In today's Pakistan, criminals are given a hero’s welcome and laudable writers are forgotten.

'Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom'. This absence is evident in Pakistan.

We must revive the Pakistani film industry and become a society with a pulse again.

We should be proud that Christians in Pakistan want to be ‘Pakistani Christians’ and not create hurdles for them.

At 85, Queen Elizabeth II works long hours, attends numerous engagements, out of a sense of duty, devotion to country.

We need to internalise this newly guaranteed right and think about what kind of an ‘educated’ people we want to be?

The concept of a two-nation theory negated the existence of differences amongst the Muslims of Pakistan.

How could Shahbaz Bhatti be a martyr in a country where he was merely a ‘minority’?

Banning Shezan shows that the main problem in Pakistan is that people tend to view everything from a religious lens.

I was glad the organisers did not invite high-profile officials since their security details usually sour such events.