Opinion

We are wrong to look for terrorist tracts in madrassas. The suicide bomber is not made through syllabi, but isolation.

I was mentally planning out this article the other day as I started reading the newspaper.

Why is it that people are willing to contribute to Talat Hussain's fund rather than the prime minister’s fund?

Sadly, no political entity is really noticeable in the problematic flood areas, though they are there in the media.

The media-venting of ire against the head of state of this Islamic Republic continues, like the floods, unabated.

Whichever bright spark came up with the idea of relocating flood affected people to Karachi should be hanged.

There is an impression that international donors are stingy because of the gov'ts lack of credibility. I disagree.

As I wrote in the first part of this series, more food was delivered to Sakhi Sarwar by our local correspondent there.

Flood relief is being used by some as an opportunity to orchestrate political upheaval via the media.

The existing federal and provincial budgets can be restructured to make a jump start, and the donors will follow.

Most donors are channeling their limited aid through the UN, Red Cross and Red Crescent due to lack of trust.

Sudden and severe monsoon floods have wreaked havoc on the lives of millions of people across Pakistan.

Of course nobody in the world wants to rush to our rescue when we need it the most. Why should they?

The biggest challenge is to restore the confidence of the masses in the continuing viability of the state.

I don’t care about the flood. Could not give a damn. I have no empathy for the survivors, no sympathy for the...

Last week I was visiting the flood-affected areas in south Punjab and whatever I saw was devastating.

The international response and media coverage of the floods – with a few notable exceptions – has been pathetic.

The apathy of those unaffected by catastrophic flooding towards their unfortunate counterparts is shocking.

Few Pakistanis even know of it by name. Fewer still remember that it eventually contributed to Pakistan’s break-up.

Regardless of who ruled – in uniform or in civvies – the real power was always exercised by the establishment.

The man who threw shoes at Asif Ali Zardari in Birmingham had terrible aim, despite being armed with a size 10 shoe.

Dove World Outreach Centre, has plans to publicly desecrate copies of the Holy Quran on September 11.

The flood of 2010 has exposed the FFC's performance and its projects. Where has all their development money gone?

As Pakistan marks Independence day, it faces a political disconnect between the ruling political elite and the people.

The latest casualty in the devastating floods has been Sindh, and where are her powerful landlords?

The idealism of the political leaders is in fact a game plan to maintain the status quo.

A friend of mine suggests we literally do what the Brits did electorally in their last polls: hang the parliament.

Benazir Bhutto may have been the daughter of the east, but President Asif Ali Zardari is definitely the punching bag.

I believe it's wrong to stereotype the tribal insurgency as a religious movement, as is being portrayed by the media.

The 7th NFC Award which became operative this year has fundamentally altered the public finance landscape.

For good and bad reasons, there is too much focus on President Zardari for everything that is wrong in the country.

Floods in Pakistan have made even the UK's National Security Council hold an emergency meeting chaired by Cameron.

One can be less sure of Jinnah’s intended direction for Pakistan as far as political liberalism is concerned.

"The rains are clearly a natural phenomenon. But there is nothing natural about the destruction these rains brought."

If it doesn’t, a bloody anarchic revolution could most certainly be on the cards.

Is trouble in Fata caused by radicalisation of tribal society or is it a tribal backlash? I believe it's the latter.

What Muslims are in fact rejecting is the process of suiting themselves to changing circumstances.

I walk into Mohalla Qazian in Nowshera district. It is on the banks of the mighty Kabul River.

Allama Iqbal’s message which had filled millions of Muslims with revolutionary zeal has been forgotten in Pakistan.

It has become a ritual to celebrate Independence Day every year without considering whether we have achieved it or not

Independence Day 1947, 63 years ago, was fraught with violent birth-pangs, death and destruction.

Someone once told me — ask the Kashmiris, ask the Chechens, ask the Palestinians how precious freedom is.

Asif Ali Zardari: Hot. Yousaf Raza Gilani — Not hot. Being “hot or not” in politics is a game of “value addition”.

Major efforts are required to deal with multiple challenges in order to help minimise suffering of the hapless masses.

Recent torrential rains have affected over 20,000 people in seven districts of the region.

Recently, President Asif Ali Zardari made a strange public statement, one among many of his peculiar gems.

The massive floods across the length of Pakistan have exposed yet another aspect of deteriorating governance.

Since we spend most of our waking hours at work, how do we know we are putting our best foot forward?

Fashion will continue to progress in Pakistan, come hell or high water.

In the aftermath of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, US helicopters lifted in millions of dollars worth of aid.