Opinion

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

Poetry does not connect with humans on an economic level but reaches for chords deep within confines of mind and soul

The kind of tax measures that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced have in past only given a fresh fillip to smuggling

Poverty-stricken, he found work in Saudi Arabia as a driver for a family. He was put up in a tiny airless room

Given the current population growth rate and migration influx, the housing demands in Karachi continue to grow

Reforming the tax structure was never on the PML-N agenda

In Karachi, it is estimated that 2,500,000 vehicles are being driven by people without driving licences

Religious extremists were responsible for only 14% of deaths in India that occurred due to terrorism

I have discovered an entire workshop devoted to the restoration of the VW Beetle and its associated models

Will President Obama recall Peshawar when he takes up the podium in January to address Congress? No!

BlackBerry has found a face-saving exit route from a market where it has only a few customers left

While prayer is certainly important, it’s not a replacement for hard work

An under-construction narrative tried to put the onus on Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for the events of 1971

Question of what Pakistan was going to be like was settled by Jinnah in his remarkable speech of August 11, 1947

With 20,000 new HIV infections last year, Pakistan has one of the fastest growing epidemics in Asia

K-P police is autonomous in hiring, firing & managing close to 75,000 personnel, unlike other provincial police forces

The impressionist style of travelling artist Hercules Brabazon, reflects his experience of Karachi in the 1870s

There are indications President Ghani will be visiting Pakistan soon. This could set the stage for revival of talks

The undisputed hegemony of English over Urdu is a political and social reality accepted as a convenient compromise

The HEC's vision shouldn’t be that of a cop trying to catch those who fabricate their degrees

Ironically, when Modi is actually in land of Gandhi, his lips remain sealed on burning of Dalits, lynching of Muslims