Opinion

Money for education and health, if well spent, will also increase the confidence of the donor community

Our leaders should learn from world history that fanaticism can’t be appeased

There are examples around the world that through prudent privatisation and will to succeed, we can turn around PIA

March 2016 developments showed that these groups also resorted to violence to pursue their religio-political agenda

The disparaging remarks that Donald Trump addressed to Bush and Blair were richly deserved

I am not sure, and much of the activities of RAW and IB are known to us only through rumour and not fact

The Sharif government seems to be utterly helpless in the face of those who cheer for murder

Punjab is where the ghosts of our policy past come to haunt us

We, the moderates, usually keep stammering until the threat has settled down. What about a bold counternarrative?

Our political and economic relations with Iran since the ouster of the monarchy in that country had remained lukewarm

My government recognises and farmers’ services to the development of the country

How many will die before we realise militant murderers are not all illiterate loafers in search for meaning & purpose

The NSS has drawn varying kinds of criticisms from the participating states as well as from some observers

Business ventures should not be allowed to make profits at the cost of devastating lives of marginalised communities

The list of ‘they’ keeps growing — TTP, Afghan Taliban, ISIS and the like

Between terrorists and law enforcement agencies, the side which demonstrates clarity, dedication & ownership will win

Providing citizens with information is to empower them. The whole edifice of RTI is constructed on this basic fact

Columnists and commentators, myself included, go through the same wash, rinse, spin and repeat cycle

I’m an Indian who feels terrible for Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan and Shahid Afridi

A Girl in The River uses simple cinematic techniques to convey a ghastly reality

Little attention is paid to improving their professional competence in providing security to ordinary citizens

How the suicide bomber was able to get this far into Lahore remains a mystery

Will the government, for the sake of “peace”, barter away some of the fundamental rights of the citizens?

Eradication of child labour should not be limited solely to brick kilns; it must encompass all kinds of child labour

Pakistan is justified in blaming the US for ignoring Indian advancements in nuclear weapons

What is needed is not just a tweeted resolve, but introspection and commitment to fundamental change within ourselves

What better insult to hurl at the macho men of our National Cricket Team than “even the girls did better than you”

The pleasures of living are sometimes about knowing little and seeing little — losing the grand picture

Fear that thrives off the sectarian swamp in southern Punjab

The IS can be considered an amateur in terrorism when compared to its Pakistani counterparts

In 1947, India was by far Pakistan’s largest trading partner

You don’t need to be super to be a hero. You can just be you

Around 600 Indian vessels enter Pakistani waters for fishing illegally every month

Reports by the McKinsey Global Institute suggest that gender-balanced teams yield better financial results

The only contender to sit in the Oval office that I like is the Jewish candidate Senator Bernie Sanders

The idea of moral responsibility is not particularly strong in the Indian subcontinent. Our morals are flexible

Oh yes Afridi’s certainly entertaining. But so are clowns

Will we allow hyper-nationalism in other countries to auto-power our own, or shape responses that are constructive?

So low are national standards, that when any official actually does what he should do it is given much eloquent waxing

2016 is not 1977. Mian Nawaz Sharif is not Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Fazlur Rehman is not his father, Mufti Mahmood

While technology changed diplomacy and lobbying, Pakistan continued with its traditional methods of communications

The not-so-good news is that the new foreign trade policy reflects an overambitious quality

Zac Goldsmith is running on the Conservative ticket while Sadiq Khan is the Labour candidate

Decline in opium production isn't due to any eradication programme, but due to a fungus which began wiping out poppies

Armed with a team of cunning lawyers, Trump could achieve his plan without having to take the Constitution head-on

A beginning is in sight to address the neglect of agriculture in Punjab

Shafqat Amanat Ali, is Ustaad enough to know that his rendition of the national anthem lacked passion and feelings

Only all-pervasive corruption can create the hopelessness, which generates hate necessary for commitment to terrorism

No matter how it is dressed up, a deal is a deal

For a slice of honest-to-goodness heritage experience I recommend Golra Sharif railway station to west of Islamabad