Opinion

Allies of the PPP have all gone their own ways so who is suppor­ting the RGST, other than the silly econom­ic team?

Is the media playing a part in fooling our people into assuming a false lull of security when it comes to Dubai?

Impressive long-term human development gains can be made without consistent economic growth.

What takes place in the worldwide web does not immediately seem as destructive as a blow on the head. Think again.

I have decided its time, once again, to walk the talk. So I am in the market for a political party.

Jinnah, who put together the 3 words, had for reasons known to him, stuck the word ‘faith’ in front of the other...

What is to be done to avoid a catastrophe and start building a better future for the people of Pakistan?

Political assassinations in the subcontinent have a poor history where closure is concerned.

Welcome to North Waziristan, where you will find drones, militants and all that you can imagine.

Governments and institutions somehow begin to believe what they plan on paper, as if their wishes will become results.

The government has not demonstrated any commitment towards incorporating the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Dajjal's Goat-Spy Jassasa studies the local symbolism and witnesses the coming of Yajuj-Majuj.

It is about time we began fixing things that are broken, we need to do this by adopting a bipartisan approach.

We no longer live in a country where it is ok to retreat behind our affluent enclaves, like the rich do everywhere.

The fact of the matter is that Mighty China is already here and is already flexing its muscle.

Consecutive governments have failed to show commitment and will to implement the Convention on Rights of the Child.

Turkey is likely to maintain its march towards peace and progress with the AKP’ sure to win in the next elections.

The feuds triggered by lashkars could make Pashtun society, already embroiled in long-running blood feuds, living hell

It requires a poker face and b**ls of steel to cheat in the circumstances cricketer Zulqarnain was being put in.

It seems a majority of Muslims in Kashmir would favour independence rather than merger with either India or Pakistan.

If I have a criticism about Granta Pakistan, it is that the writers seem to all come from the upper-class in Pakistan.

The enduring crisis of Pakistan: accessing power above law and ethics, and using it mainly for personal interests.

Breaking up is not the worst that can happen to a country, it is breaking down that one needs to worry about.

With recession, budget cuts, parking problems and security concerns, diplomatic functions aren’t what they used to be.

Pakistan is an ‘incomplete’ ideological state, a hybrid distasteful to the Islamists.

Trashing one's country to fit in with a foreign crowd, or to look cool, doesn't say much about us.

As Hajj pilgrims travel home, many will return with bitter tales of the substandard facilities they were provided.

I had concluded at an early age that the last thing I would want to be in Pakistan is a politician or head of state.

An innocent woman, falsely charged, has been sentenced to death with the party of the people in place.

Why do we keep failing in doing something against acts of remorseless killing aided, abetted through ineptness?

We do need to reform our education system but we need to think through what kind of system we want.

Reforms need to be based on creating private property rights, political empowerment, education, economic development.

The objective now is to conduct an independent inquiry, under Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry’s direct supervision.

Pakistan’s government should make economic interests rather than ideology, the basis of foreign policy.

The need to discuss/debate the content of education in public schools has been largely ignored.

Pakistan has to import livestock for Eid because of the floods, on the other hand we are exporting beef to Malaysia.

Conflict between Pakistan and India is in neither side's interest. it only benefits weapon-producing world powers.

Two modi operandi of local terrorist groups should now be obvious following the Karachi attack.

India has found a much more sustainable form of development and growth - by India, and for India.

To make the world body truly representative, it needs to be inclusive and expanded.

Everyone is guessing as to when an operation is going to be launched against militants in North Waziristan.

One thing that can never be an effective solution itself is more war in Afghanistan.

Obama faces a growing constraint that his predecessors did not: the relative decline of American global power.

It is time we changed the paradigm of defence in Pakistan and returned to the normalcy of trade and trade routes.

Zulqarnain Haider has done what any sensible person would have done in his situation.

Newspapers and television channels are an excellent front to protect other economic and power interests.

If the government were a little wiser, it would use the sugar crisis to increase its goodwill and establish its writ.

Consume less sugar. Help thwart the nefarious designs of a vile bunch of bloodsuckers holding this country hostage.

Not every 24-year-old will have the guts to withstand the pervasive pressure of corruption as Zulqarnain has done.

The only leader who seems to have an understanding of the need for strengthening economic ties with China is Zardari.