Opinion

Fanciful shenanigans of stale politicos or talented Pakistanis willing to share their money and expertise.

Pakistan has come to rely on its nuclear weapons and their dispersal to prevent Indian preemption.

PML-Q parliamentarian Marvi Memon has no heroes in fiction or real life and wishes she could live in a caravan.

The most astonishing statement by Musharraf is that he would like to start his political career with a clean slate.

The clergy and the state in Pakistan have had problems with Allama Iqbal’s view of the state in his Sixth Lecture.

I sat among the audience in the courtroom watching the sentencing proceedings of Aafia Siddiqui on September 23.

There is an underlying reason which compels aid agencies to build people’s homes on land that does not belong to...

The biggest strength and security of this country is its human resources. It's time we invested in it wholeheartedly.

General (retd.) Pervez Musharraf, doesn’t think he’s a hummingbird. Nor do his supporters.

The greatest polluter of the constitution (Ziaul Haq’s 8th amendment) remains very much a part of this nation’s...

The way to improve the functionality of Pakistan is to accompany every act of welfare with a call to civic action.

Could the deficit in 2010-11 even exceed the record level of Rs1.2 trillion attained last year?

The rich cannot continue to shop whilst the Pakistani people drop into further poverty. Death and taxes for all.

Importantly, in the words of Israeli/Gazan scribe Amira Hass, journalists must always “monitor the centres of power.”

The moral of the story is that higher fees, fat salaries and private management do not improve delivery of education.

Nothing wakes people up like a good ol’ economic crisis. Every so often the cycle repeats itself.

The usual voices claim that either military rule or politicised religion offer more hope than this corruptocracy.

Since the campaign to win Afghans over isn’t going so well, US soldiers decide to take a few skulls and fingers.

If we had principles and believed in Pakistan we would be willing to put opportunist politics aside and get to work.

If the ‘good’ Taliban can be persuaded to cooperate, additional troops could help bring the ‘bad’ ones in line.

The influence of the generals and admirals declined as the post-Waterloo environment receded in memory.

I know ‘balle balle’. And I feel the Commonwealth Games is on a trajectory dramatically different from that.

Does the prime minister really need an armed chaperone of seven cars every time he steps out.

Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s sentence of 86 years of imprisonment by a US court is both shocking and surprising.

Is there an end to the madness of American military misadventures that have destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.

The current economic situation requires re-envisioning of the economic development doctrine in Pakistan.

In the govt of the East India Company, the military exercised the dominant role in tandem with the governor-general.

Religion here is an excuse to get away with murder, encourage intolerance and cement backwardness and illiteracy.

The political instability is self-created and not the result of ‘political actors’ out to get the PPP government.

Is there any tangible evidence against Aafia except for the whodunit version where nothing was even done?

Poverty is threatening the whole society and system where the powerful and the elite would be the major losers.

Revolution begins at home. The key is to act as a model for others, and to become agents of change.

We should be spending money on Aafia's defence simply because she is a Pakistani national in trouble.

So, a majority of Pakistanis doesn’t like this government? What should we do? Get the jokers out? How?

Every cloud has a silver lining and the floods also bring many opportunities for Pakistan to build upon.

Muslim societies duelling between the modern world and Islam will remain the battleground of ideas for decades yet.

Under the ruling regime of firms forming “concentrated oligopolies” in Pakistan, price competition is stifled.

Unless there is agreement on a package of supply-side river-water management measures, we will not be able to manage.

The sight of elated children, laughing and full of spirits at a KESC organised flood relief camp took me by surprise.

Africans belong to very old and magnificent civilisations and their cultures are extremely rich and diverse.

Allama Iqbal was right in opposing Hudood, and a courageous son is right in defending his father’s thinking.

Pakistani politics has often been little more than an undisguised scramble for power, at times tense or utterly mad.

There is a symbolic connection between the scriptural incident and the floods, and whatever else is happening.

What compelled Musharraf to allow members elected under his patronage to pile up their assets so rapidly.

The rural masses are fed on empty promises, kept poor and beholden to the landlord. Doesn't sound like democracy.

Just because other societies are behaving inhumanely doesn’t give you the right to do so.

Trappe­d by a gang the workin­g woman was offere­d ‘work’ in the profes­sion she is curren­tly involv­ed in with.

Pakistanis should forget the ire of Allah, the rich might deserve it, and look to the real causes of their misfortunes

The nervousness exhibited by the establishment towards the mullah fraternity is not understandable.

Trust the silly economic team to start the exercise with the HEC at a time when degree verification raised its profile