Opinion

The rise of this class is bound to redefine feudal politics in the rural regions of Pakistan.

Everyone says PPP govt is in doldrums. Almost mockingly, Mr Asif Ali Zardari and his government are oblivious.

We are fighting a war with the enemy within, which refuses to let us forego corruption.

Is democracy an elixir which will take us back to the state of innocence? We have got the concept totally wrong.

Pakistan is repulsed by politics, filled with loathing when we look at it, but desperate to help at the same time.

There are two kinds of consensus that Nawaz Sharif can lean on: national economy and civil-military relations.

Pakistan and Iran must both look to a regionally guaranteed stability as the occupation in Afghanistan ends.

The discourse of politics has moved away from ideology to becoming a politically asexual process.

Pakistan needs to put on its collective thinking cap and cogitate about the our place in the global scheme of things.

It is clear that the hateful and violent Taliban feel threatened by the tolerant religious perspective of the Sufis.

The Baloch must realise the irony of fighting for their rights while living in a stultifying tribal system.

By pushing people like Sherry to the wall, the party is only harming itself — it needs competent people like her.

If Imran Khan ever become­s PM of Pakist­an, his ‘person­al life’ will be front page fodder for intern­ationa­l press.

Land reform will do nothing for the poor and to blame poverty on skewed distribution and landed aristocracy is wrong.

There is little evidence of any lessons having been learnt from the previous local government experiment.

The West is not always consistent in its own choice between cultural relativism and universal morality.

Judges and lawyers arrested, media gagged, political parties took to the streets, Musharraf was sent packing.

When PM Gilani apologised for the nationalisation of schools, he forgot it was a critical part of the PPP manifesto.

I have no financial interest in Pakistan and I’m not selling you anything — you’ve already got Coke Studio.

From three hours of loadsh­edding to no loadsh­edding to random power cuts. KESC, til death do us 'part.

Liberal secular societies would do well not to regard the mere donning of headscarf by a Muslim girl as a threat.

To be a truly powerful nation, we need science at the grass-roots and not just the kind that can help us build bombs.

European countries enjoyed a degree of sovereignty not available to current developing countries.

Having exploited their own resources, ‘developed’ nations are shopping for what countries like Pakistan have to...

If we were to attack corruption with a vengeance, we wouldn’t need any foreign aid. It’s all in our hands.

So Lauren Booth became a Muslim, so what? What’s all the excitement and exultation about?

A conspi­racy is afoot framin­g locals as having an avid intere­st in ‘live sexy webcam chat’ and more.

Even though the UAE government has banned camel racing officially, the sport is still being practised in the country.

Children are not dropping out, they are opting out and staging a walkout on government schools.

Who are the real stakeholders in a democracy? Only the masses! The people of Pakistan!

The real test for President Obama is to strike a balance in de-hyphenated relations with two hyphenated neighbours.

India’s efforts to shape the outcome in Afghanistan will be important evidence that it has what it takes to be a...

When Rehman Malik says corruption is to be finished within a week in government departments, we know it’s hollow.

Creating the basis of a fundamental change in the social order is necessary if state and society are to prosper.

The promised democracy is nowhere to be found.

Every time I type in the above title for a Google search, the credit goes to Ms Siddiqa who used the same title.

Baloch terrorist groups will do whatever it takes to make their cause work.

In Greece, protesting crowds pack steel clubs they can hurt the police with and they set buildings on fire.

Asma Jahangir can now lead the lawyers into helping the judiciary refocus on its primary constituency, the common man.

Contrary to some Pakistani views, India’s ties to Afghanistan are not new.

The economic establishment must understand that constitutional rights take precedence over IMF conditionalities.

Politics in Pakistan is not, as has been defined, the art of the possible. It is the art of the grotesque.

Asma Jahangir’s victory is a momentous event in the country’s political and legal landscape.

Imran Khan claims that his party, currently without any seats in the assemblies, will lead an electoral revolution.

Without sorting out our revenue collection system we can never achieve our dream of a stable and prosperous Pakistan.

Citizens of a nation that does not guard its honour must go through total humiliation.

There are several steps which may be taken to alleviate food insecurity domestically.

Great changes are brought from small beginnings. Lest we all try, nothing will change.

And Dajjal would come out riding a very large donkey which will cover a mile in a single stride.

The talks might have been held on “equal footing” but the asymmetry could not have delivered any different results.