Opinion

That so many young people want to work in govt shows that youth, perhaps, wants to bring change from within the system

The IS may be a passing phenomenon primarily because it is losing support of the people that it claimed to protect

Trouble is that even the prime minister’s visit immediately after the blast would have not been able to save lives

Pakistan won't develop as a country, become a stable member of world comity unless it sheds its India-centric policy

Our responses need not be confrontational but aimed at achieving a favourable political state — not a win, always

Note 13 bases its analysis on a total of 95 privatised units, while Dr Khan’s universe consisted of 79 privatised unit

Punjab is not dark because Karachi has lights. It is dark because our ruling elite have chosen craven self-interest

Instead of allowing creation of large housing schemes, govts need to promote densification in upcoming projects

If not taken care of, children grow, but like weeds, like redundant parts of a society

It’s not about dispensing speedy justice; but confronting ‘bad mullah’ — self-proclaimed ‘guardian of our religion’

The finance minister, announcing the monetary policy, raises serious questions related to SBP’s current operations

My Suggestion Of the Week is that we all take the time to look out of another window occasionally

Conducted properly, census and local bodies polls, will lead to improved governance, greater political participation

The theory of the ‘clash of civilisations’ did not start with Samuel Huntington, but with Hijazi

Pre-requisite of good society is the good citizen who is willing to take responsibility for resolving local problems

Defence and prosecution lawyers, for instance, often fix hearings through connivance to accommodate each other

It would be sad to consider that amongst the millions who adore Imran, he doesn’t have one well-wisher who has his ear

Today the entire country is a war zone and every journalist in this zone, no matter the beat, is a war correspondent

Key to overall recovery is to strengthen state institutions to counter militancy, economy realise its potential

From online harassment to street stalking to TV misogyny, the disease comes in all forms and disgusting intensities

Without change in the outlook of police management, women may not get their due space in law enforcement

There is a need to notify the rules immediately besides allocation of sufficient financial resources

Govt must establish its writ by registering madrassas without fear of backlash, ban all militant, sectarian outfits

Main agenda for a government of the people should be the provision of universal and equal education, free healthcare

Like the Arabs, and the Turks, the Pakistani youth also wanted a system of governance that accommodated them

Pakistan will have to accept the fact that it has little weight in the international arena, politically & economically

Govt must recognise that improving mobility requires transcending the current fixation on building more roads

Pakistan has been unable to take advantage of the situation & the goodwill of Sri Lankans is now running out for us

The mass-deradicalisation will only begin the day we decide that Pakistan is a nation-state, not an Ummah outpost

I genuinely believe that almost every man, irrespective of religion, goes through The Existentialist Experience

Manto understood the function of Bollywood and recognised that its openness and tolerance was its greatest attribute

Today if the leadership really wants us to believe that it is reforming itself, it should prove it can reform police

We seek to counter Anti-National Action Plan with bureaucratic memorandums and doublespeak.

We now await to find out which adjective will be applied to his third ‘downfall’

Seeing the high claims of being in touch with God himself by a Hindu god-man, PK accuses him of calling a wrong number

Being a first-of-its-kind endeavour, it provides a unique kind of intervention for young potential suicide bombers

His resignation is another link to this chain of significant ‘nos’ to an outdated and decadent mode of governance

We know such alliances never endure, keep changing as world and its dynamics do by the inevitable process of change

It may take decades to repair our systems and institutions destroyed by the presence of millions of Afghans

We think being dispassionate, nonpartisan is good; having ideological view, supporting specific party, agenda is bad

Difficult situations demand difficult decisions, but can only be made when people, decision-makers are on same page

If anything goes awry, Raiwind paradox demands that all fingers be pointed in any and all directions, except inwards

Mr Nadim has rightly identified the problem, but the proposed solutions will have unintended consequences

Pakistan was unfairly maligned but there was no vast conspiracy to make Pakistan look bad

Bedrock of hatred, intolerance that underpinned places like Auschwitz has not gone away, its alive & well in Pakistan

If I fear going into a police station, dread the going to a hospital, I really don’t care about that glitzy bridge

State must find ways to neutralise the militants’ narrative, which finds them support in society

We require pragmatic approach in seeking mutual benefits through vision of future than problems, grievances of past

Whatever potential Pakistan has — can theoretically offer a lot — as of now remains untapped because of its volatility

Instead of cribbing about Obama coming to our neighbourhood, let us put our own house in order