Opinion

While the rupee may have slipped against the dollar, the stock of gossip and conspiracy is doing pretty well.

The transition from Najib vs Gulbuddin to Karzai vs Omar has left thousands dead, and not a thing has changed.

New Delhi should ensure that Afghanistan will not become a geographic area over which Pakistan-India will duel.

It is unfortunate that Congress has not raised substantial issue like development & has played into the hands of Modi.

PML-N need to review its narrow ideological worldview and re-educate itself and its political support base.

Mounting evidence of US spying shows that Obama has less noble interests at heart.

Once the ISAF forces leave Afghanistan, there is a feeling that the focus of the Taliban would move to that country.

Patel gave Muslim leaders in Constituent Assembly opportunity to themselves take back demand for separate electorates.

Knowing the bad guys is the easy part. What to do with them is the real challenge. And we are stumped.

Mehsud was a war criminal & opponent of civilisation,is now gone. Yet, it was hard to find anyone to state this fact.

Every country has a right to defend itself, or so they say. It’s just that they have different ways of doing it.

The hue and cry over the increase in the prices of petrol, and attributing it to the government is not just.

Nitish Kumar, Mulayam Singh vowed to fight communalism, directed their cadres to counter efforts of creating violence.

They bestowed democratic veneer to rule of feudal, tribal & business coteries whose nepotism, corruption is legendary.

He used to spend time with his media friends to evolve a strategy to get bonded labourers released.

Comprehensively worded, the joint statement covers the essential parameters of future engagement.

Opportunity to elect and sack governments through elections will empower people with a sense of ownership.

Manners, like grammar, are nothing but conventions. Old conventions are discarded, new conventions take place of old.

The scary thought is not that Modi could ride the hawa, but that he could sustain it.

Preference for killing terror suspects not only weakens rule of law in countries, it challenges law foundations in US.

Majority of elderly people in Pakistan have scarce savings, lack social security or health insurance coverage.

It must be realised that if Pakistan is destabilised any more than it is already, India will be destabilised too.

Aim of digitising govt processes is to improve ability of all people to access information, efficiency, effectiveness.

The believing mind is taking over the planning mind. Future is giving way to the past as focus of political agenda.

Normalisation will remain a far cry unless India gives up its toxic obsession with Pakistan and China.

I notice she touches her hair, face frequently, even when on stage. Does she wonder at her face still being intact?

In Pakistan, we take nothing at face value, trust nobody and shiver with paranoia.

Very little of what is currently being sold in Pakistan as organic, is actually that: organic, chemical free.

Overemphasis on establishing Islamic state in public arena, it became central theme of national discourse, narrative.

For it to secure peace in Balochistan, Karachi and Fata, Pakistani state will have to set the rules and abide by them.

Every country owns an elite class but Pakistan is one unique country that is owned by its own elite class.

I can chalk a long list of bad decisions by Musharraf. Interestingly, the Lal Masjid operation isn't in it though.

In Pakistan, till recently, my biggest problem was all the attention my name garnered for me.

Modi’s political shrewdness to club Lohia, Upadhyay is polemic offensive against Lohiaites like Samajwadi Party chief.

The Margalla Tunnel would have been a direct attack on right of the citizens of Islamabad to the pursuit of happiness.

Most tragic use of religion is for justification of violence, particularly against polio vaccination teams.

Cynical, clinical Misbah is like a German nurse the audience can’t quite relate to.

The consensus remains that media ‘types’ are okay to invite over for a cup of tea but never acceptable as a bahu.

By focusing on retail trade, policymakers can add to the rates of growth of agriculture, SMEs and international trade.

Pakistan’s civil-military elite want to drum up anti-Americanism and yet want a partnership with the world power.

We are still unclear why the prime minister decided to do away with an independent body to oversee the operation.

Knowing the elite English-medium schools will not shift to Urdu, I agree that more English should be taught to masses.

UP will vote along communal lines in coming elections, just as it did in the aftermath of Babri Masjid’s demolition.

To improve innovative thinking, educational reform must change perception of education as means of making living.

We are faced not with the issue of priorities, but with a crisis of the mind.

None of the prime ministers have been able to remove that feeling of uncertainty, of temporariness and insecurity.

The Amnesty report humanises the people of Waziristan; these are real people being killed.

As all governance structures crumble, the citizens are losing trust and faith in state institutions.

Though Modi has emerged as the big industry, media favourite, this enthusiasm is not being echoed in Indian villages.

Making this trip sound as if something groundbreaking will come out of it just puts Nawaz under unnecessary pressure.