Opinion

Labelling someone an extremist for thinking that Taliban are freedom fighters will make 95% of Pakistanis extremists

Media in India, is more focused on things like anti-national slogans by students than by deaths through malnutrition

Courts are high and courts are supreme, but affordable and accessible justice for the citizen, clearly, is not

In Western eyes, Pakistan will never be a normal state as long as it is an Islamic and nuclear power

The democrats and liberals must put their talents to use and reshape the country in their own image

Senator Israrullah Zehri’s stance is that honour killings are time-honoured customs which must not be discontinued

The services of Joseph E Stiglitz must be hired for drawing-up the right kind of a charter of the economy for Pakistan

Pak-Russia military partnership is seemingly being prompted by India's decision to enter into tighter embrace with US

The new shift in US policy on Kashmir only increases the heat on India

What is there for women and girls in the budget?

The way Maheen Taseer stood strong in the face of adversity and believed in Shahbaz’s return has been inspiring

UNESCO’s latest report has cautioned against hegemonic assertions of a national language in multi-ethnic societies

Sources say Dr Asim Hussain sang like a bird. If sources are right & if he does know it all, no one in the PPP is safe

Could the CCI's decision to postpone the census be for the best?

Seed is being sown in young minds that ‘new’ is to be regarded with suspicion, and innovation is not to be encouraged

Pakistan’s NSA shared intelligence about 10 terrorists having crossed over from Pakistan into India from Kutch

Nadeem Hussain, from a katchi abadi in Karachi, graduated from IBA and now works as a World Bank technical assistant

None of the men I know provide for their families. It is the women who cannot watch their children go hungry who work

Information sharing can generate a momentum of its own and work to the benefit of both India and Pakistan

Now, nearly a quarter of all UN missions are headed by women

The Republican Party has not been able to put forward a viable presidential candidate since George W Bush

When future historians look back on the development of Pakistani economy, they will read 2015-2016 as game-changing

The US and Russia are supporting opposing camps, while extending limited cooperation where interests converge

The state has so far not succeeded in countering the contradiction between the law and culture

Women typically experience higher levels of poverty than men do, even in rich countries such as those of the EU

Creative activity has a permeable effect on society and its future course

Will Pakistan fall to priest or progressive?

It is free market fundamentalism which enables the rampage of uncontrolled capitalism

I am constantly impressed by the level of talent and ambition I see here in Pakistan, especially among women

World does not see a Pakistan that is diseased, but a Pakistan that is fighting to end the disease with valour

In any other country, Sharmeen’s return would have been met with a public welcome. Instead, we were all silent

Mustafa Kamal has also targeted the PPP by holding Rehman Malik responsible for some of the ‘misdeeds’ of the MQM

Falling interest rates have caused increasing hardship to those who benefit from National Savings Scheme

Qadri’s supporters idolise him as someone who epitomised the selflessness that a true Muslim should possess

Neither education nor wealth imply a greater likelihood that women will seek help against violence in India

Nawaz Sharif knows he’s the master and commander of the political landscape as it exists today

Qadri only became so big because we failed to come up with appropriate narrative after Salman Taseer’s assassination

Currently, economic relations between countries help define the overall nature of their relationship

Mumtaz Qadri, the murderer of Salman Taseer, has been punished with the strictest penalty under Pakistani law

Economic Armageddon is at our doorstep. The pressing question is no longer ‘if’, but ‘when’

Change in the OECD’s definition of official development assistance will influence how UN & World Bank think about aid

It is one thing to agree with de-weaponisation in principle and quite another to actually get down to making it happen

The power and influence of the female narrative in journalism is inevitable and dates back to the nineteenth century

When attacking a woman becomes a crime — sticks, stones or even punches — people call it a landmark law

Internet access has made youth vulnerable to the ocean of extremism. Children are susceptible to online radicalisation

Film, as a medium, can educate, inspire and awaken, and in the process of doing so, amplify uncomfortable issues

Pakistan is not comfortable with powerful women, and it never quite made up its mind about Benazir Bhutto either

NAB and the NRO when studied side-by-side, are a splitting image of pulp

Poor nutrition for mothers during pregnancy is one of the major causes of malnutrition in Pakistan

Popular perception remains Qadri's hanging was meant to appease foreign powers rather than follow norms of justice