Opinion

In our culture, we throw young girls into marriages at ages when they have not yet understood their bodies

After a terrorist attack, debate so quickly changes from the act of violence itself to the ‘victimisation of Muslims’

Never before has Balochistan been in such a unique position of opportunity

If Georgia and Ukraine can bring about effective police reforms, why can’t we do the same?

Effectiveness of non-salary budget isn't optimum in KP and falls short of best practices internationally & in Pakistan

The Bijli Wallah has featured often enough in these columns to have formal guest status

As he came down from his aircraft on Karachi airport in 1981, Pope John Paul II kissed the Pakistani soil

Efficient management of the Afghan border is the next critical stage of Operation Zarb-e-Azab

NAP took off on a positive note but with the passage of time, it lost steam and zeroed down to reliance on hard power

The Divorce Act of 1869 is a remnant of our colonial legal history and stands largely in its original enacted form

Of late, the government has come under criticism for its foreign policy weaknesses

Pakistan knows, from ideas, interaction, and experience, that Lady Hillary will be especially bad for the country

The most crucial step for restoring service delivery is modernisation of our processes

Good universities, across the globe, evolve to meet the local and subsequently regional and global challenges

What is needed is to listen to the teachers’ account of the various shortcomings within the Pakistani education system

To be fair, our lives are essentially about living the past

It doesn’t take Benazir Bhutto’s birthday to make one think of her in so many ways

Equality, protection of political, religious and economic rights were the foundation stones of Pakistan’s ideology

Donald Trump has made no secret of his dislike of Islam and the migration to the US of the members of this faith

So I have often wondered why we don’t make Ramazan resolutions every year instead of making them on New Year’s Eve

True to his word, Dr Tahirul Qadri is back

Each human being is unique, with experiences and history like no one else

India is producing barely literate and unemployable citizens

Khawaja Asif has a volatile background when it comes to words and deeds

Gender responsive budgeting can equip lawmakers with tools that bring much-needed gender focus to all financial plans

Imran Khan has been threatening the march on to Raiwind for a while now, but is nowhere close to making it happen

Pakistan’s woes originate from a myriad of problems

The world is at the beginning of a revolution that is fundamentally changing the way we live

Oratorical skill meant power and influence. Being clever at public speaking was a distinct advantage

There are no points for guessing who looks like the enemy today for many Americans

I had the honour of travelling to Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s official residence in London

The 2015 liveability index of the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Karachi 135th among 140 cities

Major difference between the two provinces is in the field of public health or the water supply and sanitation sector

I am proud to see Pakistan and ADB’s bond is stronger than ever as we cooperate to fight poverty & boost prosperity

Maybe the clerics making up the CII misunderstood the brief

The immigrant Muslim (particularly Pakistani) experience is anchored around the ‘myth of return’

There is no denying the fact that issues of human rights violations are rampant in the country

His first wife left him because he beat her for instance. But nobody has identified him as a ‘radical Islamist’

Mateen’s hateful and regressive ideology needs as much stamping out as the US government’s inaction on gun possession

What about pursuing other life goals? Like, for instance, helping those who may not have the same opportunities as us

Do we have the manpower, space and facilities to check 10,000 visas every day in a place like Torkham?

In Pakistan, the global HIV/AIDS epidemic brought to centrestage the significance of safe blood transfusions

“The killer, whose name I will not use or ever say, was an Afghan, of Afghan parents, who immigrated to the US”: Trump

Re-using cooking oil may lead to cancer, heart diseases

There is an urgent need to focus on girls’ education in Pakistan, particularly in areas like Balochistan, Fata, etc

In the traditional Baloch tribal society, women enjoyed far more respect than what the situation is today

We subject women to arbitrary and nasty criterion of how they should look, act and speak

At the time of the establishment of Pakistan, the non-Muslim population of West Pakistan was about 24.6 per cent

The late Mao Zedong and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto personified the Sino-Pakistan alliance

The situation on the ground post-9/11 brought about a turnaround in the character of the tribal areas