Opinion

The Taliban should also realise that after 31 years of continuous war, nearly every Afghan is in favour of peace.

Promises, it appears, are made to be broken and governmental promises definitely so.

The ugly truth is that most of the personalities in this battle have little credibility and even less integrity.

Who do we blame for the flood? Other than some govt officials nobody thinks it was a natural catastrophe.

One would have thought a judge hearing this “story” on the idiot box would shrug it off as poor journalism.

The media needs to reign in its reporters and rethink the policy of spin, which is based on competition for ratings.

Among the privileged youth concern for justice, empathy for the disadvantaged and desire to give back is prevalent.

The list of non-consensual medical experimentation on humans is too long, they are ‘undesirables’ and the...

We are at a serious risk of being mistaken for sharks that begin to feed upon themselves when driven by bloodlust.

Powerful states can survive after following popular trends, but others can only get into trouble.

Instead of achieving growth to feed the poor, we need to feed the poor to achieve growth.

The survival of every organisation of the state and society lies in strengthening, not destabilising democracy.

If the establishment feels it has greater power to push Zardari out it better think carefully.

The gentleman who occupies the presidential mansion in Islamabad has so far played his cards admirably.

The Pakistan side must go into the dialogue understanding that it can no longer facilitate imperial strategy in Asia.

The world’s governments are meeting to address the injustice of a world in which one in six people remain hungry.

Under the Environmental Protection Act, the city government is required to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment.

Let's put aside contentions that MQM's propsoal for a land reform bill is their attempt to make inroads into Sindh.

The opportunity for change is there, we just need to be clear about what we want.

Land reform is back on the national agenda which, until now, has not reflected the concerns of the ordinary people.

The upcoming Pakistan-US strategic dialogue must address divergent perceptions, imperatives and compulsions.

Writers and directors coming out of Pakistan just can’t be poster boys for a knee-jerk defence of the realm.

A few economists continue to hold that inflation was caused by the surge in the global price of oil and commodities.

I want to be trapped in a mine in Chile, left alone for two months with nothing but my thoughts to keep me company.

Like the rest of us, they are products of their environment — and they are flawed.

Jinnah’s legacy has been destroyed by self-seeking politicians, religious extremists and military adventurers.

People who mould opinion in Pakistan appear to have both tunnel vision as well as a short memory.

There is a curious silence and elusiveness on this glorious episode in history books in Pakistan.

Feedback has become an instantaneous reaction to what jocks say and do.

I truly believe that if parliamentary oversight is exercised with full might it can resolve many of Pakistan’s issues.

This public discourse is missing in Pakistan and needs to be initiated so that we move forward from this calamity.

Pakistan’s performers, singers, actors, and playwrights and poets, more than politicians, have benefitted its image.

The false sense of ‘objective’ analysis is one of the greatest threats to independent thinking and living.

The Indus is one of the largest rivers in the world and should have been able to handle the unprecedented flood.

We need to inspire confidence in online activists to move them out of the mouse-clicking, slacktivism mode.

As heart-warming as Aisam’s success has been, he has strived for more than just excellence on the court.

Power subsidies may make for convenient politics but nobody is willing to pay for them.

As the PPP government stumbles and cries foul, the vultures circle overhead, waiting for the lions to pounce.

The only possibility to save Pakistan is to go back to Jinnah's vision and carve out a secular democratic state.

Women are just as desper­ate, anxiou­s to feed their childr­en as the men fighti­ng over the last bag of flour.

The alleged video of army personnel executing 6 men does not bespeak heat-of-battle mindlessness. It appears planned.

Those who reach out and help those affected by the floods should not treat them as beggars.

Meet the accomplished homoeopath, hakim, faith-healer, herbalist and marriage consultant all rolled into one.

World Mental Health Day: The black shadow keeps rising and once grown enough, it swallows you up.

Terrorists are killing innocent Pakistanis. And they can kill army chiefs too, as Jaish nearly did Musharraf.

What is stopping us from encouraging an all out assault by local tribesmen against Taliban militants?

The only sure-fire harvest to be reaped is by the purveyors of GMO seeds not trusting farmers grabbing at straws.

People who are involved in such attacks and those who sympathise with them have no respect for humanity whatsoever.

Musharraf’s Ataturkish formula regarding a formal role for the army in politics may cost it more than it can afford.

Jinnah’s Pakistan has virtually ceased to exist, but a few still hope it has not yet been interred forever.