Opinion

Through the Shabqadar court attack, militants attempted to erode the trust of citizens in the criminal justice system

For decades, North Korea said it did not have the will or capacity to pursue a nuclear programme

The identity I have is shaped by the choices I have made, the same as everybody else

I have deep respect for celebs who share their health issues. Their experiences enhance awareness levels

The rise of robots with in-built emotion sensors and artificial cognition to maintain intimate relations

There are people who want to create some space in blasphemy law, which is what Salmaan Taseer was trying to achieve

Nuclear security within a state remains a sovereign national responsibility

What about rest of the doctors and lawyers? Why does the FBR not move against them?

Dear Those Who Participated in the #RallyAgainstALiberalPakistan…

If Muslims wish to be taken seriously, they have to extend the same freedoms to others that they demand for themselves

While the MQM’s leadership faces a mega internal challenge, pressure from the establishment compounds its miseries

It is time we recognise the flow of cash is not only way Pakistanis settled in distant lands can give back to society

There are still so many unsung heroines, whose less glamorous yet tougher life struggles, continue to go unnoticed

My road trip from Peshawar to Torkham helped me look beyond media coverage

A collaboration between Punjab Government and ISPR, “Peaceful Pakistan” aims at hewing national narrative of tolerance

It was Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s award for her documentary, A Girl in the River and what unfolded afterwards in...

The foreign-educated next generation elite have distanced themselves from the pressing problems at home

Promoting human welfare over national interest must be the most important objective policymakers

We focus so much on making our external image perfect to impress others more than our own self

Instead of treating it as a human tragedy, the Sindh government has politicised deaths in Thar

Islamabad and Kabul have failed to understand the factors that negatively impact their mutual ties

Threats of digging up a pitch, attacking players will not put our players in a right frame of mind to do their best

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