A lot is at stake for Pakistan as it gets pulled in all directions by its Gulf partners.

This is a test case of how information disorder can backfire on its own architects.

History shows that highly competitive exams and credentialed officials do not necessarily prevent institutions from becoming persistently underperforming sclerotic husks.

Security concerns and disputes have transformed the local Durand Line conflict into an open war.

Democracy does not run only on elections, but on debate, dissent and institutional balance.

They did not fail to change Nepal. They failed to change themselves.

The justification of ‘urgency’ offered for the removal of officials sits uneasily with the idea of reform.

Constructs such as ‘buffer state’ or ‘vibrant bridge’ have limited utility beyond seminar rooms.

The country must stop treating agriculture, industry, energy and IT as competing silos.

Rehabilitation must be treated with the same urgency and commitment shown in clearing the settlements.

Pollution carries serious economic implications, especially for the cities that drive national growth.

We are likely to witness a massive waste of taxpayer money this fiscal year as well.

They will remain textbook cases as political mavericks of India’s dynamic political milieu.

Early signals from the government appear encouraging, but they must lead to decisive action.

Evidence suggests that human transmission may occur through exposure to cattle or raw milk.

When will we see a more realistic and nuanced Dalit discourse on caste hate?

Nepal might license cannabis cultivation. The science of what that demands must lead, not follow.

For Nepal, the central question is no longer simply how to achieve ‘bikas’, but how to rethink it.

The state should address student political affiliations through consensus rather than force.

The country has a government with a commanding mandate. Yet it cannot easily deliver reform.