Explaining the popularity of Duterte and Marcos
The writer says the concept of command responsibility is non-existent and is instead about faith in political will.
Our rulers must realise that the world is no longer ready to help those who don’t help themselves
The writer says unless politicians and policymakers take and act on hard decisions, the world will no longer step in to rescue Pakistan.
Heatwave: Inside the boiling pot of inequality
The cost of extreme heat from climate change is disproportionately borne by those least culpable.
A tax won’t fix tourism
The paper says a tax would do little to change the behaviour of tourists or to keep out rowdy ones.
Before an all-out catastrophe becomes imminent, Pakistan needs its key leaders to sit and talk
The paper says the threats facing Pakistan right now are far more serious than the financial and moral corruption our ‘leaders’ keep accusing each other of.
Law alone cannot stop food hoarding
The paper urges the government to ensure that the proposed law doesn't meet the same fate as so many other ineffective laws in Bangladesh, due to the government's inability to…
The price of expensive development
The unusually high construction costs of various megaprojects in Bangladesh are fuelled by irregularities, corruption, and problems with project planning.
Zahid’s bright political stars
Last year, my politician of the year was Pakatan Harapan chairman and PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who defied all odds to be Prime Minister. This year, so far, it is…
Dwindling Filipino farmers
There remains the urgent need to encourage more Filipinos to take up farming by dismantling the structural obstacles that have held down farmers and prevented the country from…
Totally new type of ROK President achieves reconciliation with Japan
President Yoon met with Prime Minister Kishida and took a step to resolve the issue of wartime requisitioned workers from the Korean Peninsula.