Opinion

When Imran married Jemima, it was clear this wasn't the wisest choice for an aspiring politician

Historical revisionism is often condemned as an attempt to deny more than six million Jews perished in the Holocaust

Pakistan in terms of the size of its population, is larger and is also considerably younger

The PTI should've used the time till the 2018 elections to fill the huge gaps in its party organisation

The sahib ka beta lives in the lap of luxury while the child hired to take care of him starves

Why can we not put our tax house in order? Why does the IMF have to force us to raise tax revenues?

The European Enlightenment was a revolt against all traditional ways of thinking

The ugly face of religious extremism has descended on Bangladesh and there is a climate of fear & intolerance

It seems that the election process India is getting better with each passing year

If there has been one major success for the country since 2013, it is the operation against terrorists

The government should respond to Lahore factory tragedy by taking urgent steps to protect workers

One undisputed credit that Punjab is given is for the passionate and hands-on approach to investment

This is no journalism sir. When you present your views, biases, in a systematic fashion, it is called a witch-hunt

All women over the age of 40 are at risk of developing breast cancer, with those over 50 being the most vulnerable

The World Bank aims to increase the voting power of developing countries to at least 50 per cent over time

We all talk way too much and do very little

Have you done enough to inspire your southern neighbours to choose someone like Justin Trudeau in 2016?

If Nandipur and the LNG deals are any guide, the future is not very bright

What endows you the right to state what happened inside the four walls of someone’s privacy?

Creating a new language — ‘Pakistani’ — will be representative of all Pakistanis

Whatever one may think of the unfortunate couple, they don't deserve what is happening to them

Munir Husain’s Surviving the Wreck spotlights one brave officer’s defiance to become Zia’s ‘yes-man’

If two people decide to part ways by mutual consent and gracefully, they’re still better off than thousands of...

Indus Hospital has a vision to expand its outreach to patients in all four provinces

Only by working together, can the countries of the Asia and the Pacific become disaster-resilient

Success of the PPP and PML-N in LG polls lies in the lure and lustre of patronage politics

Pakistan has reached the point of zero-sum on nuclear weapons capability with India

International mainstreaming requires Pakistan to pull the plug on all non-state actors operating on its soil

Is Pakistan being led down the same path as Greece? It is imperative the dependence on foreign financing is reduced

China has deliberately avoided any proactive role in regional disputes that do not affect it directly

This year 600 adult houbaras were released in Lal Suhanra National Park by International Fund for Houbara Conservation

When I was growing up, I was taught that the sources of all ills are zarr, zameen aur zann (money, land and women)

The country has existed for over four decades as a compact state with a sense of history and a vision for the future

In Sindh, Asif Ali Zardari said the PPP was “alive and kicking” after 11 people were shot dead in Khairpur

The power of the pharmaceutical lobby ensures that the cost of drugs in the US is highest in the world

The total number of adult illiterates in the country adds up to 100 million people

The declaration of the 2016 troop withdrawal deadline by the Obama Administration was a mistake

How long will we continue to be held hostage to the whims of thugs who pose as student groups?

The more power is dispersed among elected institutions, the more difficult it is to dislodge democratic institutions

In Bollywood terms, we are the Shahid Kapoor of cricket though we think we are the Shah Rukh Khan

Benghazi inquiry looked like a partisan attack by a group of spiteful Republicans who wanted to tarnish her image

The martyrdom of my father represents the battle between right and wrong

If govt fails to push Pakistan’s case for what it deserves as one of the victims of climate change, no one else will

One can't keep accepting hard cash from the US and expect to give nothing in return

The PPP is increasingly being perceived as the Qaim Ali Shah of political parties

Younger generations in Pakistan are attached to Middle East & its issues despite never having lived there

The LG election today is as important as the 2013 general election; let us not waste this chance

Nawaz Sharif's trip to US convinces us of one thing: PM & his cabal are out of ideas and simply going through motions

"Oh, you're from Pakistan? Give me a big hug then." The irrepressible Om Puri responded to me with a huge smile

Unlike the MDGs, the SDGs were formulated subsequent to the largest consultation process in UN history