Opinion

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.

The Hunza men robbed and killed ruthlessly travelers on the Karakoram Route.

The reality is that economically, politically & socially Pakistan is falling behind even its immediate neighbours.

Independent analysts applying our methodology to our data to get our results do not validate fudged poverty figures.

Health expenditure in Pakistan constitutes a mere 0.54 per cent of the GDP and has fallen over the last 10 years.

If Begum Nusrat Bhutto has been named the ‘Mother of Democracy in Pakistan’, she fully deserves the title.

Almost $40 billion were pumped into Pakistan in the Zia decade to support the jihadi network.

There are many ways of defining a concept. I would like to add a few thoughts from a European and German point of view

It is ironic that financial mandarins today hold exactly that region in debt where their ascendancy first began.

Only those nations prosper and flourish where citizens have values and the privileged class realise their significance

Haqqanis have already talked about their refusal to talk, which means we will have to talk at them, not to them.

As I tried to enter the IHC building’s visa section, a swarm of Pakistani intelligence agents interrogated me.

Qaddafi's burial has split the new Libya between those who want to move away from his legacy, and revenge-seekers.

Clinton’s visit may not have removed the mutual doubts, misgivings, but it lessened tensions.

Conflicts end because of either a negative or positive incentive for both sides to end it. Taliban have no incentive.

Iranian-born Ispahani was a political mind in her own right, skilled in the diplomatic arts and politically informed.

The original word must have been ‘Syedi’ meaning ‘my lord’ in Arabic. Why should a Sindhi person be called...

Nusrat Bhutto's steadfastness, perseverance, loyalty and commitment which made her the ‘iron lady’ of Pakistan.

Blocki­ng of pro-women's bill by retrog­ressiv­e male chauvi­nist elemen­ts in NA was expect­ed, the fight isn't over.

Our leaders — like most people — turn out to be fairly lousy at multitasking.

We need to credit Begum Bhutto for laying down the foundations of Pakistan’s difficult struggle against...

Institutional structure of inclusive growth would enable all citizens to participate as subjects of economic growth.

Both US and Pakistan must have the maturity to remain wedded to only delivering a stable and peaceful Afghanistan.

Imparting a fresh momentum to the India-Pakistan reconciliation process is a challenging task.

What kind of state will emerge once the Arab world, unsettled by recent events, finds its political feet?

Simple logic reminds us that unless we realise the gravity of the situation, we cannot tackle it.

Pakistan is much more complex and contradictory than the images people have in mind.

Careful usage of language is significant in target killings of Hazaras, though ‘cleansing’ or ‘genocide’ seem apt.

In numerous talks between militants-army, abundant lack of commitment to pacts has been demonstrated by the Taliban.

Rulers such as Hosni Mubarak, Ben Ali, Qaddafi, suffocated societies, falling to same means they used to get power.

Khan's inspiration is not Wahhabism or Deobandism but closer to Sufi-spiritualism, and an unfinished conversation.

Shurafa caste Indian Muslims openly became supporters of English colonial govt after 1857, in exchange for benefits.

Govt must install national coordination mechanism to control epidemics, disease surveillance, prevention programmes.

No one — not even India — wants a Pakistan so incapacitated it can’t keep itself in partial order.

NAB has had its day and is now but another cipher in the list of terminal diseases that strike our institutions.

It must be acknowledged that the greatest explorers and mountaineers of the great north were the Baltis.

Legions of PTI online warriors stalk the internet ready to defend their Kaptaan from any and all charges.