Opinion

People of Kalat did not want to join Pakistan, but wanted to have close and friendly relations with its neighbour.

Black money from India in Swiss banks amounts to as much as $1,456 billion.

The fabulous treasure of Derawar Fort in Cholistan was immense, way beyond the wildest dreams of the richest king.

Karachi needs a high-powered commission with assistance from the bureaucracy and society to produce a master document.

Over the past thirty years we in Pakistan have reinvented who we are and where we came from. Shunning our heritage.

It would be instructive to go back to history to remind ourselves why Pakistan became such a close American ally.

State and powerful interest groups distort textbooks of history to indoctrinate students to support their narrative.

It is important voice of the people, with all its diversity, is not suppressed, and there be an independent judiciary.

A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution.

When people last decided to boycott American goods in 2004/05, it quickly died down.

Mufti duties included giving fatwas to settle disputes and finding religious sanction activities of all kinds.

It would have been impossible to roll out a mass smart card solutions had NADRA not produced 85 million ID cards.

The government needs to concentrate on infrastructure development in energy, water and communication sectors.

Corruption has reached a figure which defies hyperbole. Rs3 trillion has been bled out by the Zardari-Gilani govt.

Government needs to standardise education across the country as a policy, and integrate it into mainstream sectors.

Pakistan, and in particular Karachi, has something to learn from South Sudan.

Our savings which are supposed to finance our future growth, are being diverted to pay for current consumption instead

Having liberated Swat, the army and government together must now ensure that those who died did not do so in vain.

How Imran Khan will convert his popularity into a political advantage in the next elections. My gut feeling is he will

Just taking a moment to snap on a rubber sheath can save us all a great deal of trouble.

Allow me to differ very respectfully from the concept of democracy which the US has about Pakistan.

The proposal calls for a grass-roots level, nationwide programme called No Child Left Without A-Bomb.

The police model was the only one British knew of maintaining order i.e. using barbaric force on indigenous populace.

Hermitism constitutes a splendid individual strategy for gaining nirvana but represents poor national policy.

Both need to recognise that the establishment of goodwill and beginning of cooperative relations would benefit both.

Countries beginning to show improved human development indicators have invested far more in education than us.

Everyone knows the culprits and can identify them in private and off the record, but no one dares stand witness.

In past three years, autumn means drought, leaving traditional crops little time grow to a harvestable size.

In one broad sweep, an elected government has set aside a century of progress, again subduing local governance.

Whether Kashmiris really want to join us is a question only they can answer. At this point, I can’t see why they...

Spiking food prices, and their impact on hunger, were given due attention at the G-20 agriculture ministers summit.

In the current economic catch-up period, two countries rapidly moving forward in the global economy, India and China.

News of the World (NOTW) tabloid, invaded people’s privacy and committed some of the gravest rights violations.

Umair plans to introduce classical music to schools so that children at least listen to it to keep the art form alive.

Hasan spoke calmly, choosing his words carefully, making sure that he articulated his position exactly.

Rawalpindi agents are fanning hate by insinuating that Baloch nationalists are killing all non-Baloch in the province.

A substantial amount of culture and scenic beauty of Nagarparkar was preserved till a road link was made in 2008.

Fazal Saeed Haqqani's defection from the TTP means only the Mehsud and Taliban from Orakzai and Darra inhabhit Kurram.

The good chief justice may order away to his heart’s content but somehow Zardari's government wiggles its way out.

No silk ever came from China to India through Hunza and Gilgit, the Karakoram Highway is not part of the Silk Route.

Why don’t we have local rather than midterm national elections at the fag end?

To save Pakistan people need to protest peacefully in the streets, demand govt resign and insist upon midterm polls.

Mainstream political parties in Pakistan are more concerned with mainland politics than with Kashmir itself.

Instead of undertaking the impossible task of silencing the online Baloch crowd, we must engage with them.

My introduction to Asad was through The Road to Mecca, which I discovered by accident while browsing in a bookstore.

With the kind of administrative record the Sindh government has...nobody will come out of it really well.

In which Jassasa learns how the Benevolent Mischief of the Dark Pate ended the violent dealings of the past.

By acceding to Refugee convention, Pakistan would be able to distinguish between asylum seekers and refugees.

Manmohan Singh continues to be on top of the charts — but that he seemed unable to put things into first gear.

A free and critical press cannot do much until the public consumers are weaned off rote learning.