Opinion

The nation needs full-time ministers for every department and a direct approach to tackling key national issues

Bringing discipline in our lifestyles can go a long way in bringing stability, sense of good governance in the country

The unwarranted hate speech that follows terror attacks can incite hatred, lead to acts of violence against innocents

40 years after that, we have the bomb — with power, gas, petrol, other shortages — are on the verge of eating grass

Out of either inefficiency or fear of reprisals, neither administration nor judiciary would like to touch terrorists

It was all in the family and, therefore, a case of collective incompetence

For us to create the valuable currency of knowledge, it is essential that learning becomes both an art and a science

Allowing freedom of expression in secular societies to be used to ridicule faith undermines prospects of conciliation

If PSO’s retail business is spun off into a separate company, it would always be able to import oil for fuel stations

UK politicians, govt deploys rhetoric of ‘British values’, ‘freedoms’ internationally to do what extremists do

Thousands of families endure trauma and all the rest of us can do is hope and pray for these families’ resilience

The price of freedom of speech increasingly appears to be paid in units of warfare

Despite availability of sufficient resources, we don’t manage our petrol, gas or electricity by price mechanism

As a collective, we pay for it by accepting death of dreams, possibilities of plural & interwoven loyalties as absurd

When this leadership cannot even manage to supply petrol, we should be scared. Very scared.

Public action, with people standing up in organised fashion, asking questions can force change in behaviour of elite

Only a meaningful proscription, credible administrative actions against LET/JUD would help retain public confidence

Gluttony has existed in many forms throughout history but has attained its perfect manifestation in the buffet meal

Media, without perhaps knowing what it is doing, has been playing a significantly more lethal role than guns

The threat is such that it demands comprehensive response where civilian leadership’s role is of crucial significance

The dismal situation is merely another indictor of governance that is not just shoddy but a matter of criminal neglect

If Kenya, with GDP lower than Pakistan, can mobilise resources at purely public sector university, then why can’t...

I think you find enough people to come see theatre to get you going, not financially perhaps, but you get the required

Every three minutes, someone mutters, ‘it is not rocket science!’ and all nod in agreement. Discussion killed!

Having lost the best of Pakistan to this war, Pakistan has nothing left to lose anymore

Those who have acted against the West — the state and the people — cannot be said to be behaving as good Muslims.

By speaking against 21st amendment, JUI-F chief was playing crass politics of the kind that only he can

Like all great men, he was deliberately made controversial by successive establishments and the clergy

We are capable of fixing our own problems; all we need are honest leaders who are not dipping their hands in the till

If current policy continues to be followed, then the country will continue to go from one economic crisis to anothe

No amount of argument, rhetoric will convince me that its not deeply wrong to criticise, show disrespect to a prophet

The media constantly taps into the middle class Indian sentiment that the poor are not important enough to be covered

Prime minister is not rising to the occasion because he can’t. That’s it. He doesn’t have the will, skill, to do so.

That is what they want, for some silly cartoons to drown memories of our children, for everyone to forget everything

Separation dens at zoos get absolutely no sunlight and when cubs are born they remain in den under close observation

It is the fear we see in our political leaders that disgusts and repels the most — the fear of losing face,...

Instead of undermining judiciary through quick fix of military trials, govt should boost capacity of police, judiciary

Nations do have defining moments. We have had too many of them

You see, when we start the blame game, it never ends. That is just the way it works

Ideally, life can still go on without us forgetting. If the Peshawar incident does not wake us up, then nothing will

Reforming madrassa curriculim would thus have much more positive impact on students than regulating their activities

Elected local govt lower barriers to entry for positions of political influence, its seen as a threat by PPP

Could it be that the prime minister and other political leaders were so advised too? If so, wrong move

By not taking risks to live the life we want to live, we’re not just living Plan ‘B’. We’re wasting our health, youth

The truth is that more than half of gun licences are not traceable to any individual

Pakistan expects to be assured by Justice (retd) Raza that the next election will be free and fair

The answer is ‘No’. The NAP is silent on counter-radicalisation to stop more people from joining militant groups

A sociopolitical solution and a dialogue are necessary both in the West and the Muslim world

Elected government must use this opportunity to resurrect civilian side of state, structure it, lead detoxification

Pakistani leaders need to move with wisdom, calculation, dispassionate far-sightedness to regain confidence of Afghans