Opinion

The lesson of 1971 is that the military must neither govern nor should it be used against its own people.

I’ve looked up to Imran Khan in many ways, but never as a politician. I’ve seen him tout change more than solutions.

For every single failure, nationally and internationally, we cling on to conspiracy theories to salvage self-respect.

I voted for PPP, but not for Bilawal, and I most certainly did not vote for the multiple offsprings of Gilani.

With the amount of uncertainty that currently exists, Pakistan’s economic future is hard to predict.

Let’s hope Gilani succeeds in turning the utility around. Too many people stand to lose their jobs.

The usual recourse when nations fall into disarray is to seek a fresh mandate from the electorate.

Pakistan has to break out of the constraints imposed unilaterally on it by the United States.

Pakistan Army is the victim of a well-planned psychological warfare operation, launched by the US administration.

Ex prime minister Jamali had claimed that land reforms were a dead issue, though recent bills prove otherwise.

UK’s Department for International Development is doing all it can to support Pakistan in empowering women, girls.

At the time of the partition, State opposed the CPI inspired progressives. Liberals too rebelled against them.

Memo mayhem and manipulating mercenaries are mercilessly mauling a meek government and now missing president.

The argument for talking with terrorists was that it was essentially America’s war & now impossible for us to...

Despite his promise, has Gilani looked into the BBC ban? We have no follow-up news and we have no BBC.

In publishing the list of words, the PTA exposed how an awful lot of energy is spent talking about & thinking of sex.

Bilwani describes how Gujarati business clans from West Pakistan lost their investments East Pakistan following 1971.

Every year on October 8, believers congregate in the ruins of the palace of Gondophares near the south end of Sirkap.

Early on economists articulated economic planning could not proceed on the assumption that Pakistan was one economy.

Pakistan needs stability in Afghanistan to be able to gain economic dividends of its geostrategic location.

'Idara Baraye Taleem-o-Taraqi' endeavours to preserve, promote dying languages and cultures of north Pakistan.

If Mansoor Ijaz is considered to have told the truth, surely he has spoken truth about ISI & its ‘S’ Section...

Our foreign office, its envoys, ministers, secretaries are limited to the role of public relations damage control.

Most officials duck under the ruse of mosques, madrassas being a sensitive issue to enforce laws, such as Lal Masjid.

Pakistan’s civilian and its military leaders will have to act in unison to prioritise socio-economic progress at...

Rather than playing to the galley, Pakistani authorities must stop lying to the world and their people.

The policy, so far, has been driven by security concerns which have pushed peace negotiations in to the background.

23 miles from Agra lay Fatehpur Sikri. In the 16th century the entire road was lined with shops selling silk, jewels.

SC’s jurisdiction is not answered with reference to the Constitution or precedent, instead exist in a ‘grey area’.

This is not the place I knew, valley of grapevines, orchards; it's become a land of fear, with suspicion, mistrust.

Murphy’s famous law that everything that can go wrong will go wrong, seems to apply to Pak-US relations at this stage.

In this context a recent piece by Ashley Tellis, analyst at the Carnegie Endowment, merits attention by policymakers.

Can Nawaiwaqt's anger be directed at possible Indian help to clean up Kabul River & build dams in Afghanistan?

National policy needs to integrate foreign, economic policy & military strategy, enable people to actualise potential.

The memogate threatens to turn into a a political trial of Zardari rather than being left to the court.

In the race for catchy headlines, breaking news, we have forgotten what actually threatens the state.

Pakistan is a sick plane. Our ‘Profile Drag’ needs serious re-engineering & a serious work-over.

Pakistan is creating conditions that could produce political and social upheaval in the not-too-distant future.

Peace in Afghanistan can be achieved with a measure of cooperation, not just with Afghanistan but also with the US.

Haqqani's lesser-quoted essay “Inhospitable Homeland” reads almost as a prescient comment about the memogate affair.

Corporatising universities in Pakistan reflects failure on the part of the state, on the part of society at large.

Pakistani efforts in Kashmir continue to be marred by suspicion in DC.

Pakistani dependence on the US will remain as long as the country is tied to a paradigm of confrontation with India.

The only method of ensuring a Pakistani perspective on the world stage is by initiating a Pakistani channel in English

The role of khakis is no longer taboo & has been replaced by another set of unelected gentlemen, the Supreme...

The weapon of choice for al Qaeda to avoid ‘regime-change’ will be the nuclear weapons of Pakistan.

In Pakistan, the biggest issue is that the state, guarantor of rights, is itself the biggest violator of human rights.

If Rahul Gandhi were to get Congress 2nd position in UP he would make an impression, possibly earn prime ministership.

Pakistan should work fervently to firm up national defences against climate change, predicted to worsen this century.

The establishment would be the sole profiteer from Memogate, NRO decision, and perhaps PTI's rise.