Opinion

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.

The elected political executive must take the lead and greater responsibility in reformulating national strategy.

Civilian supremacy is not defined by venting anger, nor firing military officers but about by taking charge.

The fact that the ISI chief has presented himself for accountability is a sign that things are on the right track.

India and Pakistan have no option but to normalise their relations, however long it may take them to realise this.

Violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty includes foreign elements which the army and government continues to ignore.

One needs to remind the establishment that the army should rewrite its ‘social contract’ with the nation.

Our decision-makers need develop consensus over our national economic priorities, and show consistency in its pursuit.

As the OBL saga was unraveling, PPP was only interested in swearing in hated ‘Q’ members as ministers.

There needs to be a frank debate on whether to deal with terrorists as per legal systems, or extra-judicially.

The failure to capture Osama bin Laden is not the failings of the ISI, but of our national security strategy.

The issues is, the duplicity, the prevarication, the mendacity of the Pakistani state.

McChrystal says China’s relations with Pakistan were not beneficial for Pakistan in the long term.

Public sector borrowing be reduced by 23 per cent and should be shifted to foreign lenders to free up domestic credit.

Along with stealth aircraft, and biometric devices, a bomb sniffing dog with titanium teeth was also used in the raid.

With the Afghan endgame nearing its death, Zardari's visit to Russia highlights the importance of a regional solution.

The US has its own litany of complaints but we have ours. Isn’t it time to file for divorce?

Befriending and gaining the patronage of a bully(US) came back to haunt the little boy (Pakistan).

The government has subverted to the very army and ISI which it had valiantly tried to bring under parliament in 2008.

India hasn’t the political will nor the societal resilience to enliven dreams of aping the US raid.

HEC was slow to realise the importance of social sciences, apparent by scant thought to social research at the moot.

A civilian government, which doesn’t, and has never had, any say in such matters, has been thrown in the line of fire.

Bilawal should cultivate the best leadership based on merit and not abuse the power of populism.

I know he is from your village and is a good malishi, but some serious sacrifices must be made.

Pakistan no longer has the luxury of ducking its daunting economic agenda.

How does Pakistan formulate a national response to the current situation?

Pakistan’s Supreme Court should make an appeal for the release of Dr Chisty similar to the one made for Gopal Das.

Flashing the ‘Osama trump card’ for leverage wouldn’t have benefited either country.

The Indian army ran up the Saltoro heights in the Siachen glacier just to prove Pakistan wrong.

The Americans have every reason to celebrate the elimination of Osama bin Laden!

Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead … gone where the goblins go,Below - below - below. Yo-ho!

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has been the most widely watched kiss in the kissing history of the world.

Americans expend blood and treasure and also impose terrible sufferings on other nations.

Never has Pakistan been so down and under as we feel today.

How did Inana or Ishtar reach Balochistan from distant Mesopotamia?

Pakistan itself is compromised: Deeply indebted to America, how can it speak out against it?

Perhaps ‘operation brainwashing’ has succeeded at many levels.

We cannot pretend to sleep peacefully at night since those whose job it is to guard us seem to be failing.

The issue in Pakistan is to show to political parties that economic reform is in their own long-term self-interest.