Opinion

A committee composed of reputable scholars interviews PhDs to recommend a panel for the chancellor to pick the winner.

I have met individuals who openly use ‘rape’ for succeeding in a test and, much to my horror, as a joke.

The ISI has unleashed on the ones they purportedly serve a rein of fear and terror that has been unmatched.

The Pakistani press is in the act of covering a rare and precious, yet fragile, moment in its nation’s history.

It is important that support to democracy be restated and this support not be to the exclusion of any political party.

The government’s vision is to bring the poor and vulnerable of the population into the mainstream of development.

People are disorganised and a village of 2,000 people can become helpless in the presence of 15 well-equipped Taliban.

Karachi press club still remains a place where protests on innumerable causes are staged, giving democracy a berth.

Pakistan never treated Kalat as a non-Indian state and insisted on unconditional accession.

SC of Pakistan has been empowered by the Constitution to take suo motu action for enforcement of Fundamental Rights.

Gwadar is one port with potential to facilitate regional trade for Iran and China. Its where the rub for America lies.

South Asia as a whole, is in the front line of countries expected to face famine conditions.

Until Pakistan expands its tax base and growth is sustainable, provinces would need external help for projects.

Until such time that people are educated into some semblance of reality, we will be forced to live in their unreality.

Every year almost eight million children with entirely preventable diseases never make that special 5th birthday.

Syria's case is different though, the sectarian factor may be contributing to gratuitous violence.

It seems the electronic media has declared ‘open season’ on those in uniform and particularly the armed forces.

I feel ashamed as an Indian that a proud, eminent son of my country, Maqbool Fida Husain, could not come home to die.

No other countr­y has the kind of experi­ence with large water projec­ts that China has accumu­lated over decade­s.

At the first social media summit, I did not know that Pakistan has such a lively and active blogging community.

A binary has been created: The civilians distrust the military; the military distrusts the civilians. Who is to blame?

Maryam wrote many books extolling Islam as a faith and condemning the West as a way of life.

Sarfaraz Shah’s brutal slaying by the Sindh Rangers was disgusting, gruesome and unspeakably shocking.

So what attracts the best and the brightest to Ivy League universities, Oxbridge or top European universities?

Saleem Shehzad's last interview to media lends further credence to theories that ISI is behind his and other murders.

The Yavanas were despised people. For the Pundits of the east, these people were the Mlechha — unclean ones.

The navy has for long been subverted to the army and the air force in terms of funds and Pakistani security paradigm.

During the budget debate, parliamentarians should focus on expenditure efficiency, tax reforms, and reduce wastes.

We need to deny adversaries diplomatic leverage against our nuclear capability and rebuild the military's credibility.

With each terror attack, mainstream Britain looks at Islam and Muslims as a problem, while more Muslims become devout.

Criticise, demand, protest — do all that is required and is right to ensure that state apparatus functions for all.

Pakistan is not a signatory to UN Protocol to Prevent and Punish Trafficking, preventing prosecution of traffickers.

The Baloch question is treated with condescension, conscientious responsible citizens feel compelled to intercede.

It appears that the PML-N has selective courage, selective convictions and selective criteria for party membership.

The twisted equation between US and Israel, in which the smaller partner sets the terms of engagement

Dharnas and resolutions notwithstanding, US will not stop using drones as it is the only means of war inside Pakistan.

Recrimination and acrimony between the Pakistan and Afghanistan serves no purpose.

There was nothing in this budget for the poor. Not even the great Zulfikar Ali Bhutto could deliver a people's budget.

No amount of oppression can keep the people chained; Instead, oppression begets violence and deep turmoil.

To boost ratings and prepare for 2012 elections, Sarkozy and his odious government deported thousands of Roma people.

Democracy, no matter how flawed, has a self-corrective mechanism, which takes time to take root and matures over time.

SEF met costs by remaining within budget. Yet the government released money for a new building without consulting SEF.

My main argument of the faujis is that sovereignty is a virtue not in absolutist terms, but in instrumental terms.

These were urbanites: socially liberal but serving conservative establishmentarian politics practiced by dictators.

India-Pakistan rivalry in Afghanistan has a long and vexed history and it will continue indefinitely.

A higher literacy rate might actually translate into greater support and sophistication for terrorists.

Finance and Planning Commission has responded with rare clarity and vision to address the economic crisis.

Pakistanis simply fail to see an enemy if he wears a long beard and skullcap (or turban) and speaks Arabic.

The disproportionate importance environmental issues get, one wonders the relative importance it gets in the budget.

While soldiers honour each other in death and captivity, the poor journalist is degraded and abused by his killers.