Opinion

Supremacy of Sunni theology over Shia or other sects within Islam was and still is,considered as much a settled affair

In this inflationary environment, development expenditure in 14 out of the 17 poorly defined pro-poor sectors declined

Pakistan's safeguard in an Afghan reconciliation is our assistance and assurance to not permit foreign interference.

I don’t agree that questions like whether women are competent to lead men in prayer require expert analysis.

The lack of contact within even small localities is adding to the deterioration of the social fabric of the country.

Urdu is definitely not a jihadi language although the word Urdu evokes many embarrassing associations.

Public policy choices should be made in context of the 3 large countries of mainland Asia-China, India and Pakistan.

It would be in Pakistan’s interest to canvass vigorously for the maintenance of foreign assistance to Afghanistan.

Fact is, just because I’m literate didn’t make me less corrupt.

Inviting the military is in principle an appeal identical to the familiar ‘doctrine of necessary’.

Economic growth must be redefined in terms of quantitative environmental costs of producing and consuming commodities.

Truth is Muslim refusal to integrate, in closed ethnic communities makes it difficult for citizens to embrace this.

One must not allow any group to run Karachi as an exclusive domain or allow it to be carved into mini ethnic-states.

Gilani wrote a 750-page tome about the conventional system of religious education to counter growing Wahabi influence.

Politicians, would be funny were they not so goddamned dangerous and disruptive.

Army habitually abbreviates words, titles, etc and found the Baloch name Gwalisthap too long for their liking.

The more countries start to think about gold as an index, the more the authorities will try to keep price from rising.

Today, police torture is taken as a given.

Americans are unnecessarily maligned in Pakistan, yet so are Pakistanis in America.

I might have had fewer problems with this Anna's alleged mass movement had it not so deliberately relied on Gandhi.

Our national debt levels soared as fiscal facts refused to adjust to reality created by bursting of liquidity bubble.

Apparently, the MQM strike extended to cruising altitude as well. Maybe there are tires being burnt on the runway.

It is Iqtidar’s suggestion that Islamists might be something more than just mindless drones that troubles Siddiqa.

The most important reason for not embroiling army is that all political parties know what and who is going on.

Mustafa Kamal was a good one; he lacked real power. Karachi requires a directly-elected mayor with genuine power.

Establishment of biogas units would assist in power production, minimising loadshedding, and helping the environment.

Pakistan remains relevant but barely so and for all the wrong reasons.

Pakist­an can freeze its stocks unlike India, negoti­ate a treaty on future produc­tion or let Indian stockp­ile grow.

Those with power of pen, can write; others can use electronic media to bring change quickly.

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Social research indicates that 42% of Pakistanis think corruption is the biggest threat to the nation.

Why has Pakistan done so much better in tertiary education than other large South Asian countries?

Imagine if hunger-strikers said they would maintain fast until all parties concerned sat down to broker a solution.

Pakistan does not have unifying, centralising agency of internal ‘multinationals’ to knit India to Union government

While there was gloom and doom elsewhere in the country, the president dished out civil awards to zealous supporters.

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Sanskritic words were removed from the Urdu language and Islamic cultural allusions and metaphors were put in place.

There is a South Asian Free Trade Area in force that makes cross-border investments possible, making war impossible.

The problem is that liberals are ill-equipped to deal with religion in a religious ideological state.

With right leadership, Pakistan will encourage justice, infrastructure built; systems put in place and merit valued.

While Turkey strictly adhered to the vision of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Pakistan shunned Jinnah's vision immediately.

Since prophets quoted in Holy Quran declined economic benefit for the divine task, so too must preachers today.

To this day, the Pakistani state and the international community remain unwilling or unable to dismantle the JuD.

Democracy is used as an image and to project power, without ever coming in touch with ground realities.

Striking balance between capitalism and socialism, rule of law and avoiding police brutality, London show leadership.

China will be asked to import more and export less. This will spur demand and jobs in the West and economic revival.

Countries manage to develop despite dubious morals as the forces of development override imperfections.

Fasting was a key weapon in Gandhi's many battles over much larger issues.

Qasmi traces how women of the Subcontinent were denigrated to pre-Islamic status, violating rights accorded by Islam

In Pakistan, for instance, the opponents of reform have a villain, and it’s name is ‘corruption.’