Opinion

Dealing with militant groups ad seriatum will not be easy but will be essential if country is ever to be recaptured.

Donald Rumsfeld, the mad king to end all mad kings, took on Morris — and the results are jarring.

We need to ensure that our hospitals are a gateway to health, not a highway to preventable deaths.

If assessments of Bangladesh a year later are our guide, we fear that not enough will change high in the Himalaya.

Strengthened private enterprise and a reduced presence of the state will exacerbate income inequality

shut your mouth and move your behind. There is no pill, no machine, no miracle diet.

Modi's success will continue to remind his supporters that the key to his durability will be his performance in office

One of the Arab world’s most populous countries and one of Africa’s most dynamic, Egypt is now caught in its own trap.

"Reconciliation in Afghanistan is an urgent need for Afghans...it is no less important for our own stability."

India should press with its outreach to Pakistan on trade and other fronts assuming that it is delivering on terrorism

Even though the target market is the child, it would do the parents no harm if they also read the booklets.

State has to garner social consensus for changed paradigm of power relations that feminist legal reforms represent.

To tie Pakistan around in knots on terrorism alone was thus not an impromptu, nagging complaint.

Loyalty of minorities is to state of which they are citizens & they should look to it for redress of their grievances.

It is surely high time that we cease to involve the word ‘honour’ in grotesque barbarism and refer as simple murder.

It is imperative for opposition space to be functioning, otherwise governments become autocratic even in a democracy.

TTP should stand shoulder to shoulder with Pakistanis and allow polio workers to operate across country without fear.

Instead of pursuing an illusory peace with India, Nawaz should focus on domestic perils, including curse of terrorism.

"Funds are nothing compared to the enormity of the energy crisis and the criticality of its resolution"

"We call on the supreme legislative body, the Parliament, to adhere to international human rights obligations"

Solving conflict requires a stable and powerful government on both sides.

early 21 million men, women and children around the world are locked into forced labour

"you gave your friends and those who knew you: the gift of laughter, and that of laughing at yourself."

Barbarism that is the precursor to civilisation never goes away — in large part because not enough people want it to.

Growth is indeed returning to Pakistan, but the fruits of this growth will largely enter the coffers of the elite.

Preserving cultures at the expense of the right of each woman to live a dignified life free from abuse is intolerable.

Defence industries all over the world manufacture not simply for the love of country but to put money in pockets.

hockey has disappeared from the roster of educational institutes and lack of nurseries has affected the results.

Ruling elites in Pakistan loves to use discriminatory privileges — even if out of power — as status symbol.

Just because some of us acquire an education, do we really have the courage to defy the ‘khap panchayat’?

If India-Pakistan wants to implement their economic agendas, they better start fresh and get rid of hatred & animosity

Three million people in Pakistan earn more Rs400,000 annually, but only one-fourth actually file returns.

How long can Pakistan tolerate the presence of foreign militant groups that openly violate its sovereignty?

India-Pakistan should work together to create a programme that safeguards the lives of our mothers.

Level of trust generated in the wake of agreement should not be allowed to fade. Doha process must be reinvigorated.

Solutions abound. The problem is where to start. Because in a land like this, even honour can mean an enduring shame.

Pakistan & US represent typical dilemma of interaction between a superpower and a developing state.

The capitalism promised by Nawaz and Modi have an inherent tendency in to take countries towards extreme inequality.

A cursory look at the language textbooks makes it clear that they instruct students in everything but languages.

Pakistani men are possibly one of the most violent in the world today – towards their womenfolk.

The vision for a peaceful neighbourhood must be pursued without compromising national sovereignty.

In the present circumstances, Afghans believe that ‘those who have invested will decide to leave, fearing instability’

First glance looks as if it will be different from Modi in Gujarat. But closer look reveals same instincts at work.

Two incidents in Lahore and Katra are unrelated. But they point to an obvious genetic disorder in both nations.

PTI’s current strategy gives an impression that it is not interested in working within the current system.

Criminal offences are not ‘personal’; they are by definition ‘public’. There is nothing ‘private’ about abuse, murder.

Depressing part is that despite CTBT's technical issues, Pakistan’s efforts to denuclearise the region have failed.

It remains to be seen how the sum and substance of a complex relationship like this pans out over the months.

Farzana’s case represents all that is wrong with us: from misuse of a faith-based legal system, to embedded...

Nawaz, Modi were out to make history. Why did it all fall flat? Was it defeatism that once again bridled enterprise?