Opinion

If the PTI emerges even as a third party, the politics of Pakistan will have changed forever, and for the better.

Till these animals can't defend themselves, I beg all foreign countries to not present us with any beautiful creatures

Pakistan was founded to be the preserve of a small minority of men and so it should be.

The Lahore skies are not full of kites — or at least not as full as they used to be.

The High Courts have ample power to act as trial courts in appropriate circumstances, including blasphemy cases.

Addressing the crisis involves uniting state organisations to provide justice to those who massacre innocents.

Highly concentrated acid is sold to the general public due to its multi-purpose usage, which is the real problem.

The third-largest Pakistani diaspora in North America is most likely to have deepest impact on its original homeland.

The police need to act quickly to nab those who are misusing government number plate vehicles.

With the current climate of uncertainty, it will do wonders for public confidence if the election goes ahead at all.

Pakistan is close to the bottom among 87 developing countries in spending money on education.

How can the state refuse to take the name of the terrorist organisations like Lashkar-e-Jhangvi?

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto believed that Salman Taseer and Mustafa Jatoi knew nothing about communism and Joseph Stalin.

Amidst the invisible Namaloom Afrad in Karachi, only visible ones are prime time anchors and their terrified guests.

Unfortunately in India, the Bollywood artist is opportunistic and not driven by any great liberalism.

When I first saw it, the summer residence of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was in perfect fettle.

The declaration of war against India was a young boy’s dream come true.

Democracy’s revenge has not been sweet for thousands of Pakistani citizens murdered or maimed by acts of terrorism.

Efforts to reinvent Modi in the mould of an Atal Behari Vajpayee by sections of the BJP have not worked.

The chief minister’s dream of workers and employers travelling together is unlikely to be realised.

We must stop acting like politicians are cartoon characters in a comic book, who exist only to be deified.

This year on International Women’s Day, we declare that we will prosecute crimes against women.

The way forward includes enhancing women’s access to financial services and other infrastructure.

No pavilion of shame exists for our journalists, engaging in ‘hit and miss’ culture embedded in sensational reporting.

When every minority has been eliminated, the silent Sunni majority will suffer the same fate at the hands of militants

The only beneficiaries of the talks will be the Taliban and, in the short run, some politicians.

When we talk of the Pak Tea House, it is about the intellectual depth of the city.

Political parties have censured the PMLN of ignoring south Punjab. As numbers demonstrate, this is a false allegation.

Many wonder whether the president’s new-found resolve is a strategic defiance or tactical manoeuvre prior to election.

Pakistanis have copyrighted “resilience” as if it denotes our collective ability to endure injustices.

Sharif, who had almost succeeded in introducing Shariah, would appear to the TTP as an ideal guarantor for peace talks

The people are angry and there's a cacophony of voices with much contradiction in what is being said.

This project would rid us of gas shortage, energy deficiency and provide a sense of self-esteem to Pakistani citizenry

If negotiations fail, then the nation should support the use of force against the TTP, without any ifs and buts.

Some people want to replace parliamentary system with a presidential system, but most have little understanding of it.

Building of the Iran gas pipeline are steps in the right direction for a future full of positive gains.

We Pakistani women still find ourselves in a situation where we let decisions about our lives be taken by men.

The new government will be confronted with an array of challenges in the economic, security and diplomatic spheres.

Names hurt in many ways and not just by being mangled. Sometimes, they hurt by simply staying alive.

There are many radical suggestions within the proposed policy vision which merit attention.

PIA can be a case study for management students on how an airline should not be run.

If Pakistan cannot agree on how they view TTP, it's difficult to see how anything fruitful can come out of peace talks

Migration to the Middle East by millions of Pakistanis produced mixed results, some positive and some negative.

Pakistan must come up with an operative legislative framework that protects the rights of domestic workers.

Europe's total number of fatalities in terrorist incidents after 9/11 was 439, not too different from India's numbers.

If the majority approves of alliances with ASWJ, of surrender to TTP, of misogyny, then we are voting rationally.

150 MPs of world’s largest democracy were handed down parliamentary seats by their fathers, a couple of months ago.

What a price has been paid to keep the ‘system’ in place, democracy be practised in warped, almost destructive form.

Overall ambience in Larkana was tranquil & religious harmony was at its best; probably due to Sindh's Sufi traditions.

From outright violence to ingenuous measures, nothing is too dirty to ensure free flow of information is restricted.