Opinion

The PFA should give a six-month warning to restaurant owners, and educate them in operation and hygiene

Priyanka Chopra is working effortlessly on her high-profile American television debut in Joshua Safran’s “Quantico”

Is Europe right to shut its doors on refugees whose displacement has been caused by policies of Western leaders?

Illegally constructed mosques continue to operate, with Imams saying what they want

Some of our politicians prefer to do their politics in safe environs of UAE, where politics is virtually banned

Even though rampant militant activity is a glaring problem, its persistence is a result of the government’s inaction

Years of self-absorbed inaction dulls the drive, robbing one of the capacity to work hard or be able to change

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. We can all agree pictures of dead Syrian refugees are worth a lot more

While the fee hike may be warranting of the censure it received, demonisation of private sector is not so justified

Humour at the expense of obesity has been a part of our literary and entertainment tradition

Mahathir Mohamed in Malaysia & Deng Xiaoping in China were the prime drivers of their countries' rapid economic growth

Creating the Constitution of a country just 26-years-old, Mr Pirzada achieved what no man has yet managed to undo

This government is in a good position to set the right agenda of irreversible civil service reforms

Change almost always is disruptive and the one occurring now in 2015 is no exception

According to World Food Programme’s ‘hunger statistics’, one out of nine people in the world remain malnourished

Let us not forget Kavaan and other animals and ensure that we can do our bit so that they are treated well

Marx’s vision of a classless society shaped the 20th century, inspiring the battle between communism and capitalism

It is painful to see Turkey waging against the Kurds who are also fighting against Islamic State

The ability to persuade and to make a reasoned argument is an essential skill in a modern entrepreneur

Congress has nothing else in its quiver and Modi’s ‘anti-development’ allegation has not caught on

General Raheel Sharif is now implementing change that politicians could never dare do

When the CCI does not even exercise its powers and responsibilities, it will not be able to fulfil its purposes

Mian Sahib of Raiwind this time round has realised that taking ‘dictation’ is part of the survival game

It is one thing to talk in Urdu within the country, it is another to deliver speeches in it on international fora

Today the death toll has crossed a quarter of a million and number of internally displaced persons has gone beyond 10m

These elders are our true source of guidance. They’re the ones with decades of life experience; an irreplaceable asset

Jinnah's dream of Pakistan as a modern, democratic, liberal and secular state was waylaid by the power troika

This grumpy Brooklyn guy in his mid-seventies has rallied around him the old left and the expanding army of unemployed

Phantom was the yardstick of much that matters, and much that does not, and much that lies somewhere in between

The issue when it comes to protection of women’s rights is primitive mindset of society, lack of will to implement law

At what point did we decide that death and loss are just parts of a routine that we must follow

Pakistan is alive & well, peopled with busy men & women making lives for themselves even after the worst of adversity

Every time an A-lister goes into rehab, has a meltdown or dies, the evil bares its ugly fangs all over again

While we live in 21st century, our primal human emotions are still driving our expressions in the digital age

This film is “the tartan of Islam” today — it explains how societies are interwoven, how we must respect each other

Wars are bad, very bad and destructive. In the end, everyone loses, and there are no winners

Jointly, they have systematically imperilled the PSM’s function, prevented it from operating at optimum capacity

Majority of people did not give credence to rigging claims of Imran Khan, felt that PML-N had won the elections fairly

Artificially appreciated currency ends up subsidising imports, serves as an effective disincentive against FDI

Artificially high food prices are the new normal and cloud the developing world in a pall of misery

Our problems and challenges aside, there are fundamental questions we have to ask ourselves

We must demand from them the security that they can give but must not take the law in our own hands

Only way to address the issue is to engage each other, conveying a loud message to detractors of peace in subcontinent

Bringing internal security operation to ‘its logical conclusion’ is thus hardly a strategy. Its at best an objective

Capitalism requires growth to prosper, and this could only come by increasing exploitation

Beijing hopes by focusing on investments in the Silk Road, it will provide a new stimulus to its troubled economy

The CIA has a long track record of leaving behind bigger problems than the ones they attempt to fix

How did a 16 year old get access to a 9mm pistol in the first place?

An important development that has boosted the image of the military is the improved security situation in Karachi

The dollar has crossed Rs105 and is likely to touch Rs130 by 2020. When that happens, will any of the Leagues survive?