Opinion

This deliberate policy of lying means that we are stuck in war with no clear idea as to who we are fighting or why.

Days of insidious brainwashing by dangerous ideologues now replaced by mediocre polemicists, as subtle as a blowtorch.

I suggest an alternative vision where one is not forced to accept the current situation as an only option.

Who benefits from the misery and death of millions? The direct beneficiaries are very few who become wealthy.

Our collective habit of finding bogeys and imagining enemies has turned into a deep psychosis.

Suffering from unique forms of humiliation, Coke Studio has become our only source of pride healing, and punching bag.

Pakistan may not be able to react with the required skill and imagination to the emerging challenges.

Rather than blaming others for its own failures, the military should start doing its actual job for once.

Pakistan has more doctors writing columns than any nation on earth.

Spending a few million rupees on security would not be remiss to protect equipment in the billions of rupees.

Aunts Agatha and Dahlia are commanding the PN and PNS Mehran respectively.

It would take time to overcome memories of the past, when Pakistan was a staging area for mujahideen fighting Soviets.

Nawaz realises that common Pakistanis want peace with India and take advantage of its economic development via trade.

I don’t think anybody has any doubt that these attacks are a direct consequence of Osama's (supposed) execution.

Worryingly it seems that extremist Islamic forces are being mobilised to quell the secular Baloch struggle.

In my view, interests of Pakistan and the United State have great convergence.

From 1980 to 2006, the richest one per cent of America tripled their after-tax percentage of the nation’s total income

New institutional economics suggests that economic performance is fundamentally determined in the realm of the polity.

Pakistan has suffered tremendously for 9/11; 30,000 Pakistanis have been injured or killed since 9/11.

US intelligence had earlier discovered that watching hard-core pornography is widespread among extremist groups.

The narrative that television disseminates is based on a travesty of nationalism which blinds the public to facts.

India is closely watching but there is a subtle change in Delhi’s reaction to the Pakistani-Chini bhai-bhai bonhomie.

Are civilian deaths by GHQ-sanctioned CIA drones worse than those by military’s aerial and artillery fire in Fata?

The Nawab of Bahawalpur is more interested in protocol and motorcade than real issue of education, health and economy.

The Chinese promise of eternal friendship is predicated on Pakistan putting its own house in order.

Fata is in need of radical governance, political reforms and economic development to dent the appeal of extremism.

The Sindh government has taken bold and innovative steps to improve the state of education in Sindh.

The military cannot make the kind of requests revealed by the cables and then embark on unsustainable policies.

It stretches belief when we are told that the ISI, such is its reputation, was ignorant as to the May Day op.

What makes the situation more explosive is the ‘disconnect’ is not only between Pakistan-US, but among Pakistanis too.

As a government -in-waiting, the PML-N must have alternative economic models ready, of which it has demonstrated none.

India knows what it wants in Afghanistan, and before anything else, it wants back in.

It may sound ironical to suggest that it would be better for both the US and Pakistan if US assistance is terminated.

Parliament must be careful in treading a course, and may take preliminary measures to shore up civil authority.

Despite the transfer of authority to the prime minister, real power continues to reside in President Zardari’s...

Pakist­an should use this opport­unity to learn lesson­s and take action that will put us on a better path.

Our Consti­tution envisi­ons a presid­ent who remain­s above partis­an politi­cs.

Pakistani parents would have been able to save money with the foreign-collaborated university program.

This can be a wonderful opportunity for the political leadership to make the army subservient to parliament.

The offering for accountability with no consequential accountability may be counterproductive and dangerous.

Appointing a new FM is crucial due to the opportunity to wrest back some foreign policy issues from the military.

It is difficult for Pakistanis to accept how holding the top brass accountable amounts to abandoning the armed forces.

With 10 per cent of applicants passing competitive tests in social sciences indicated how weak the subject had become.

Ayub Khan understood the ambiguity of Pak-US relationship when he chose the title of his memoir, Friends not Masters.

The ruling PPP has surrendered the foreign and security policies to the GHQ, seemingly just to survive in power.

Americans view Pakistan discouragingly and this will influence domestic politics as US administration revives ties.

We have spent all our existence blaming others for our woes, what are we going to do about it?

The cry of the hungry citizens, must be heard by the government which purports to represent them.

If the PM is really serious about economising he should study the parliamentary structure of other countries.

If gender sensitisation of institutions is to be undertaken, Pakistan’s judiciary should be the starting point.