Opinion

The protracted recession, associated human suffering requires fundamental rethinking of economics & economic policy.

Khalil Gibran had poetic licence, but one expects judges, shielded from criticism, defer such impulse till retirement.

There are other things to be proud of as an Indian. Having a brutally effective spy agency should not be among them.

Now fear of the nonstate actor trumps the Pakistan Army's fear and lowers their stature.

He is a deep thinker, often in his captain’s ear, overrules field placements. But marks are for results, not advice.

Gilani's is the case of yesterday’s men who cling on & on, carrying on their merry way regardless of consequences.

Not only are villages spatially divided to impose social segregation on groups, cities force them to live in ghettos.

Non-issues like memogate get column space, airtime, but religious decree affecting lives is not protested against.

It is sung that even in death Dodo did not relinquish hold on sword in either hand as Rajputs retreated to Vighekot.

An ordinary Pakistani is no better than a scared animal in a dark jungle, where fear is the lord of the realm.

There is no outrage at contradictions when event managers lend talent to GHQ as they tend India-Pakistan peace shows.

If Clinton has signalled Zawahiri is in Pakistan, US has a bead on him already, will take him out whenever expedient.

Sympathy must not make us blind to the darker shadows that lurk behind the visible stories of missing persons.

Reform is necessary and land redistribution is the only way to do it.

Under the RTE Act in India, poor & socially disadvantaged children will seek and get free admission to schools.

Next fiscal year, Pakistan’s requires $10.5 billion to manage fiscal deficit & pay $4.3 billion in prior IMF debts.

I get paid $400 an hour to suggest drones will be more effective if they launch bombs, Captain America action figures.

Pakistan wants an apology on Salala, which it will never get, & is isolated as US can maneuver around the closed GLOC.

Several measures, initiatives taken by the government of Punjab merit appreciation.

A total lack of respect for the land, and the environment as a whole, pervades Pakistani society to the core.

China has experienced unusual turbulence over transition of leadership in the party, relations with US.

Madeleine Albright’s family did not have a Hebrew name, took the name Korbel to ward off Jew-hating Slavs, Germans.

It appears to protect selfish interests of its self-styled leaders, who have decided to manipulate, hoodwink people.

For our elite, social location of an individual or group they belong to, matters more than what one says or does.

Liberated, empowered Lyari dangerous as it will question ruling coalition policy of enslavement, political expansion.

Political parties are being used to keep leaders in power, than solve problems. There is need to call system to order.

For war to stop Pakistanis and Americans must work together & that is only possible if they are talking to each other.

Politics of new provinces will be the defining feature of politics in the coming years and decades.

We must revive the Pakistani film industry and become a society with a pulse again.

With 125,000 brilliant students equipped with laptops, I hope they contribute positively towards education system.

Some recent developments in the Gulf region deserve to be studied more closely in Pakistan than is being done.

It is important since it provides a menu of options for the policymakers to rescue the Pakistani economy.

Let CJ Kapadia not go down in history for undertaking an exercise which can be detrimental to the rights of the press.

Gilani makes us believe that he really is a nice guy. But the question remains, do we need nice guys as our leaders?

A curse upon honour! It brings to a nation nought but militarisation, conquest, conflict, and the pain of war.

He was finance minister, foreign minister, has better idea on what is wrong with India, what focus as nation should be

There is much talk of Pakistan a mistake, possibility of violent upheaval wiping out upper middle, middle class.

Implosion by outdated Pakistani mind, or collateral damage by West trying to survive Islamic aggression, may doom us.

Lawyers’ movement, restoration has embedded feeling of public representatives in judiciary, which has to be fought off

Redefining patriotism for 21st century: not attack, defend our real, imagined enemies, but be of service to country.

The prime minister, it seems, intends to remain prime minister regardless of courts, constitutions or even convention.

I find study of euphemisms interesting as it tell tales from battleground of inclusion, exclusion, or caste politics.

Who were these mysterious, unfortunate children to die in wild, desolate Khost in closing years of 19th century?

Bin Laden was worried about his legacy & his network splintering, many of which were outside his control.

If they work together, both regions will share an era of progress and prosperity.

Views of many veteran Islamist leaders about photos appears to have somewhat changed with growing power of media.

PM was charged with disobeying the court — a civil contempt and not ridiculing it, which constitutes judicial...

Couldn't help notice a progressive decline in animal care, and a rise in cruelty towards animals.

Washington is in no mood to pay heed to Islamabad over the relentless breach of national sovereignty.

Gilani's conviction should be regarded among those decisions in history, which generated great political consequences.