Opinion

Only six boys from our class survived the attack

Reconciling Indian and Pakistani views on Kashmir would require a change of mindset

The social pressure on parents of qualified and motivated young women to stifle their ambition to study is enormous

"When I saw that my four best friends were dead, I fell to the floor and finally lost control of my emotions..."

There is no denying that the people of erstwhile East Pakistan were subjected to injustices before and during 1971

Faced with killers of children, we vowed to change. Yet have we?

Since 9/11, there have been 52 incidents of religious terrorism in US, of which 27 were created by FBI entrapment

Bush played on fears of Americans after 9/11 while Obama emphasised importance of freedom after Calfironia shooting

The Republican Party enjoys most of its support from white working class people with minimal education

All well said and done, we can only wonder at the change of heart in both capitals

Pakistan cannot avail the new opportunities if the outdated mindset on the part of policymakers aren’t discarded

The Congress is a private limited company in which the shares are held by one family

Some commentators have played around with the words ‘furore’ and ‘Fuehrer’ and even compared Trump to Hitler

Thinking of language as an ethnic or a national entity restricts our ability to use it as a resource for development

If Pakistan has to move forward, the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 should resonate with slogans of #ThankYouNawazSharif

Like it or not, it is my strong opinion that two countries are unfit to lead South Asia

With Pakistan in Afghanistan, Pakistan can become the hub of trade routes extend to all four corners of the world

IS hate the acronym 'Daesh' so much that they have threatened to cut out the tongues of those that publicly use it

The NSA talks and Sushma Swaraj’s visit exhibited the clear failure of India’s ‘Ignore Pakistan’ policy

Afghan Taliban’s authority has been challenged by the advent of organisations like IS in Afghanistan

Pakistan is strategically located, with land connections between South Asia, Central Asia, China and Middle East

Children in Pakistan work as street vendors, shoe polishers, rag-pickers & car washers to earn measly amounts of cash

PM gave an empty speech at the Paris summit that lasted even less than the three minutes allocated to heads of states

People you killed were among those who welcomed you to their country and invited you to make your home next to theirs

Elite housing societies in our cities are like islands where residents enjoy all the luxuries of the world

Terrorism is not exclusive to the Muslim faith

The real horror wasn’t Trump’s statement, but what was happening on the other side of the microphone

The world’s most detested breed of rodents has made its way to the red planet

We have recently seen wrist bands being developed to monitor vital signs of pregnant women

The world wonders where did a mother learn the art of killing innocent human beings

fter Mullah Omar’s death, it was thought that Kabul could manipulate factionalism to destroy the Taliban

Statements from Afghanistan’s army chief & CEO tell us country is looking for scapegoats to problems of its own making

Firearms are the single thread connecting every school mass murder in the US

The persecution and scapegoating of Afghans living in Pakistan on pretext of fighting terrorism is not the way forward

Pakistan has come a long way in indigenous defence production

Teachers creating powerpoint presentations from images in Wikipedia and reading off of those in classrooms is shameful

Every day in Punjab, six women are murdered, eight are raped, 11 are battered and assaulted, and 32 abducted

The challenge is to stop people like Tashfeen Malik from sliding in the wrong direction

The govt failed to showcase K-P’s Billion Tree Tsunami at the Paris summit

Mr President, you are king of tribal areas. Please hold a referendum so people of Fata can determine their future

Up until now, Muslims in US could claim that they were being singled out for abuse by a bunch of bigoted politicians

Russia suffered a tragedy similar to Pakistan's APS, in Beslan in 2006, when over 400 children lost their lives

PIA continues to offer good service despite the trying conditions it operates in

Standard theories of money and banking are a veil that covers the reality of how the financial system works

There will never be another Margery Rehman

There is a rich history of women scholars imparting knowledge about Islam

Today is the first day of an era in which the entire democratic superstructure is finally in place in Pakistan

In India, if you’re a Hindu convicted of terrorism for murdering the Indian PM, you’re not hanged

Imagine the condition of students and teachers in areas where temperatures hover above 40◦C during the summer season

Muslims have more to fear from the likes of IS, al Qaeda, the Taliban and even the Hizbut Tahrir than from the West