Opinion

It’s time we stopped fearing the army and, instead, hold it to account.

It is important to listen when young voices like that of Mehreen Kasana speak out against child abuse.

I am Maha Sapta Sindhu, the Great River (comprised) of seven rivers.

We need to get rid of this self-defeat­ism. As long as we believ­e we can contro­l our own destin­y, we will.

The erroneous belief that markets are self-regulating and always deliver efficient outcomes needs to be put to rest.

The notion that Pakistani musicians and artists go to India and make good money is, in fact, a myth.

Those drumming up Hindu, Jewish and American Taliban may wish to focus on militancy financed by Islamic countries.

Docu-dramas have wide-ranging appeal and the potential to bring about meaningful change in society.

The ruling groups of Pakistan, wearing labels of political parties committed every wrong in the political book.

Women’s sports victories will only feed our patriotic egos for a day until we learn how to really support them.

From inside, Pakistan is a nation hostage to the bigotry of a few thousand civilian and military elite.

Substantial effort is needed to overcome a deep-seated inferiority complex in us.

Mixing up our wishes and is-es - an illogical attitude merchandised by us in newspapers and on TV.

No other individual has hijacked the global news agenda as dramatically and comprehensively.

Suggesting that the floods were a direct result of human activity on the Siachen glacier is ludicrous.

The WikiLeaks revelations confirm the obvious, more than what it informs us about the darker corners of US diplomacy.

WikiLeaks have done nothing beyond filling details on what we already knew. We may be wise to rethink our options.

Our habit of mythologising Jinnah may be forgivable but it hides important facts.

Is the demand to change Pakistan’s blasphemy laws an American conspiracy as being thought by some people?

The many who have devoted time, effort, columns and condemnation on the malevolent blasphemy laws must press on.

It seems presumptuous to condemn a group of judges on the basis of activities which no one has claimed as illegal.

The biggest millstone hanging around Pakistan is a remnant from General Ziaul Haq’s time in power.

The Goat-Spy reviews Gore-Tripe Fest and advises that Dajjal study it for the rich sociological insights it provides.

If there is one thing we can say about Julian Assange, it is that he must be independent.

Reconstruction and rehabilitation require a lot more seriousness on the part of the government and civil society.

If anyone thought choosing a political party would be done in a week they need to come join me in my quest.

The WikiLeaks saga has reconfirmed the status of Pakistan as a client state.

Just as no nation can escape the effects of climate change, no nation, alone, can solve this problem.

The dream of forcing international villains to while their remaining days in prison is unlikely to come to fruition.

I believe the number one economic problem facing Pakistan today is inflation, present and projected.

O Edward Gibbon achieved a measure of fame when he wrote The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in 1776.

No Arab country was even considering taking any prisoners. I’m assuming they knew the product too well.

AIDS in Pakistan is still frowned upon, considered unholy and extremely taboo.

If Pakistan’s soul is to be saved, let us begin our journey by implementing reforms and provide relief to the many.

WikiLeaks has embarrassed Washington by laying out in the open what had been said and written in supposed privacy.

Pakistan Peoples Party is committed to a society based on the rule of law and human dignity.

We knew as long ago as 1988 that Saudi King Abdullah had little regard for President Asif Ali Zardari.

The ideological belief that markets are self-regulating and deliver efficient outcomes, needs to be put to rest.

Pakistan has an important place in Russia’s foreign policy, being one of the major influential Muslim countries.

Serious professional people need to understand that trespassing inside the scene of crime is not part of the solution.

The state must take people in confidence, we cannot just sit and wait for the next batch of leaked documents.

Out of all the justifications that try to validate domestic violence, the most enraging is the one that uses religion.

To fix the economy we need to reorganise our economy beyond Washington Consensus type policy prescriptions.

The reality is that while the SB scheme was well thought-out, some banks did not follow the scheme.

Like biblical Gog and Magog arrive the Indians to attack the writer and Pakistan without a thought to the argument.

Given the unsatisfactory state of politics, can we change our political direction, and how can we do it?

Pakistan’s ‘strategic location’ is strategic only if it returns to being the centre of commercial activity.

It is a pity with all defiance of UN resolutions, the US feels India has moral standing to be given a permanent seat.

Making Dr AQ Khan our president will be like India making Dr Kalam its president; only our Dr Khan will have ghairat.

Obama must heed Horace who wrote: “Force, if unassisted by judgment, collapses through its own mass.”