Opinion

A few decades back, with the aspiration to change the living standards of the rural poor, particularly women and the marginalized, the community development sector seemed exceptionally kind. Very soon, international donor(s) emerged with a variety of pledges and commitments towards bringing tangible changes to the rural communities of developing countries, such as Pakistan. People […]

The narrative of those who so zealously deliver the ‘peace talks with extremists’ mantra, now stands as a rather questionable proposition. Vicious terrorist attacks against civilians and military personnel have witnessed a rude and sudden rise in the last few months especially, as compared to episodes of extremist violence before the May 2013 general election.

Official circles are optimistic that they can successfully channel the youth’s entrepreneurial energies into productive ventures, whereas critics of the loan programme have pointed to a number of potential flaws, including the inability of a large number of applicants to find a suitable guarantor. As the proof of the pudding is in the eating, we will

Ours is the country where the 15-year old Aitezaz Hussain was left to engage the suicide bomber heading to blow up a school full of students. He sacrificed his life in the process. There is need to honour his courage and his memory. But that is not enough. We need to ask ourselves how this

Today we were debating a controversial issue. The discussion was about something like this: We usually debate things like the life code of different people, especially actors, their dress code, especially those of actresses. We, especially the typical Muslims, sometimes blame them and sometimes label them with the title of non-believers. It’s not only limited

The park was open to public in 1984 to promote tourism, and is spread over 7,750 hectares. CHITRAL, Dec 24: If Mowgli and Baloo were in Pakistan, they would be having an adventure in Chitral’s Gol National Park. Hidden away in the Hindukush, the national park is home to the Kashmiri markhor, mountain goats, Siberian ibex,

THERE is an agenda for economic renewal that is now so well known, so oft repeated, that it risks being entombed in that temple where all good ideas go to die. The state must raise the revenues to pay for its expenditures, says the agenda. If this doesn’t happen, the spiral of endless borrowing will

By Nasira Jabeen ‘So you have had your Eid then’, is an often expressed interjection, addressed to one who happened to have gone through moments of felicity – resulting from any of the many causes for feeling happy, composed and content and blessed. And when the actual Eid day’s happy note is stroked on its