Opinion

Declaring Urdu as national language was victory of united UP & Punjab elite over other groups mainly the Bengal elite.

Zarteef stood for the liberation of the human soul through education and enlightenment.

We regret the inadvertent publication of the article titled “Shia-Sunni reconciliation” by Saleem Ali.

Most Pakistanis are sick of the Americans and would like the government to cut the umbilical cord.

A slowing world demand & domestic economic difficulties are impacting exports, while import bill continues to rise.

KLB, though troubled, is well-intentioned. The least we can do is better understand it.

By staying away from the Bonn conference we showed that we are unsure of ourselves & our place in the world.

US has started seeing Pakistan as an enemy & is engaging with it while still keeping up the facade of being an ally.

Nobody, either in or outside Pakistan, take official denials seriously, rightfully accuse state of being duplicitous.

Bonn 2 produced no substantial mechanism for reconciliation.

They must reassess their core interests, shed brinkmanship and make ‘small’ compromises.

Our hope is not for heroes anymore, just villains who are slightly less villainous.

If Russia close NDN & Pakistan continues its own blockade, US capacity to wage war in Afghanistan will be undermined.

The only solution to a corrupt, inefficient, daily deteriorating rail network in Pakistan, is a phased privatisation.

One of the worst things successive governments in Pakistan have done is to deny their people the truth.

The Bonn conference would have provided Pakistan an opportunity to explain its position on Afghanistan to the world.

The question SC ought to have addressed: whether SC could order a probe while Parliament had already seized the matter

One way to avoid our past mistakes is to strengthen the role of the parliament and its committees.

A larger proportion of people are likely to vote on the basis of what they consider to be good for the larger society.

Zardari’s political tribe might like to cause the fall of political order rather than see itself defeated in elections

Salala was a beastly act and a deadly consequence.

Students exposed to dynamic learning in dynamic classrooms will bloom into individuals involved in higher thinking.

Bonn conference may be US dominated but is a forum where Pakistan needs to put forward its ideas on Afghanistan.

There is little consciousness of ethic in us because of the way we understand religion, which ties ethics to piety.

Pakistan army turns failures into PR opportunity. Its deplorable since its dishonest, insulting to martyred soldiers.

Air force is an offens­ive force. Its use, theref­ore, for a weaker state would mean a drasti­c escala­tion.

MFN misnomer is a powerful one, one we need to address if we are to take advantage of the opportunities it can bring.

Promoting integrated education where children with some disability study in regular schools, can catalyse change.

Media has ignored the fact that the memo involves one man’s word against another, quoted as evidence of guilt by many.

We were carefully indoctrinated through Jasarat into supporting Jamaat in 1970 elections.

The JuD-LeT-JeM-JI rally seemed very far away, as ordinary men and women, quietly undertook the business of life.

Stanley Raikes, records the story of an honourable dog and his Brahui master in Folk Tales of Scinde and Guzerat.

HEC's first chairman, a scientist, did not think much of social science, current chairman believes its a soft science.

The onus lies on NATO to explain why it attacked the Pakistani check post.

How can we discuss issues of national security, development, when we cannot even protect over half of our population?

If a degree of humility, reflection finds its way in the White House, some way forward will definitely be worked out.

One by ISI to remove Haqqani, other by US intelligence, to beef up charges against army for intruding govt affairs?

Didn't the Americans create these terror­ists in the first place? It’s only fair that they pay for it.

A single movement cannot undo the wrongdoings of decades. Sacrifices are required by country's leaders and people.

If market forces are running the show, then clearly difference between costs & revenues is what the game is all about.

Pakistan's decisi­on to boycot­t the Bonn confer­ence provid­es Americ­a with a timeta­ble for their invest­igatio­n.

Hurriedly summoned meeting of DCC announced decisions, if carried out, could impact our relations with US.

Abidi says Pakistan prefers immediate comfort over our future, while India opts for austerity for a better future!

If Pakistan does not block supplies, clear Shamsi base, it will have to escalate confrontation further the next time.

I want to focus on a slightly different angle since there was, after all, nothing really surprising about all this.

Haqqani didn’t think well of the army. Let us see what his book, Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military, contains.

Available evidence over last hundred years shows that when two countries engage in free trade, both gain.

A prudent policy response is not warranted merely because of public outrage, is a state and security imperative.

Kashmir dispute erupted into a major conflict only when India, reneged on UN brokered agreements.

Ultimate aim of the South Asia Social forum was to enable a national of a country to get information from another.