Opinion - Geo News https://www.geo.tv/ Latest Opinion news and updates from Geo.tv Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:16:43 +05:00 en-US <![CDATA[On a darkling plain]]> ]]> Once more, I am tempted to invoke the last lines of Matthew Arnold’s ‘Dover Beach’: “And we are here as on a...]]> <![CDATA[Funding nutrition right]]> ]]> Every annual budget cycle, the same...]]> <![CDATA[The state's new operating system]]> ]]> On September 29, US President Donald Trump launched America.gov, an AI-powered front door to the US federal government. Citizens ask questions in plain...]]> <![CDATA[Federalism's pending promise]]> ]]> The Charter of Democracy, signed by Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif in 2006, sought to restore parliamentary government and strengthen...]]> <![CDATA[Relief for livelihoods]]> ]]> Global energy markets remain vulnerable to geopolitical tensions, supply disruptions and fluctuations in international oil prices. For countries like Pakistan, which rely heavily on imported petroleum products, these...]]> <![CDATA[Nature's revenge?]]> ]]> In 1970, British chemist James Lovelock proposed an idea about Planet Earth that challenged conventional thinking. He called it the ‘Gaia...]]> <![CDATA[What to really learn from China]]> ]]> After decades of cooperation, and more than a decade of CPEC, Pakistan should ask a question that is uncomfortable precisely because it is so obvious: why have we absorbed so much...]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan's solar revolt]]> ]]> Pakistan is witnessing one of the fastest and most unusual energy transitions in the developing world. It is not being led primarily by government policy, public investment or climate targets. Households, farmers and...]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan's power paradox]]> ]]> Where does one begin the story of Pakistan’s politics of perpetual...]]> <![CDATA[Start with the civil service]]> ]]> The country is abuzz with arguments for and against creating new provinces as part of far-reaching administrative reforms. Legally, creating new federating units requires a constitutional...]]> <![CDATA[Is there a method to the AI madness?]]> ]]> More than a century and a half ago, Charles Dickens wrote the iconic line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. Applied to AI governance today, it presents the...]]> <![CDATA[The right kind of imports]]> ]]> Pakistan is preparing its next Strategic Trade Policy Framework for 2026–31 as it seeks to convert renewed macroeconomic stability into sustained, export-led growth.

With the framework expected to advance an...]]> <![CDATA[How to fix the dysfunction]]> ]]> Pakistan’s debate over creating more provinces has returned with unusual force. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi first declared that the existing governance system had “collapsed” and called for new provinces...]]> <![CDATA[The petrol subsidy arithmetic]]> ]]> A few days ago, I watched a press conference held by government representatives, including Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Attaullah Tarar and Ali Pervaiz Malik.

I listened carefully,...]]> <![CDATA[AI's bigger promise]]> ]]> Artificial intelligence is entering our lives at remarkable speed. Governments are developing strategies, businesses are investing heavily and international...]]> <![CDATA[Commute at a cost]]> ]]> As I write this on September 17, petrol in Pakistan costs Rs391.22 a litre and diesel Rs421.45. These prices are 51.5 and 52.9 per cent above...]]> <![CDATA[Can we turn money into resilience?]]> ]]> For countries on the front line of climate change, how much climate finance can be converted into resilience before...]]> <![CDATA[Choosing sides in the AI race]]> ]]> Kazakhstan has recently signed up for two rival AI coalitions, one from the US and the other from China. It joined the American Pax...]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan's Makkah dilemma]]> ]]> The rapid advance of the Houthis in Yemen has transformed the security...]]> <![CDATA[Who, why, how of civilisation]]> ]]> Civilisations do not rise by accident, nor do they decline simply because their wealth diminishes or their armies lose a...]]>