the real culprits
At a time when Pakistan's economy was growing at a steady pace from period beginning June 2013, there was one economic indicator that was perceived to be the looming threat:…
Will India get the real culprits?
The Indian parliament in its wisdom passed a law on Friday that seeks to further restrict the flow of foreign funds to NGOs, which it fears induce religious conversions. On…
Words without actions
MOST conversations on educational issues in Pakistan, sooner than later, come to the topic of ‘values’ in our society — our young people in particular. People lament that values have…
After the trial
AFTER more than a year, the conviction of Faiz Hameed was announced last week. It’s hard to say if it came as a surprise to anyone; after all, once the news of…
Elite capture hinders growth
The government derives legitimacy from the people’s mandate. The welfare of the people is the hallmark of any government’s policy framework. This framework is apparently suffering from an execution malaise…
COP of untruth
Belem promised a “COP of truth.” What unfolded was a courteous unravelling of ambition, as denialism left global climate action wobbling at the moment it needs steel. As the Chair…
Unaccountable Big Brother
TWO revelations this week have highlighted the gaps in privacy rights and data protection in Pakistan. One is the news that the personal and sensitive data of millions of Pakistanis…
A vanishing global order
The international order, as we knew it, may be in its death throes, but the disorder we see around is not the birth pangs of a new international order. There…
The end of soft power
IN the first six months of his presidency, American President Donald Trump has transformed the rules of international relations in ways that are surprising for an isolationist president whose main…
