Opinion

Pakistan, India need to focus and facilitate upgrades of manufacturing fortunes along with modernising agribusiness.

It is rich of Imran Khan to ask politicians’ assets to be made public but say nothing about military officers, judges.

Freer trade could mean we either bring down our duties or divert our procurement to India instead of China, Europe.

Surrounded by crime, terrorism, corruption and all sorts of evils, we forget that sometimes we are victims of victims.

I don’t think Imran Khan has a clear policy on anything. I want to know where he wants to take the country and how.

Hunt for heroes is not helpful since leadership in the subcontinent has practically always been completely autocratic.

A middle ground can be found between the pretence that their interests perfectly align and a complete break in ties.

The decision by the cabinet to grant MFN status to India is a tectonic shift in relations with its neighbour.

In Pakistan, 48.6 per cent of the population no longer have access to adequate nutrition.

A week of high political excitement indicates that the status quo is now gravely challenged.

Let not positional divisions of yesteryears prevent us from moving forward in fostering greater consensus on issues.

Imran has arrived on the Pakistani political scene, but sadly in the same league as the Sharifs and Zardari.

What is most important now is to ensure that youth's political activism translates into tangible change through vote.

Pakhtun routed from Swat by Alexander sought refuge in the rocks of Aornos, waiting for reinforcements from Abisares.

It is pragmatism in state conduct coming close to providing theoretical basis for understanding conduct of weak state.

While Lahore rally proved me wrong on number of Imran Khan followers, it reinforced already settled impression of him.

Extreme sociopolitical crises result in extreme solutions that are akin to a shot of morphine giving immediate high.

Internet can play the balancing act between western corporate media by creating closer links with people.

Alloying modern education with religious to limit corrupting influence on the young was promoted by Maulana Thanvi.

PPP and the PML-N need to recruit capable professionals and traditional politicians who share power with them.

Imran will have to come up with something more tangible, policies that are realistic and in tune with the times.

Contrary to Kepron's analysis, India has been pursuing greater outreach and second-strike capabilities.

Average expenditure on higher education is 1% of GDP globally. UK is at 0.6%. Pakistan spends about half of that.

Imran Khan’s project is self-centered. He may challenge PML-N, PPP, JUI for the urban rich, but not the poor, bazaar.

Imran mentioning Mansur Ijaz reflects poorly on him as a politician, who sees himself as great hope for this country.

Shoaib's 'Controversially Yours' gives a first-hand account of the bizarre goings-on in the Pakistan dressing room.

In order to emancipate ourselves, we must confront and defeat religious fundamentalism as a whole.

Gujranwala has also produced many celebrities: sportsmen, politicians and writers, but it is not a historic town.

For Islamabad residents, politics is nothing but a game, nothing that should ever be infected by questions of morality

Methodological controversies concerning the prevalence of poverty in the country makes a mockery of poor Pakistanis.

If one calls for revolution, one is in danger of overthrowing the system and what will replace it is anybody’s guess.

Any new government will be left with the monumental task of inflation control, avoiding default on its external debt.

PTI rally shows real decision making remains with establishment, political parties must counter with strong democracy.

My fear is that Khan's supporters expect too much and expectations have a horrible way of ignoring reality, go sour.

The ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests began with small numbers in Manhattan, so symbolic of American capitalism.

The Commonwealth is peculiar in that it is very informal, the only world organisation that is just like a family.

Non-implementation of Constitution is as critical a phenomenon as implementation is, and needs to be deeply studied.

I was not at all surprised after reading a news item on the tardiness of Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan.

Iran may be ‘a dangerous country’ in the western perception but for Pakistan, it can only be a source of strength.

Teacher education enables a teacher to be one of the most effective agents of change.

Misplaced principles, particularly in international diplomacy, are like walls and walls are dead ends.

Pakistan and India need to discuss US long-term policy, but Islamabad is suspicious of New Delhi's interest in Kabul.

While India remains caught in mounting debt, usurious interest, its attention is fixated in the F1 rally, Lady Gaga.

Army's has been proved wrong in the failure of its strategic depth policy, must return foreign policy to civillians.

Instead of aping 'Occupy Wall Street' or 'Arab Spring', start 'un-occupy Balochistan', 'stop killing Hazara'...

It took the British 150 years to place officers at powerful positions in India & took much less to do it in Pakistan.

Much of the sharp increase in region’s food prices is due to production shortfalls caused by extreme weather events.

Nusrat Bhutto was spared these past few years from seeing the depths to which the party has descended.

Difference of opinion often divides maulvis on subjects such as adoption of new technologies, suicide attacks.

Lawyers have acquired a reputation of being venal, mercenary and negligent in looking after their client’s cases.