Opinion

Finally losing patience, our armed forces hit back by launching Operation Zarb-e-Azb in June 2014 and went after TTP

The youth refuses to buy the old wine that the PPP is forcefully trying to sell in Bilawal’s name

Our national efforts to counter extremism have specifically identified the need for madrassa reform

The PTI has been struggling to put education and health on the political agenda, but only in opposition

During his struggle, he visited over 20 countries to lobby for the cause of an independent Kashmir

Collectively, America’s representatives overseas remain as arrogant as they were then, if not more

Some may term public libraries a luxury for a country like ours. But I do not agree with these arguments

The women would tell my mother that a husband would never keep a wheelchair-bound wife

Perhaps people are happy, sort of, as things are and do not really want anything very much to change

I was amazed at how composed Taseer looked in the interview

Just as everything in Meereen revolves around slavery, everything in Pakistan centres on India and Partition of 1947

What should be addressed is the transparency of the process regulating custodial investigations

Recent statements by judges bring doubt to the notion that the judiciary will be able to bring the required relief

Feminists are more interested in investigating and resisting gender inequalities than economic or ethnic inequities

Pakistani textbooks glorify armed jihad and pre-Partition warfare against (armies of) other religions

There are fears that the Afghan Taliban will then join the TTP and create serious consequences for our own security

The fact that women continue to outperform men in nearly every sector of education, speaks of their dedication

As a reader, I have a greater memories of photographs stuck in my brain than words

The Grammarian mindset is something that needs to be evolved out of; a skin that needs to be shed

Layers of secrecy not only conceal names of beneficiaries, jurisdictional complexities also make inquiry difficult

There is a consensus that even if Trump loses to Clinton, his campaign would have changed the world

What makes science interesting & exciting is that reasoning about the invisible reality is always fraught with danger

The limits of influence that can be gained from material wealth are being tested across the world

Our newsroom is possibly the most diverse in terms of gender

The government is hoping that the opposition activism will fizzle out in the month of Ramazan

I can’t remember Queen Elizabeth II ever making a remark in public during her long reign that would offend anybody

Let’s blame FPSC for choosing the best ‘few’ in the interest of our country

We will continue to have a large ‘black’ economy, so long as other Indians refuse to pay tax

We have had our chance when Bangladesh was East Pakistan and we blew it

In Pakistan, national interest has very rarely been used to define anything but the whims of rulers

What the Panama leaks has revealed is no revelation for the common Pakistani

Many NGOs have expressed disapproval of the UN system for having signed the ‘Global Compact’ with large corporations

In 1947, about 25 per cent of western Pakistan and 30 per cent of eastern Pakistan was composed of non-Muslims

When you ban anything which deviates from ‘acceptable’ narratives, you empower the bigots by shielding their worldview

Pakistan’s dilemma is the limited role of the political leadership over the Afghan policy

The horrific murder of 17-year-old Sumera in Karachi’s Orangi Town sent shockwaves around the globe

The state must engage filmmakers to create movies that explicitly showcase the narrative of tolerance

There is hardly any instance where the community may have cooperated in the aftermath of an attack

Several local Britons, I am told, are peeved with election of Sadiq Khan

The Jabberwock is set to put in a rare appearance and there address the assembled company on matters Panamanian

CASA-1000 will ease electricity shortages in Pakistan during the peak summer season

Had the people known what February 13, 2016 would bring with it, the day wouldn’t have passed without celebrations

Most political parties including the PPP are geared to ensure that the government falls

Government promised but did nothing to end the curse of jirgas after one had ordered the gang rape of Mukhtaran Mai

Should we wait for others to tell what is necessary to correct Pakistan’s image or repair relations with neighbours?

The implementation of child protection legislation is going to be a challenge in itself

One may ask if state is robbed of Rs730 million by a state functionary or politicians, is that still inconsequential?

What happened with Ambreen may be a new low in our long history of unimaginable horrors against girls and women

The superior courts of this country have given a clear verdict that jirgas themselves are “unlawful and illegal"

Logic reveals grand universal truths, while observations can only reveal lowly ‘contingent truths’