Opinion

The crisis is not Baloch versus Baloch or Baloch versus Pashtun. It’s a conflict between the Baloch and the centre.

Is it not clear that having successfully divided us, the TTP have us over a barrel just as they knew they would?

That there is a full chapter on Pakistan’s place in the world is in itself an improvement.

Our years of manliness haven’t taken us very far.

Fast food outlets, Western style, are popping up like mushrooms in the autumn.

In a country that remains wracked by sectarianism and intolerance, there is much to be learnt from Tharparkar.

Raising tariffs will not be a sustainable measure for a poor country like ours.

We all know the hatred often spewed in sermons, which ranges from the nightmarish, where imam damns everyone to hell.

The pro-war camp has yet to recognise how much state violence fuels the narrative of the TTP and its supporters.

We are in this for the long haul. There are no easy and final solutions. This fact must be drilled into naive minds.

The decision to order the DGMOs to come up with a plan to keep the LoC cool did not need a summit.

This tech savvy tribe is increasingly demanding to know why certain things are happening in Pakistan.

Zinda Bhaag proves that great storytelling does not need massive budgets or a Bollywood repertoire.

Is the government really serious about solving these conflicts through negotiations or is it just political rhetoric?

I learnt that the outside world is limited by accessibility, not by choice.

The stage for a historic breakthrough between Iran and the West, if not fully set, is, at least, emerging.

The TTP and their allies have inflicted far greater destruction on Pakistan than the Indians did during the ’65 war.

The ethnic Tamil population has been permanently marked as ‘terrorist’.

Due to low literacy rates, the majority of people rely on TV news discussions to make up their minds on a given issue.

As economists have known for long, confidence is the first requirement of economic health.

Many Pakistanis, despite the number of casualties, will not own the war. For them, the enemy remains India and the US.

Universities were considered oases in deserts but if NUST orders its students not to wear jeans what is one to think.

Problem with men and women who don’t exercise is that not only does it affect them but it also affects their children.

The day after the event, Surat was in danger of being flooded from an overflowing Tapi river again.

Imran Khan has lost the plot. His naiveté & stubborn refusal to face reality has unfortunately redefined his persona.

To be neutral when you are under attack is a clear ideological position, just the wrong one.

The disappearance of political leaders of stature is why the military is becoming more important than ever before.

Today, the lack of freedom of religion has made us a nation devoid of empathy, scruple and humanity.

Global carnivals, no matter how well motivated, will bring neither peace nor development.

If the Taliban is not a unified body, would it be fruitful to talk to it?

When Manmohan Singh and Nawaz Sharif meet on September 29, they should remember they need to do what is right.

There is nothing in the hands of monetary authority to cushion the rupee. Where will it stop, only God and IMF know.

The results indicate that Pakistan is lagging behind its commitments with respect to almost all the MDG indicators.

Like in the US, the fight for equal rights and tolerance will continue in Pakistan for several generations.

Your party, Imran Khan, deliberately reads history untruthfully and dissembles disgracefully: you simply do not accept

First it was Ahmadis in Lahore, then Shias in Karachi and Quetta, now Christians in Peshawar who were targeted.

Naive almost to a fault, Imran Khan has linked the bombing in Peshawar to a half-baked conspiracy theory.

We can’t let ourselves be overwhelmed by voracious appetite and cultivate carelessness of the 24-hour news cycle.

Militant literature constructs a thesis against non-believers, Jews and Christians.

Only right can win this war. Its mandate requires no APC; its base is the very segment of people that require swaying.

The lives of the brightest minds in Pakistan are a mad dash to meet other people’s expectations.

Lesser status of women, poor and minorities under Pakistan’s laws, makes them most vulnerable to criminal behaviour.

Christians who died in Peshawar are martyrs of the nation, their blood will be a sign of sacrifices they have given.

The government, elected by the people, should be the one setting pre-conditions for talks, not the other way around.

In scheme of things, one finds it impossible to see any place for Afghan Taliban or Pakistan in post-2014 Afghanistan.

Jundallah’s act is very clear in its message: we do not want talks. Question is: is that also what other groups want?

Since chiefs are ‘peoples’ representatives’ in assemblies, political legitimacy formalised their traditional power.

Each of the deals struck with Fazlullah and Sufi Muhammad further strengthened their grip over the local population.

Every day the Taliban would catch somebody, and detain him for a day or two at their markaz.

Our collective apathy speaks louder than our words and actions.