Opinion

India hasn’t the political will nor the societal resilience to enliven dreams of aping the US raid.

HEC was slow to realise the importance of social sciences, apparent by scant thought to social research at the moot.

A civilian government, which doesn’t, and has never had, any say in such matters, has been thrown in the line of fire.

Bilawal should cultivate the best leadership based on merit and not abuse the power of populism.

I know he is from your village and is a good malishi, but some serious sacrifices must be made.

Pakistan no longer has the luxury of ducking its daunting economic agenda.

How does Pakistan formulate a national response to the current situation?

Pakistan’s Supreme Court should make an appeal for the release of Dr Chisty similar to the one made for Gopal Das.

Flashing the ‘Osama trump card’ for leverage wouldn’t have benefited either country.

The Indian army ran up the Saltoro heights in the Siachen glacier just to prove Pakistan wrong.

The Americans have every reason to celebrate the elimination of Osama bin Laden!

Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead … gone where the goblins go,Below - below - below. Yo-ho!

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has been the most widely watched kiss in the kissing history of the world.

Americans expend blood and treasure and also impose terrible sufferings on other nations.

Never has Pakistan been so down and under as we feel today.

How did Inana or Ishtar reach Balochistan from distant Mesopotamia?

Pakistan itself is compromised: Deeply indebted to America, how can it speak out against it?

Perhaps ‘operation brainwashing’ has succeeded at many levels.

We cannot pretend to sleep peacefully at night since those whose job it is to guard us seem to be failing.

The issue in Pakistan is to show to political parties that economic reform is in their own long-term self-interest.

The incompetence of the civilian government is something that Pakistanis live with every day.

Let’s be clear about one thing: The youth of Pakistan are not going to save this country.

Zardari has outwitted all; Chaudhrys, Sharifs and his ‘unpredictable’ allies — all in the name of ‘reconciliation’.

Osama bin Laden has succeeded in polarising the world in death almost as much as he did in life.

The key to reforming PR and liberating the railways sector lies in deciphering PR’s political base.

How about reclaiming our imagined sovereignty by allowing our rulers the luxury and greatness of poverty?

Whether the government comes clean to the world or not, it is vital that it respond to Pakistanis.

In no other country does the United States have a lower approval rating than in Pakistan.

Remaining silent for fear of extremist backlash is a no-win policy.

PR is now totally dependent on the Pakistan government to undertake its routine operations.

Nobody shouts about sovereignty from the rooftops when the IMF dictates our budget.

One cannot help but be amused at the predicament of the apologists, but this cowardice is no laughing matter.

While public opinion is crucial, primary responsibility for holding the military accountable rests with parliament.

A lot of people have said that either we hid him, or we were incomp­etent, that’s just mean and hurts our feelin­gs.

Western world breaching responsibility by picking and choosing which Arab unrest to quell and which to ignore?

I am convinced this operation could never have begun if our intelligence agencies had not provided them a start.

Unless we plead incomp­etence, the suggestion that ISI is a terror­ist organi­sation will only be cement­ed furthe­r.

Pakistan's game of fighting terrorism one hand whilst wielding the begging bowl in the other, may well soon be over.

Bin Laden was the ‘Golden Goose’ the army had kept, but to its chagrin, has been stolen from under its nose.

Osama was a symbol/icon for jihadis all over the world and his followers are likely to be demoralised by his death.

A man who uses religion to proudly kill thousands certainly deserves a shot to the back of the head.

Osama bin Laden has been ‘eliminated’ through a well-executed, covert operation.

The question is, if no drones then what?

Is this the beginning of the end of al Qaeda, the organisation of which he was the primary leader?

As such Dr Hargey insists that the burqa is a tribal custom and not an Islamic mandate.

Let us not express surprise at the fragility of the Pak-US alliance. Pakistan is in bed with a praying mantis.

In the case of the SC verdict on the Mukhtaran Mai case, even if justice was done, it does not seem to have been done.

The Afghans are being made to believe that Pakistan’s military and the ISI are responsible for all their troubles.

HEC is no angel when it comes to quality control and institutions run by the forces are especially left unmonitored.

Secular thinkers created a political theory which put individual freedom above claims of the social order.