Opinion - Geo News https://www.geo.tv/ Latest Opinion news and updates from Geo.tv Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:15:06 +05:00 en-US <![CDATA[Q Bhai is dead. Long live Qamar Ahmed]]> ]]> To survive for more than 60 years as a ‘journalist’ with dignity and professional integrity without any favour in cash or kind is in itself an achievement, and...]]> <![CDATA[Population growth: A threat-multiplier across every domain of national resilience]]> ]]> National security is no longer defined solely by territorial defence, as nation states are increasingly tested by their ability to provide water, food, energy, jobs and enterprise opportunities to rapidly growing...]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan's crypto test]]> ]]> Pakistan has not discovered crypto. Crypto has discovered Pakistan. For years, virtual assets have been traded and held...]]> <![CDATA[A candle in the night]]> ]]> Is the war between the US and Iran really over? On the face of it,...]]> <![CDATA[The case for local gas]]> ]]> Pakistan’s domestic gas sector was once one of the country’s greatest economic strengths. For over five decades, locally produced natural gas supported industry, fertiliser...]]> <![CDATA[A new security architecture]]> ]]> Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s announcement about the agreement between Iran and...]]> <![CDATA[Message from the budget]]> ]]> There was a time, not so long ago, when the annual federal budget was...]]> <![CDATA[Age of 'neurodivergents']]> ]]> Two months ago, on TBPN, PalantirTech’s CEO Alex Karp offered a stark view of who will come out ahead in the coming decades. There are essentially two ways to know you have a secure...]]> <![CDATA[Pakistan's diplomatic moment]]> ]]> The world witnessed on June 15 the initial conclusion of the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran. While there are no victors and vanquished yet, the US has been left deeply humbled – in its military...]]> <![CDATA[Article 164 and the budget equation]]> ]]> The outgoing fiscal year remained a period of relative macroeconomic calm, barring fresh inflationary pressure from the Gulf conflict...]]> <![CDATA[AI vs the writer]]> ]]> Artificial Intelligence has become a topic of heated debate. News headlines warn that AI is coming for our jobs and will overshadow our creativity. We often hear that an AI takeover...]]> <![CDATA[Protecting dreams from visa fraud]]> ]]> Across Pakistan, families spend millions of rupees in pursuit of a better future for their children. They scour their savings, sell land and sometimes even part with their homes to send a son or...]]> <![CDATA[Climate resilience deficit]]> ]]> For years, Pakistan has told the world that it...]]> <![CDATA[A budget of small fixes]]> ]]> The health of an economy is reflected in a...]]> <![CDATA[The budget's real test]]> ]]> BUDGET season in Pakistan follows a reliable script that portrays the IMF as the bogeyman, pretends the fiscal deficit is too wide and puts everyone under pressure to close the gap.

The instinct...]]> <![CDATA[The real test of Budget 2026-27 is job creation]]> ]]> On June 12, Pakistan's Federal Budget 2026-27 will be presented in the National Assembly. Markets will watch the revenue targets. Businesses will scan the tax...]]> <![CDATA[The age of voting]]> ]]> Democracy means the participation of people in the formation of their government and the right to vote is directly connected to this...]]> <![CDATA[The budget opportunity in FY27]]> ]]> THERE are rare moments in the life of a nation when convention, circumstance and law point in the same direction. The need for change becomes undeniable. The opportunity to act presents...]]> <![CDATA[It's a new world]]> ]]> The US-Israel attack on Iran has accelerated the collapse of an international order that had already begun to fracture under the weight of endless wars, economic instability, technological...]]> <![CDATA[Where the tax cut lands]]> ]]> Ask any salaried Pakistani what the budget means to them, and the answer is rarely about deficits or current accounts. It is about the line on the salary slip that says income tax deducted. For too many years, that line moved in only...]]>