Opinion

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: Another month, another week, and another day but the same ‘comedy of errors’ or perhaps more appropriately the  ‘tragedy of errors’. It would also be not wrong to describe the current debilitating developments in…

Mukhtar Karim Quetta: As the political shape of the world is rapidly changing, the emergence of another cold war is being heavily discussed amongst political thinkers and writers. For reference, there is always some level of a cold…

Ishtiaq Ahmed In the current round of elections, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has achieved an upper hand against the makeshift alliance government led by Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Out of 20 seats…

Mukhtar Karim Quetta: After World War II and emergence of new democracies, the world trumpeted this momentous transformation in the functioning of the world. The newly independent nations put efforts in adoption of values such as human…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: Some weeks back I wrote a piece drawing policymakers' attention to the dire situation in which the public education sector finds itself. Our education system for the masses has been on a downward slippery slope for…

 Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford:I have returned to my beloved country after a short absence just over three weeks ago. Although I am not totally new to the political vagaries of Pakistani politics, I must admit that the recent turn of events…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: Muslim politics in the UK has moved forward in leaps and bounds from the days when Bashir Maan first got elected to the Glasgow City Council in 1970. Since those early days, Muslim integration into British…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: Education is widely regarded as the foundation for individual success and national development, yet Pakistan continues to face a major challenge in providing quality learning opportunities to millions of children.…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: Over the last week or so, the global media has been reporting on the developing unrest in Sweden over the planned burning of the "Holy Quran" by the right-wing Stram Kurs Party. BBC reported the arrests of over…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: Physical and mental health of people is of central importance for the progress, development, and prosperity of Pakistan. It goes without saying that unhealthy people are generally unable to contribute fully to…