Opinion

Both Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri and Veena Malik are examples of absurd extremes.

We need ideals and romanticism to save the world.

Despite many weaknesses, Pakistan’s education system can take measured pride in its medical education establishment.

The present efforts by the government’s economic team to seriously discuss a 10-point agenda are highly commendable.

Who will be responsible when a fatwa is issued and crazed killers take it upon themselves to eliminate 'immorality'?

Veena's behaviour on Bigg Boss 4 is proof that Pakistanis find it convenient to take extreme sides.

The regimes that turned back mighty European empires soon petrified politically.

I share the general public’s concerns about corruption, bad governance and the economy not doing well.

Pakistan has been blessed with enough scientists that it can do the things it wants done.

Underlying the crises of economy and internal security, is the crisis of governance.

What kind of resolve can the government show to yank Karachi back to normalcy?

Should the state be named after its majority population — Islam and Hindutva — or should it be pluralist.

Let’s hark back 150 years, a time when Hindu and Muslim ‘sipahis’ collectively rose up against their colonial masters.

Karachi is too big a cake for any political party to eat alone. New migrants will have to be integrated into the city.

Rise in Islamism is more than what can be resolved through war machinery or through client regimes in Muslim states.

It was a tragedy that her life was stolen but a greater one would have been if we didn’t wake up to fight for...

The few who do not support murder garbed in reasons religious, do their best under threatening circumstances.

Religion, in its pure form, is God’s response to the yearning for guidance man is born with.

Corruption, unlike bribery, has more serious and far-reaching consequences for the national economy.

Each one of us needs to stand up and say that we want a society that adheres to the rule of law.

The silence of the electronic media on issues of corruption in the military is deafening.

The drone strikes are the use of force by representatives of one nation state against the civilians of another.

Jinnah's Pakistan is not dead: Millions of Pakistanis who want a tolerant homeland resent its creeping radicalisation.

Liberals have always been the permanent opposition in Pakistan. It is time to go beyond that.

This is arguably the worst period in the political history of Pakistan, and the worst government the country has seen.

Reformed electoral law implementation will lead to a more democratic Pakistan.

Ten years from now, we will still be talking about Pakistan on the brink of collapse and things falling apart.

Like lumbering fools, we are always late to the most important realisations.

As a perceived collapse of the Pakistani state looms in India’s bosom, panic diplomacy takes hold.

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are among the more serious and chronic ailments of Pakistan’s wobbling economy.

When will it be a good time to speak out? When they have guns pointed at our uncovered heads?

Is orthodox Islam essentially violent and Sufi Islam non-violent? My answer is, ‘no’.

Can change come where each and everyone has embarked on a never-ending endeavor of personal aggrandisement?

What of Pakistan, where the situation has long been ripe for action?

Young women in Pakistan face a disproportionate burden of housework and extended family obligations.

Antipathy towards Pakistanis does not exist in other Arab states other than the Gulf states.

Instead of formulating conspiracy theories, we must look into ourselves and see what we have done wrong.

Some see the deal with the Turkish airline as the deathknell of the airline, the final blow to its declining fortunes.

In Pakistan, uncontrolled and widespread violence threatens the normal functioning of economy, society and the state.

Even without going into North Waziristan, which will have its own cost, this war is becoming expensive.

The people of Pakistan have allowed the religious right to triumphantly weave a web of lies...

One thing that we can be rightly proud of is the freedom of expression that our electronic and print media enjoy.

I have never had much of an appetite for conspiracy theories because I find Pakistan mind-boggling enough as it is.

We don’t realise that highlighting communal trouble in India is not good for the Muslims there.

It may be time to ask ourselves the question: Is the two-nation theory still valid?

Appeasing short-term bargain-lobbies at home and not losing sight of long-term national interest is tricky business.

There is an urgent need to act, otherwise Pakistan’s fate could be similar to that of the Weimar Republic.

It is no good wailing, gnashing our teeth at horrible displays of intolerance, injustice and hypocrisy in our country.

most iniquitous fact pertaining to section 295-C of blasphemy laws is that it is an incitement to murder.

It is difficult to retain perspective when only 2,000 gather outside Governor House to protest death of Taseer.