Opinion

India’s magic has fallen victim to Modi majoritarianism. And the reality of India has vindicated the idea of Pakistan.

The past emphasis on accountability in Pakistan has always been on the ex-post rather than the ex-ante.

Modi has a formidable and full-time task ahead if he is to bring India’s growth rate to the eight per cent- plus...

If you ever see flamingoes in a private facility, they are likely to be trapped — and it is illegal to keep them.

The Suleman Lashari incident suggest how young men think nothing of murdering someone else at slightest provocation.

Defeating communal & corrupt forces is essential but no less important is the positive approach to push egalitarianism

Instead of concentrating on one issue at a time and prosecuting it till the end, we get diverted to non-issues.

Modi must know that as prime minister, he will have to do more than replicate what he did in Gujarat.

For most Pakistanis, a BJP victory comes as a sort of validation of the contested Two Nation Theory.

Current stalemate in Pakistan-India relations will continue because initial focus of Indian govt would be domestic.

Today, the narrative around politics, unfortunately, is that it is somehow all evil.

It is my personal experience that in the time of great transitions, old fears come back to life

Deterrence value of nuclear weapons can help both states get out tactical weed and concentrate on strategic issues.

India has turned a chapter, or perhaps an entire book, with a new one being written now.

PPP & PML-N have given rise to yet another phenomenon as variation of ‘establishment’ — the ‘political establishment’.

Let us mourn murder of guardian for justice, but let’s not forget what he stood for as an attorney and rights defender

Inherited wealth, inequality have soared in the West, which can now only be contained by much higher wealth tax rates.

China is now at the mid-late stage of industrialisation with an urbanisation rate of 51.3 per cent.

For six decades, the Indian Union has systematically discriminated against Eastern frontier refugees.

TV journalists have made their predictions and guesstimates. So here's my prediction: I don't know.

None that I have spoken to — who were in attendance on May 11 — were able to tell me precisely why they were there.

If synergy develops that reinforces buds of transformation, Pakistani slide into dysfunctionality could be halted.

Without correcting past mistakes, any election will lead to a similar crisis of credibility.

The social space to debate is reducing rapidly. It is no longer brave but stupid to stand up and speak for truth.

Much of the talk centred around governance, insecurity, energy, and policy discord with India, US, Afghanistan.

Modi is coming, but the question is, what priorities the new prime minister will lay for a diverse society like India.

It was the framework which had held the country together in its early decades despite overwhelming odds.

I have known those who accept their mistakes in print or in their broadcast immediately attain a degree of respect.

If Khan stands for democracy and a new Pakistan, then he should stand and side with the supremacy of the civilians.

Will we wait for a travel ban before we take serious action and put measles and Dengue high on the national agenda?

Abubakr Shekau is our moral failure waiting to happen. It’s best we act before it does.

30 American journalists across the world were actually employees of the CIA.

With the right’ genes and right triggers, anyone could have committed the acts which Bhakkar cannibal brothers did.

Fiscal policy has been used effectively in improving asset & income distributions. This should be done in Pakistan.

The next few weeks will see a lot of political manoeuvring in Kabul but the odds seem to favour Abdullah Abdullah.

It takes courage to opt for change. But without changes, life becomes stagnant.

If Modi wants to ensure that he has an army chief of his choice, it means that he wants a chief who is...

I honestly believe that as journalists, we need to strive towards accountability from within.

YouTube case has little in common with the issue of religion and ethnicity. But it demonstrates power of parliament.

Factions will quickly develop against the new chief minister, probably bringing party back to bad old days of late 90s

As a short-term strategy it may work, but its ultimately going to interrupt or reverse the democratic transition.

I should ideally volunteer to represent the accused Rehman was defending, expose myself to risks he nonchalantly did.

Repeatedly rejected by voters, Mr Qadri has now practically no stake in the system & keeps acting as agent provocateur

Bans and shutdowns in this era are not the way to tackle gross non-professionalism and stupidity.

Some people actually think that some inscription on a deer skin will get them a job.

The BJP that had taken Varanasi as a cakewalk for Modi, has started feeling the heat.

Real Pakistan disappeared with its tragic dismemberment, whatever was left is pillage ground for self-serving rulers.

I am no champion of human rights and if torture did indeed work, more power to the interrogator.

Despite the devolvement of 17 ministries to provinces, federal expenditure has risen instead of decreasing.

Yes, let the fun begin in the lovely weather of mid-May and let us all pray the dharna lasts for some days.