Opinion

The drone strikes are the use of force by representatives of one nation state against the civilians of another.

Jinnah's Pakistan is not dead: Millions of Pakistanis who want a tolerant homeland resent its creeping radicalisation.

Liberals have always been the permanent opposition in Pakistan. It is time to go beyond that.

This is arguably the worst period in the political history of Pakistan, and the worst government the country has seen.

Reformed electoral law implementation will lead to a more democratic Pakistan.

Ten years from now, we will still be talking about Pakistan on the brink of collapse and things falling apart.

Like lumbering fools, we are always late to the most important realisations.

As a perceived collapse of the Pakistani state looms in India’s bosom, panic diplomacy takes hold.

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are among the more serious and chronic ailments of Pakistan’s wobbling economy.

When will it be a good time to speak out? When they have guns pointed at our uncovered heads?

Is orthodox Islam essentially violent and Sufi Islam non-violent? My answer is, ‘no’.

Can change come where each and everyone has embarked on a never-ending endeavor of personal aggrandisement?

What of Pakistan, where the situation has long been ripe for action?

Young women in Pakistan face a disproportionate burden of housework and extended family obligations.

Antipathy towards Pakistanis does not exist in other Arab states other than the Gulf states.

Instead of formulating conspiracy theories, we must look into ourselves and see what we have done wrong.

Some see the deal with the Turkish airline as the deathknell of the airline, the final blow to its declining fortunes.

In Pakistan, uncontrolled and widespread violence threatens the normal functioning of economy, society and the state.

Even without going into North Waziristan, which will have its own cost, this war is becoming expensive.

The people of Pakistan have allowed the religious right to triumphantly weave a web of lies...

One thing that we can be rightly proud of is the freedom of expression that our electronic and print media enjoy.

I have never had much of an appetite for conspiracy theories because I find Pakistan mind-boggling enough as it is.

We don’t realise that highlighting communal trouble in India is not good for the Muslims there.

It may be time to ask ourselves the question: Is the two-nation theory still valid?

Appeasing short-term bargain-lobbies at home and not losing sight of long-term national interest is tricky business.

There is an urgent need to act, otherwise Pakistan’s fate could be similar to that of the Weimar Republic.

It is no good wailing, gnashing our teeth at horrible displays of intolerance, injustice and hypocrisy in our country.

most iniquitous fact pertaining to section 295-C of blasphemy laws is that it is an incitement to murder.

It is difficult to retain perspective when only 2,000 gather outside Governor House to protest death of Taseer.

Many colonially carved nation states around world have faced, severe challenges of legitimacy.

The federal ministers for education and health seem unhappy with the devolution of their ministries to the provinces.

A ‘Year of Education’ could be the catalyst for a transformation of Pakistan's schools system.

There is no militant liberal organisation existing. So, who are the liberal extremists?

Syed Ali Shah Geelani doesn’t want India and Pakistan to talk. Nothing new about that.

In Pakistan, thrift and parsimony have always been signs of weakness. People admire authority, pomp and ostentation.

What differentiates the smiling face of Mumtaz Qadri from that of an apprehended criminal is a lack of guilt.

Advising Pakistanis not to panic is as hopeless as asking Afridi to refrain from trying to hit a six on every ball.

Justice must now speak a language that everybody understands: Murder cannot be justified, no matter what the grounds.

Is being westernised liberalism? If so, do the liberals wish to colour Pakistan’s social landscape in western colours?

What we need now is a national effort at reconciliation between the religious right and the secular left.

No one measured up but Raja Paurava, king of the Punjabis of the Chaj Doab.

It is only when we educate ourselves that we can dream of educating the masses.

It is the Pakistanis who will set the tone for justice by speaking out, if lawmakers and keepers continue to fail us.

The feeling is not nice and, to be frank, the total rejection is frightening.

He only wanted to amend law to make sure honour of Prophet (pbuh) is not used by people to settle personal scores.

Salmaan Taseer had raised the issue of amending the procedures of blasphemy law in order to prevent its misuse.

The country had many problems, as it has had since its very inception.

A talkative Taseer told me several tales during the one-hour journey to Lahore.

The question is, do they have a big enough social support base to claim electoral victories?

Few people have shaped events of contemporary age in line with their own vision, policy more surely than Bhutto.