Opinion

These contradictions are important to flag when dealing with the issue of blasphemy, emotions it generates.

Let us give ourselves some idea of how courageous the dozens who flocked to the vigil in Lahore really are.

Pakistan has become what Suhrawardy had predicted, an extremist and violent state.

French Revolution may descend into orgy of beheadings but its accepted and celebrated by all liberals.

Assassination of the servin­g govern­or in Pakist­an will undoub­tedly unleas­h a wave of uncert­ainty.

There is no doubt that Governor Taseer was targeted for his views on the blasphemy law.

Can we truly say that we have not seen the writing on the wall too many times already?

Assassination of Salmaan Taseer is indescribable, not just for having taken place but for its aftermath.

Amidst a gutless government, Salmaan Taseer at least had the courage of his convictions.

Angry Muslim mobs in 2005 burnt down three churches, a convent school, a nun's hostel and half a dozen houses.

I have absolutely no regrets: Day three at Newlands was the best day of Test cricket I have ever watched.

Ever wonder at what point a fissure grows into a rupture? Salmaan Taseer’s murder was one such occasion.

I am mourning not only his murder but also the murder of my own ideology — that of ‘live and let live’.

As Afghanistan slips into another civil war, let us keep Pakistan out of it.

Salmaan Taseer was shot dead because he believed all citizens should be treated fairly.

Celebrate all manner of bloodlust because soon there will be nobody left in your life who can call murder by its name.

Many stories which do not merit to be consider news are played on the screens because they can be sensationalised.

Today, we cannot agree to what constitutes murder. If we fall silent, tomorrow we may fail to recognise it at all.

We are looking at the wrong horrors. There is terror to be found in the bullet smashed corpse of the Governor.

Salmaan Taseer wasn’t killed because of politics. He was murdered in cold blood because of who he represented.

Wearing a burqa is not a blanket cheque to be considered a paragon of virtue.

Parliament’s performance can be improved with some changes in the Rules of Business, if its leadership so desires.

Is it possible that I might be living in a country whose people have forgotten what’s best for them?

Salmaan Taseer, RIP. This country did not deserve you.

This is our democracy without legal realism and we are condemned to it. “Injai!”

Surprising as it may sound, the Galiyat are on the verge of running dry — again!

If Pakistani-Americans want to feel welcome in the US, they must actively combat the cancer of radicalism.

Unless we stand up to obscurantist forces, the country will keep sinking in religiously-wrapped ignorance.

The ECO adopted a declaration on regional economic cooperation, climate change and ensuring energy and food security.

Pakistan has many unsung heroes who do not get any recognition from anyone.

Foreign aid has become an essential element of attempts to equalise the obscene level of global inequality.

Mr Zardari has emerged once again smelling, if not like fresh roses, then at least withered ones.

With recounting of this incident begins a fascinating exhibition currently showing at National Army Museum in London.

Language is tool of communication, fundamental means of identity and empowerment for both group and individual.

Our religion freed us, but our culture conspires to take this freedom away from us.

Since moving to England, well over two years ago, I continue to find it difficult to explain Pakistan to westerners.

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was prime minister of Pakistan for 13 months, General Ayub thought him disloyal to Pakistan.

One wonders if the Punjab govt could think of buying it from the owner and dedicating it to the intellectuals.

Moral knowledge and values can not be derived purely from facts and logic.

Now we all know what 'establishment' refers to — it is the army and its agencies who poke their noses into...

University environments should feel like being in a ‘bubble’ where scholars are untouched from all kinds of...

Musharraf is only partially right. It is difficult to implement the strategy of dislocation here.

We are entering not just a new year, but a new decade. Yet our politicians are behaving as badly as they always have.

There is a belief that women are suited to soft jobs like art, culture, tourism, education and women’s development.

There are a large number of issues arising from the Eighteenth Amendment, deserving the attention of the economists.

The funds for both Alexander monuments were supplied by the National Fund for Culture and Heritage.

There is still a long way to go before Pakistan can make any claims to have achieved a basic level of tolerance.

Former President Pervez Musharraf’s article “What should be done in Afghanistan” presents a selective...

10 things I hate about fat people: Pick on the angular all you want, but have pity on the bloated.

The outgoing year will be remembered as the year it all began to come apart at the seams.