Opinion

Serious professional people need to understand that trespassing inside the scene of crime is not part of the solution.

The state must take people in confidence, we cannot just sit and wait for the next batch of leaked documents.

Out of all the justifications that try to validate domestic violence, the most enraging is the one that uses religion.

To fix the economy we need to reorganise our economy beyond Washington Consensus type policy prescriptions.

The reality is that while the SB scheme was well thought-out, some banks did not follow the scheme.

Like biblical Gog and Magog arrive the Indians to attack the writer and Pakistan without a thought to the argument.

Given the unsatisfactory state of politics, can we change our political direction, and how can we do it?

Pakistan’s ‘strategic location’ is strategic only if it returns to being the centre of commercial activity.

It is a pity with all defiance of UN resolutions, the US feels India has moral standing to be given a permanent seat.

Making Dr AQ Khan our president will be like India making Dr Kalam its president; only our Dr Khan will have ghairat.

Obama must heed Horace who wrote: “Force, if unassisted by judgment, collapses through its own mass.”

The reality is that the State Bank does not and cannot write-off loans which are on the books of commercial banks.

Those that get the land justify it on the basis of their right as citizens performing certain tasks for the state.

Want to lead a luxurious lifestyle without paying any tax? RGST & Co have the answer!

Manmohan Singh’s use of the phrase ‘terror machine’ to describe Pakistan is interesting, if laden.

The proposition that RGST will widen our tax base is possibly the most pernicious of justifications.

Domestic problems are multiplying in the US. The government favours the elite and ignores the common folk.

The world view of our clerical brethren is far divorced from any vision we may have of a modern Pakistan.

Allies of the PPP have all gone their own ways so who is suppor­ting the RGST, other than the silly econom­ic team?

Is the media playing a part in fooling our people into assuming a false lull of security when it comes to Dubai?

Impressive long-term human development gains can be made without consistent economic growth.

What takes place in the worldwide web does not immediately seem as destructive as a blow on the head. Think again.

I have decided its time, once again, to walk the talk. So I am in the market for a political party.

Jinnah, who put together the 3 words, had for reasons known to him, stuck the word ‘faith’ in front of the other...

What is to be done to avoid a catastrophe and start building a better future for the people of Pakistan?

Political assassinations in the subcontinent have a poor history where closure is concerned.

Welcome to North Waziristan, where you will find drones, militants and all that you can imagine.

Governments and institutions somehow begin to believe what they plan on paper, as if their wishes will become results.

The government has not demonstrated any commitment towards incorporating the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Dajjal's Goat-Spy Jassasa studies the local symbolism and witnesses the coming of Yajuj-Majuj.

It is about time we began fixing things that are broken, we need to do this by adopting a bipartisan approach.

We no longer live in a country where it is ok to retreat behind our affluent enclaves, like the rich do everywhere.

The fact of the matter is that Mighty China is already here and is already flexing its muscle.

Consecutive governments have failed to show commitment and will to implement the Convention on Rights of the Child.

Turkey is likely to maintain its march towards peace and progress with the AKP’ sure to win in the next elections.

The feuds triggered by lashkars could make Pashtun society, already embroiled in long-running blood feuds, living hell

It requires a poker face and b**ls of steel to cheat in the circumstances cricketer Zulqarnain was being put in.

It seems a majority of Muslims in Kashmir would favour independence rather than merger with either India or Pakistan.

If I have a criticism about Granta Pakistan, it is that the writers seem to all come from the upper-class in Pakistan.

The enduring crisis of Pakistan: accessing power above law and ethics, and using it mainly for personal interests.

Breaking up is not the worst that can happen to a country, it is breaking down that one needs to worry about.

With recession, budget cuts, parking problems and security concerns, diplomatic functions aren’t what they used to be.

Pakistan is an ‘incomplete’ ideological state, a hybrid distasteful to the Islamists.

Trashing one's country to fit in with a foreign crowd, or to look cool, doesn't say much about us.

As Hajj pilgrims travel home, many will return with bitter tales of the substandard facilities they were provided.

I had concluded at an early age that the last thing I would want to be in Pakistan is a politician or head of state.

An innocent woman, falsely charged, has been sentenced to death with the party of the people in place.

Why do we keep failing in doing something against acts of remorseless killing aided, abetted through ineptness?

We do need to reform our education system but we need to think through what kind of system we want.

Reforms need to be based on creating private property rights, political empowerment, education, economic development.