Opinion

Due to dysfunctional rating systems, Pakistani television is convinced only US bashing, radical views can sell on air.

The visit marks the beginning of dialogue with both sides talking again and seeking to remove each other’s concerns.

Awarding the prize for developing biotech crops has reinvigorated debate over benefits of genetically modified crops.

It is impossible to know if OPCW will live up to Nobel prize expectations, but it deserves the benefit of the doubt.

If GDP growth declines further, both poverty and unemployment, particularly of the youth, will increase further.

When dealing with a complex problem like terrorism, we cannot have a simplistic one-dimensional approach.

The Iran pipeline project will go ahead if it is for the good of Pakistan, Insha’allah.

We genuinely believed that making others happy and meeting social expectations was the way to ‘achieve’ happiness.

Everyday we create new generation of non-thinkers, who can't think logically, evaluate evidence, discern information.

They were just two ordinary schoolgirls in the wrong place at the wrong time but got caught up in the ‘Malala Effect’.

Negative, suspicious public perception arising out of compounding factors has been most harmful to polio campaigns.

My lament that parochialism of Pakistani liberal meant they don't recognise larger membership of their set, she agreed

The Khans have shown how its more important to have your own child, than be bothered about ‘non-questions’ on ethics.

What is ultimately important is not the evolution — or lack thereof — of single person, but broader impact on country.

Over the years, the IPCC reports have not made a dent on the fossil fuel industry.

Let us not grudge Nawaz a deal even if resumption of Kerry-Lugar package is price for safe passage of US hardware.

We have to embrace realism. Those who think that hawkish chest-beating is realism need to go back to an IR class.

Had the PML-N had any clue about how to tackle the terrorism problem, it would have led with a clear plan.

It is an absolute falsehood that Pakistan has failed to protect its interest while having close relations with US.

The state of peace, for individuals and society, is seen as a state where justice is in abundance.

Our lopsided relationship with the US is more a result of our actions than of the US need to interfere in our affairs.

It’s time we took a deep breath and told Mr Lashari, ‘Great job’.

Politics is the reason for Pakistan’s long-lasting recession.

If the Tea Party keeps damaging the trust of investors, they will notice their corporate funding starting to dwindle.

Will we take Malala’s cue to change our children’s future, or yet again, miss the opportunity.

One fears that India will once again spiral into communal violence as this would benefit some ahead of the elections.

How can Pakistan sustain its internal political coherence and economic stability if it cannot control terrorism?

The fact is, nobody really likes to be criticised, even when the censure is healthy and constructive.

A weird silence has descended upon govt, punctuated only by sounds of explosions and hapless shrieks of dying victims.

Manifestos in India are neither written nor read seriously. They are incidental.

By awarding the prize to OPCW, the Committee has actually followed guidelines as set out in the will of Alfred Nobel.

The dithering response by his own party, by his own government insults Gandapur's martyrdom.

Voters have learnt to keep counsel, watch tamasha, attend rallies then vote exactly for who they feel will serve them.

For the purpose of change, platforms for the discussion of reform agendas have to be established.

The fine line between right and wrong has been obliterated due to the kind of leadership the state has suffered from.

The failure of Urdu in India is understandable; ignoring it after decades of investment in Pakistan is criminal.

The liberals only lament and criticise, without so much as attempting to evolve a parallel progressive narrative.

It is forgotten that Pakistan’s ‘robust’ and ‘efficient’ private sector is reliant on government subsidies.

India should stop playing so hard to get. It should accept PM Nawaz Sharif’s unconditional offer of friendship.

Filing a presidential nomination is a huge step for this widow from Ghazni who usually lives very low-key.

Even the so-called ‘good Taliban’ is willing to let children become crippled as a result of the polio virus.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s back-channel diplomacy is already on hold.

The real need remains: teachers with better knowledge of the subjects they teach and improved instructional practice.

Except for the Swat operation, there has been no comprehensive underpinning of militants in the strife-torn areas.

The risk of trying to become a civil servant borders on outweighing the charms of being one.

A declared policy of negotiating with the Taliban, or any other group should not be construed as ‘surrender’.

As hideous condos tear apart Cowasjee’s own Mary Road, Karachi may have lost its conscience.

The influx of remittances is changing, in many ways, Pakistan’s social and economic landscapes.

Pakistanis, like any other nation, are creative, entrepreneurial and innovative.

Thanks to the media, at least some perceptions have changed.