Opinion

The rich are talking to immigration lawyers while the poor are contemplating ways to feed the hungry at home.

When we give false history of ‘Urdu’, call it a military language, we are wrong, also divisive and anti-peace.

When state becomes shy about regimentation, it raises flag of ‘unity’, a coercive need of scared or aggressive state.

A law doesn’t acquire any significance unless it is backed with the will of the lawmakers to implement it.

Multan takes ridiculous pride in how the people of that city killed Alexander of Macedonia, the conqueror.

The politicians here are too scared, so the onus of formulating a counter narrative has fallen upon civil society.

Waging wars was supposed to be the profession of sword-wielding warlords and not that of religious scholars.

Caution has to be exercised when commenting on the MQM as its reactions tend to be unpredictable.

‘Socially responsible agricultural investment’ is actually transfer of state lands from peasants to foreign companies.

Development budget has flexibility to ensure delivery, thus allowing ministries to have work-around of bans.

America needs to stop interfering in Pakistan’s internal affairs and review its recent postures of high-handedness.

Many fear that this inquiry could lead to changes in British press regulation, stifling the free press.

Pakistan has lawlessness, a growing population, creeping inflation, water shortages and electricity breakdowns.

'Frankly, I’m the best person to clean this mess up': Rupert Murdoch.

It seems that, for the political parties, mass murder was the key to attaining true clarity.

A Pakistani businessman caught in the Kabul crossfire narrates the hatred Afghans have for Pakistanis.

Pillion-riding is symbolic of a sexual freedom widely indulged in by the citizens which gives rise to bloody violence.

People of Kalat did not want to join Pakistan, but wanted to have close and friendly relations with its neighbour.

Black money from India in Swiss banks amounts to as much as $1,456 billion.

The fabulous treasure of Derawar Fort in Cholistan was immense, way beyond the wildest dreams of the richest king.

Karachi needs a high-powered commission with assistance from the bureaucracy and society to produce a master document.

Over the past thirty years we in Pakistan have reinvented who we are and where we came from. Shunning our heritage.

It would be instructive to go back to history to remind ourselves why Pakistan became such a close American ally.

State and powerful interest groups distort textbooks of history to indoctrinate students to support their narrative.

It is important voice of the people, with all its diversity, is not suppressed, and there be an independent judiciary.

A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution.

When people last decided to boycott American goods in 2004/05, it quickly died down.

Mufti duties included giving fatwas to settle disputes and finding religious sanction activities of all kinds.

It would have been impossible to roll out a mass smart card solutions had NADRA not produced 85 million ID cards.

The government needs to concentrate on infrastructure development in energy, water and communication sectors.

Corruption has reached a figure which defies hyperbole. Rs3 trillion has been bled out by the Zardari-Gilani govt.

Government needs to standardise education across the country as a policy, and integrate it into mainstream sectors.

Pakistan, and in particular Karachi, has something to learn from South Sudan.

Our savings which are supposed to finance our future growth, are being diverted to pay for current consumption instead

Having liberated Swat, the army and government together must now ensure that those who died did not do so in vain.

How Imran Khan will convert his popularity into a political advantage in the next elections. My gut feeling is he will

Just taking a moment to snap on a rubber sheath can save us all a great deal of trouble.

Allow me to differ very respectfully from the concept of democracy which the US has about Pakistan.

The proposal calls for a grass-roots level, nationwide programme called No Child Left Without A-Bomb.

The police model was the only one British knew of maintaining order i.e. using barbaric force on indigenous populace.

Hermitism constitutes a splendid individual strategy for gaining nirvana but represents poor national policy.

Both need to recognise that the establishment of goodwill and beginning of cooperative relations would benefit both.

Countries beginning to show improved human development indicators have invested far more in education than us.

Everyone knows the culprits and can identify them in private and off the record, but no one dares stand witness.

In past three years, autumn means drought, leaving traditional crops little time grow to a harvestable size.

In one broad sweep, an elected government has set aside a century of progress, again subduing local governance.

Whether Kashmiris really want to join us is a question only they can answer. At this point, I can’t see why they...

Spiking food prices, and their impact on hunger, were given due attention at the G-20 agriculture ministers summit.

In the current economic catch-up period, two countries rapidly moving forward in the global economy, India and China.

News of the World (NOTW) tabloid, invaded people’s privacy and committed some of the gravest rights violations.