Opinion
More News
-
Honouring a women’s rights activist
We shouldn't forget that Mumtaz dedicated more than 3 decades of her life to fighting for women’s rights in Pakistan
-
A short history of polio
No child should suffer from a virus that is easily preventable, but for this to happen everyone must work together
-
Unequal before the law
Replace Palestinians with Pakistan’s minority, Israel with Pakistan & you'll see similar injustice, persecution trends
-
Curiouser and curiouser
If anything, Aziz's statement will reignite fears that we have favourites among the brutes, for that is what they are
-
Stuck in the middle
By national standards, we have all the accoutrements of the middle class
-
The art of framing a story
Instead of air strikes, US forces and coalition allies should focus more on tactfully stifling the IS’s finances
-
Child rights in Pakistan: An unfinished agenda
While provinces have enacted laws, policies on improving state of child rights, implementation remains a key concern
-
Can changing one habit change our destiny?
Next time we’re standing in a line, let’s see if we can wait patiently for our turn. Now that would be real revolution
-
An ode to fury
Fury is a call to action against all those who continue to grow fat on our tax money while our kids die unmourned
-
Challenges for Af-Pak relations
The real change in Afghanistan-Pakistan relations will come when security is understood as a common goa
-
Tearing apart Pakistan Steel
Parliament needs to take up PSM's sale to ensure transparency, prevent appropriation of land worth a billion dollars
-
Walking away from brinkmanship
Keeping Imran Khan outside parliament will be more harmful for the system than keeping him within parliament
-
From a free terror area to a free trade area
Pakistan should accord differential treatment for Afghanistan via longer negative list, trade liberalisation schedule
-
How to improve Pakistan’s future prospects?
Serious, sustained efforts in improving education, developing health, beatiing militancy can impact Pakistan's destiny
-
Sexual harassment and selective protection
To ensure effective censure and reparation, the question regarding the scope of the Act must be answered with clarity
-
Saved by the youth
My hope for a better future rests in those who demonstrate the power of the human spirit
-
What ails the civil service?
Civil servants have reached a stage where they see benefit in being malleable than in putting across counterpoints
-
From Kabul, with love
Whatever Ghani’s intentions were, he’s made a statement: big, brave, audacious — stuff relationship resets are made of
-
We are only human
Life is supposed to be lived to the fullest, as if each day might be our last
-
Has the IS advance been blunted if not reversed?
We must take whatever measures we can to ensure that we do not become another recruiting ground for IS
-
Inequality and public policy
Inequality — the perception about it or in reality — has had a profound impact on Pakistan’s political development
-
Power to the media
There should be more accountability on what media report and how media report it
-
Kashmir, ultra-nationalism and religion
The best option for Pakistan and India is the revival of talks on all contentious issues, including Kashmir
-
For some people life will never be the same
The fact that perpetrators of this heinous crime had been arrested is not going to bring back the husband and his wife
-
Cleaning India
Thrust of Modi's campaign should be on individual littering, making sure it doesn't happen, which is a cultural aspect
-
Pakistan’s beleaguered Hazaras
Thus far, none of the attacks on Hazaras have been accounted for. A culture of impunity has turned into a norm
-
The R in Evolution
This new-found idealism wrapped in a can-do attitude is enabling us to delve deeper into how we can trigger revolution
-
How to fix Pakistan’s polio eradication disaster
The major flaw in the polio eradication strategy is that it depends only on a vertical programme
-
‘Boggled’ isn’t the word
Nor is one astonished, astounded, amazed, shocked or staggered at Imran’s new, newer, ever newer demands and threats
-
Righting our wrongs
Inclusion, tolerance and cohesion must be the new mantra among the social religious thinkers to keep Pakistan afloat
-
Health and education not priorities in Punjab
A perusal of the Punjab budget 2014-15 belies the statement made by the chief minister
-
The story of Shama and Shahzad
Will there be any solace for the couple’s children who saw them go through hell on earth?
-
What is the HEC doing?
HEC has chosen to exhibit nothing short of an authoritarian mindset that plagues decision-making in our country
-
Meeting General Musharraf
Truth be told, he seemed at peace with himself. Manner in which he answered our question was illustrative of his style
-
Is the IS in Pakistan?
Federal and provincial govts should act in a coordinated effort to clear Pakistan from this menace once and for all
-
Blindly following the Constitution
Can one give blind adherence to the Constitution when camouflage of democracy is used for criminalising society?
-
Trying to understand
My failure to understand is failure to understand that madness is the new sanity, and it was me that was mad all along
-
Future-istan
These leaders, their parties are not just ravaging this land today; they are depriving us of a future
-
Let them dream
A state doesn’t progress if it stops creating idealist. So, please let them dream
-
Lahore Zoo’s Romeo and Julie
Cimpanzees Romeo and Julie accepted me as they developed familiarity, knew I wouldn't tease them as visitors often did
-
Population — a national priority
All private maternity homes, clinics, private hospitals, should set up population planning units on their premises
-
A history of cricket in Pakistan
Story of Pakistan cricket is filled with both triumph & tragedy, Oborne’s narrative provides a ray of hope...
-
Could the Wagah tragedy have been averted?
The government has to transcend from the reactive to a proactive frame of mind in order to win this existential battle
-
Remembrance
While there is no harm in commemorating the 1965 war, the discontinuation of Remembrance Day observation is a loss
-
Stand up, universities
Our students are certainly worthy of best institutions. We have yet to prove whether institutions are worthy of them
-
The Kot Radha Kishan tragedy
If truth be told, the Kot Radha Kishan tragedy is a black blemish on the face of Pakistan, our religion and humanity
-
Do we need a wall on the border?
The sooner the idea of constructing this wall is abandoned the better
-
Dealing with inequality
Rapid economic progress leads to a demand for much greater participation in politics
-
The art of professionalism
Working for money is easy enough, but for most people, it isn’t enough to drive them to excellence
-
Polio vaccination in Pakistan
One of the hurdles that the vaccination teams in Karachi face is lack of support by law enforcement agencies

















































