Opinion

It is not merely the soldiers who deserve the title of martyr, but murdered activists, lawyers and politicians too.

I can only hope that we Pakistanis can get back what we have lost: tolerance, respect, and love for our minorities.

How many of those rioting, killing, burning had ever read a word of the book they were protesting against, I wonder?

If we prosecute and punish anybody for Munawwar Hassan's ideas, there would be no difference between us and Taliban.

Strategic operationalisation of anti-US sentiment for political gain brokers internal unity in fractious environments.

Hassan thinks soldiers dying for Pakistan are not martyrs because he believes state is not fighting a legitimate war.

Intellectuals like Iqbal provided the roots for the consistent confusion Pakistan has been suffering from.

A state of affairs where martyrdom has no meaningful significance is designed to go in favour of Mr Mehsud, Hassan.

Our anti-dengue campaign has led to a full-blown real-time disease surveillance system in Punjab.

It is pertinent to have a truthful and credible process — an inquiry that investigates what went wrong in...

Most of our politicians and media persons thrive on their love to hate America.

The principal contradiction is about conflicting positions on the nature of state and the role of religion in it.

FOI requires Sindh education ministry to provide information in 21 days. Regrettably, it failed even after 85 days.

A competitive political environment at local level will eventually make the parties more responsible and responsive.

The principal performance criterion was NIR. In this critical sense, the programme has failed to perform up till now.

JI has shown its true colours several times before, only Pakistanis were slow in recognising these religious fascists.

Despite sweaty addiction to papers, politics & Faisal Raza Abidis, public is not keen on knowledge beyond day-to-day.

Equipping the law enforcement agencies with requisite teeth is a step in the right direction.

That curricula of key disciplines in developing countries are not catering to national needs is a pervasive problem.

Over 51 per cent of the population is women and most of them are either forced or convinced to stay home.

Teaching English competently is possible and is the usual practice in many European countries.

The accusations and the mistrust between India-Pakisan is never-ending, based on misinformation and half truths.

The Sumo wrestler refused to treat me, unless… now here’s the catch… unless I first saw the skin doctor.

We all lie to feel comfortable in the bigger lie till we reach a stage where we begin to believe our own lies.

If opinion polls about the AAP are right, we are in line for a total reversal of fortunes for the BJP in the metros.

Individualism has always been in conflict with the tribal social structure and collectivist culture of Pakistan.

There are legitimate nationalist grievances in Balochistan. And that should be the point of departure for any inquiry.

The ICC can only step in when a member state is unwilling or unable to prosecute the crimes within its jurisdiction.

The modus operandi is not to wait and watch, but to act and be patient.

First word that there was perhaps a new party emerging, came from slums, where dwellers embraced the symbol ‘jharu’.

When news reports turn into story-telling of the dirty kind, journalism loses its integrity and turns into voyeurism.

Most of the $1.5 trillion spent by America in Afghanistan have gone into destruction rather than construction.

Opening economy to all citizens, than just elite, will create broad base of competition, efficiency, productivity.

This index has fallen prey to a rather narrow and simplistic approach in terms of categorising modern slavery.

The trouble is that these discussions are not about ‘aid not trade’ but about ‘aid through trade’.

Mass murder is rather routine in our world. Rarely there is justice, but this film shows human conscience catching up.

An ideological battle is being fought by Pakistan's conservative, fundamentalist and liberal, secular forces over her.

NCA's message could be that despite growing asymmetry, India's PAO doctrine, there is no space for military conflict.

Persistently large deficits financed in major part by printing of money will seriously exacerbate inflation.

To transform role of religion & religious into a positive one in society, one must be willing, capable to engage.

Our politicians seem to slide nearly as fast as rupee and what we urgently need is a reawakening of political will.

Pakistan chose to fight extremists instead of fighting extremism. It was like attempting to cure cancer with Panadol.

How about calling off charade of global economic conferences, using money thus saved to subsidise poor for a change.

Aghast at thought of Sheikh Zayed-style road cutting through Margalla Hill, Islamabad’s civil society banded together.

Right to information provides enabling conditions for people to exercise their other basic political, human rights.

Many countries grew successfully by ignoring the Washington Consensus and following the so-called Beijing Consensus.

The govt needs to signal to the TTP that while it is serious about negotiating, it will not accept TTP intransigence.

The shared history, language and cultural links are still strong despite decades of enforced separation.

For building democracy in Pakistan, one of the biggest challenges is to transition from personal to party rule.

A force with salary in excess of equivalent ranks in police; commanded by non-professional is recipe for disaster.