Opinion

Mayors of Karachi and Lahore should ideally be occupying the centre stage in governing their cities

Dr Ben Carson happens to be a number of extraordinary things at the same time: black and Republican

It remains true that facts inconsistent with the dominant narrative about American history get no play in the media

Religion in America routinely plays a prominent part in politics, especially on the side of the Republican Party

When we understand, we can better comprehend. And that enables informed choices

Concept is to hang clothes, other items on the wall so those who cannot afford can go and help themselves

Protests by PIA and those against the Orange Line show there is genuine resentment against govt's governance agenda

A Trump victory will not bode well for the Republicans or for America

The industrial development of this country is happening on the back of India’s theft of tribal land

How can we expect a change in grassroots leadership when there is no training ground for students to groom themselves?

Reform is difficult because powerful vested interests resist any change that dilutes their control

Parties such as the Jamaat-e-Islami have used student wings to further political agendas

Hillary Clinton is in double jeopardy. The ongoing email inquiry threatens to affect her candidature

Teachers in Pakistan have little growth opportunities and face social prestige issues

Cordoba’s delicate beauty proved too fragile in the face of licentiousness, vanity and arrogance of its rulers

Earlier, selling 26% stake in PIA was termed as privatisation; now proposal to sell 26% stake a strategic partnership!

Every time the PTA announces a ban on a website, it publicises its existence to people who never knew about it

Multinationals headquartered in rich countries earn huge profits by exploiting workers in poor countries

PIA’s managers & pilots had contributed crucially to the establishment of most of the Middle Eastern national airlines

There is a constant refrain that ensuring security is the job of the state, not individuals

“I have loved Pakistan the way no other human being does…two people loved Pakistan as much as I do: Jinnah & Bhutto.."

When a nun talks of purchasing guns to guard the school, it is a fair indication there is something wrong

What Imran Khan needs to take into account is the kind of material being taught in K-P’s textbooks

Ahsan Iqbal's analysis raises some serious misgivings, divulging somewhat ambiguous and faulty priorities of the govt

With the attack in Charsadda, once again people are saying that this is a failure of intelligence and security forces

The kind of prolonged shackling that Kaavan has been put through has both psychological and physiological impacts

Can the Sharif's reform Pakistan? The answer in a single word is 'no'

Why is it that we treat one set of students – the elite ‘O’ levels students – as intelligent?

Sahabzada Yaqub’s grasp of world affairs was internationally recognised, with men like President Nixon, among others

Expecting teachers to do what state should do, but is unwilling or unable to do, is a sign of miserable failure

Women on Wheels campaign amounts to women challenging en masse the public-private divide

In 2015, Pakistan was the only Saarc country to have improved its position on the Corruption Perceptions Index

Give the general his due. He opted for a route fraught with peril. His stock since then has risen phenomenally.

As we left his house, Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said to me, we will meet again inshallah

First, the attack proves that we have learnt nothing from the past

Income inequality can result from risks taken by people with good ideas who make a lot of money for themselves

I've seen scores of female students stating that a good Master’s degree puts them in spot for a good marriage proposal

In the aftermath of the Charsadda attack, the government is asking for schools to “beef-up” their security

Zafarullah Khan was Pakistan's first foreign minister. We now can't even imagine a Ahmadi being in a position of power

There has always been enthusiasts who turned up at every event of Western classical music held in Karachi

My feeling is that 2016 will be a good year for Amit Shah and the BJP electorally

Digitisation of Criminal Record Office is part of a larger effort to develop an integrated criminal profiling system

Erecting barriers, checking ID cards at check posts, and having police mobiles parked at major chowks is not policy

When Nawaz Sharif announced that Pakistan had licked the terrorism bug, he was way off the mark

General Raheel had countless opportunities to stage a coup but he never even thought about it

Here we are, after 15 years of waging a ‘war on terror’, thousands have lost their lives, the enemy is at our gates

It’s scary to think there are over one million ‘idle’ young males in Pakistan, who are vulnerable to crime & militancy

In years to come, he will be revered, like the Frontier Gandhi, for his outstanding courage

Ahsan Iqbal has likened Pakistan to an aircraft and insists that it is ready for a ‘take-off’

Is the so-called Kissan Package working only in Sindh? Is the Khadim-e-Ala building any rural roads in Punjab?