Opinion

The pharmaceutical industry is the most “financialised” of all sectors in the global economy

The world recognises the Durand Line as an international boundary but Afghan government has historically refused

Maybe it’s time to also slow down a bit. I don’t know whether we have that choice any more

The experience of the Great Depression showed that free markets cannot eliminate unemployment

The real value of Ian Clark's 4.26am was that it made me think

No voting bloc, no caste and no group sees the Congress as attractive

We must seek Chinese help in enhancing our nuclear deterrence by diversifying our nuclear strike capabilities

Panama leaked, and so did the credibility of those who run the Pakistani political system

There are millions of benefactors of democracy to whom even thousands are somewhat of wonderment

The PTI misread its mandate and is misreading the Panama papers

We need a young, dynamic IT minister who can sit with the likes of Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook

Finally losing patience, our armed forces hit back by launching Operation Zarb-e-Azb in June 2014 and went after TTP

The youth refuses to buy the old wine that the PPP is forcefully trying to sell in Bilawal’s name

Our national efforts to counter extremism have specifically identified the need for madrassa reform

The PTI has been struggling to put education and health on the political agenda, but only in opposition

During his struggle, he visited over 20 countries to lobby for the cause of an independent Kashmir

Collectively, America’s representatives overseas remain as arrogant as they were then, if not more

Some may term public libraries a luxury for a country like ours. But I do not agree with these arguments

The women would tell my mother that a husband would never keep a wheelchair-bound wife

Perhaps people are happy, sort of, as things are and do not really want anything very much to change

I was amazed at how composed Taseer looked in the interview

Just as everything in Meereen revolves around slavery, everything in Pakistan centres on India and Partition of 1947

What should be addressed is the transparency of the process regulating custodial investigations

Recent statements by judges bring doubt to the notion that the judiciary will be able to bring the required relief

Feminists are more interested in investigating and resisting gender inequalities than economic or ethnic inequities

Pakistani textbooks glorify armed jihad and pre-Partition warfare against (armies of) other religions

There are fears that the Afghan Taliban will then join the TTP and create serious consequences for our own security

The fact that women continue to outperform men in nearly every sector of education, speaks of their dedication

As a reader, I have a greater memories of photographs stuck in my brain than words

The Grammarian mindset is something that needs to be evolved out of; a skin that needs to be shed

Layers of secrecy not only conceal names of beneficiaries, jurisdictional complexities also make inquiry difficult

There is a consensus that even if Trump loses to Clinton, his campaign would have changed the world

What makes science interesting & exciting is that reasoning about the invisible reality is always fraught with danger

The limits of influence that can be gained from material wealth are being tested across the world

Our newsroom is possibly the most diverse in terms of gender

The government is hoping that the opposition activism will fizzle out in the month of Ramazan

I can’t remember Queen Elizabeth II ever making a remark in public during her long reign that would offend anybody

Let’s blame FPSC for choosing the best ‘few’ in the interest of our country

We will continue to have a large ‘black’ economy, so long as other Indians refuse to pay tax

We have had our chance when Bangladesh was East Pakistan and we blew it

In Pakistan, national interest has very rarely been used to define anything but the whims of rulers

What the Panama leaks has revealed is no revelation for the common Pakistani

Many NGOs have expressed disapproval of the UN system for having signed the ‘Global Compact’ with large corporations

In 1947, about 25 per cent of western Pakistan and 30 per cent of eastern Pakistan was composed of non-Muslims

When you ban anything which deviates from ‘acceptable’ narratives, you empower the bigots by shielding their worldview

Pakistan’s dilemma is the limited role of the political leadership over the Afghan policy

The horrific murder of 17-year-old Sumera in Karachi’s Orangi Town sent shockwaves around the globe

The state must engage filmmakers to create movies that explicitly showcase the narrative of tolerance

There is hardly any instance where the community may have cooperated in the aftermath of an attack

Several local Britons, I am told, are peeved with election of Sadiq Khan