Opinion

Ideally, life can still go on without us forgetting. If the Peshawar incident does not wake us up, then nothing will

Reforming madrassa curriculim would thus have much more positive impact on students than regulating their activities

Elected local govt lower barriers to entry for positions of political influence, its seen as a threat by PPP

Could it be that the prime minister and other political leaders were so advised too? If so, wrong move

By not taking risks to live the life we want to live, we’re not just living Plan ‘B’. We’re wasting our health, youth

The truth is that more than half of gun licences are not traceable to any individual

Pakistan expects to be assured by Justice (retd) Raza that the next election will be free and fair

The answer is ‘No’. The NAP is silent on counter-radicalisation to stop more people from joining militant groups

A sociopolitical solution and a dialogue are necessary both in the West and the Muslim world

Elected government must use this opportunity to resurrect civilian side of state, structure it, lead detoxification

Pakistani leaders need to move with wisdom, calculation, dispassionate far-sightedness to regain confidence of Afghans

For the release of the new assistance of $532 million, the US will use a national interest waiver

It is about time we dumped the apologist narrative that Afghan Taliban are ‘good guys who brought peace to Afghanistan

21st constitutional amendment is just the beginning of the challenges ahead for Pakistan's existential sustainability

The resort to military courts can at best be a stopgap arrangement

The city is no more but an oxymoron against its own image

Enhancement by the 18th Amendment is limiting the provinces’ jurisdiction to legislate and power to execute...

While Hindutva mantra could work in states like Jharkand & Maharashtra, it could not find much bearing in Kashmir

Jalal’s latest book is a layered account that aims to undertake a much-needed correction of ‘national’ histories

What one requires here is commitment to eliminate natural gas shortfall, and meet the projected demands of the future

In the creation of Pakistan, Muslims in northeast India found another opportunity for bettering their lives

Strict definition of what is terrorism must be set, adhered to, otherwise we are inviting more abuse by those in power

One wonders what the compulsion was to go ahead with this other than being on the right side of public opinion

Political leaders have provided legal basis to expanded role of military on pretext of exceptional security situation

We are now clearly in a battle for our survival and there are simply no two ways about it

Privatisation is an issue of political economy. Political rather than economic arguments decide fate of privatisation

No, no more whimsical projects, and no more revolting patronage politics to enrich the rulers, their pathetic cronies

For 67 years in Pakistan’s development history, its astounding peace & stability weren't part of development outcomes

Sehatmand Pakistan is a vision of an awakened nation at peace with itself and the world

It is about time the state starts dismantling the anti-democracy narrative for the betterment of us all

The real challenge is can we achieve all these without making a paradigm shift in our domestic and foreign policies

Military courts are an attempt to make up where other have failed, not replace what should function in the first place

Whether military courts will be able to deny terror groups their source of funding, only future will tell

Analysis of ASER Pakistan data draws attention to need for policymakers to focus their attention on government schools

Its overall tone is condescending, and treats Pakistan like pariah state, which will only fuel hawkish sentiments

It may be the centre-left’s only realistic chance of beating the PML-N in the next election

It has always been my belief that terrorists of this ilk are one and the same. They are ‘joined at the hip’

Recording the dissent of the minority, we must move to implement the National Action Plan in letter and spirit

The government response is a piece of learned behaviour in response to a specific stimulus

We know lawbreakers cannot be lawmakers. And they certainly have no right to act self-righteous about military courts

Extremist values, historically, are the alternative, not mainstream discourse. People have to be reminded of that

Gravity of one kind of violence by one group shouldn’t blind us to other forms and groups operating in Pakistan today

What is needed at such times is to be truthful as far as it is permitted by the situation on the ground

The rot began in Peshawar in the name of jihad and transformed into terrorism in and around its vicinity

NAB has resolved to do across-the-board accountability in an objective and impartial manner.

Answer for India & Pakistan does not lie in shedding more blood of innocents, but in settling differences via talks

There is a need and necessity of news and analyses, but there is also a need for investing in our future generations

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If India chooses to become US’s best friend, supported by Japan, Sino-Pakistan relations may develop a competing nexus

It is high time that real victims of war on terror received some form of reparation for losses they have had to endure