Opinion

You don’t need to be super to be a hero. You can just be you

Around 600 Indian vessels enter Pakistani waters for fishing illegally every month

Reports by the McKinsey Global Institute suggest that gender-balanced teams yield better financial results

The only contender to sit in the Oval office that I like is the Jewish candidate Senator Bernie Sanders

The idea of moral responsibility is not particularly strong in the Indian subcontinent. Our morals are flexible

Oh yes Afridi’s certainly entertaining. But so are clowns

Will we allow hyper-nationalism in other countries to auto-power our own, or shape responses that are constructive?

So low are national standards, that when any official actually does what he should do it is given much eloquent waxing

2016 is not 1977. Mian Nawaz Sharif is not Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Fazlur Rehman is not his father, Mufti Mahmood

While technology changed diplomacy and lobbying, Pakistan continued with its traditional methods of communications

The not-so-good news is that the new foreign trade policy reflects an overambitious quality

Zac Goldsmith is running on the Conservative ticket while Sadiq Khan is the Labour candidate

Decline in opium production isn't due to any eradication programme, but due to a fungus which began wiping out poppies

Armed with a team of cunning lawyers, Trump could achieve his plan without having to take the Constitution head-on

A beginning is in sight to address the neglect of agriculture in Punjab

Shafqat Amanat Ali, is Ustaad enough to know that his rendition of the national anthem lacked passion and feelings

Only all-pervasive corruption can create the hopelessness, which generates hate necessary for commitment to terrorism

No matter how it is dressed up, a deal is a deal

For a slice of honest-to-goodness heritage experience I recommend Golra Sharif railway station to west of Islamabad

An obviously unintentional gaffe doesn’t make Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan a lesser patriot

When you stopped talking to girls on campus after Hajj, I knew it was a phase which wouldn’t last long

All the participants of a recently held citizens’ convention in Multan, expressed raged against the Multan metro

Victory Day celebrations amount to rubbing more salt into the wounds of Tamils

This was an opportune moment to leave the country; party that stood by him was faced with threat of disintegration

Feminism is simply a branch of egalitarianism that focuses on the promotion of gender equality

People in the madding crowd have the tendency to be violent after the first psychopath makes the initial violent move

There is a realisation by the Indian leadership that a gradual change in Pakistan’s establishment is in the offing

Foundation of secular thought rests on tolerance — it emerged to allow religious groups to live together in peace

We need platforms, where those who may not have the means to engage in a literature festival, benefit

The holding of the long-awaited population census in the country is now surrounded by even more uncertainty

It’s an old tale uncles tell us— Republicans are better for us than Dems; that bill of goods as everyone knows is over

People of Karachi realise that Mustafa Kamal’s unnamed party is nothing more than a rebranded MQM

Why has Obama chosen to be this frank, candid and open while he heads for the exit?

Patriarchal society has perfected art of exploitation, wrapped in multi-layered shroud called ‘culture’and...

Pharmaceutical companies have once again started a campaign to push for an increase in the price of common medicines

What are the lessons for Pakistan from the enhanced global focus on the Asia-Pacific region and the Asia Pivot policy?

Throughout his career, Mohammed Ali Siddiqui has displayed an insight that is both compelling and moving

Our great Indian nationalists are rousing passions against their own people, not against another nation

Value of media discourse is put at stake when some reporters use editorial autonomy to tamper with facts and reality

Brothers Sharif can right the wrongs of the Right if only they recognise the Moment and act upon it with a vengeance

The resolution never even asked for Holi, Diwali and Easter to be declared national holidays

Pakistan’s economy is showing visible signs of improvement

More attempts to stop Mr Trump through bad publicity in media campaigns only gives him what he desires —more attention

We need to end the ghetto-isation of Urdu literature, recovering it from the other side of the invisible Berlin Wall

It's the so-called blue-collar working class, especially white men who make up the bulk of Donald Trump’s support base

Why must only the law relating to women’s rights have the stamp of CII approval?

Digital media can be instrumental in reviving the literary heritage of our region

Through the Shabqadar court attack, militants attempted to erode the trust of citizens in the criminal justice system

For decades, North Korea said it did not have the will or capacity to pursue a nuclear programme

The identity I have is shaped by the choices I have made, the same as everybody else