Opinion

Criminalising triple talaq, whilst acknowledging its legal effectiveness will only add contradiction to the law

It’s time we recognise that it is highly offensive to make fun of anyone struggling with a mental ailment

How does the Indian defence minister know that it was a boat from Pakistan with not a shred of evidence of any sort?

Fraternité is not what Charlie Hebdo stands for, it is what Merabet and Bathily did for the Republic.

Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud ruled in the hearts of all: the sheikhs and the Sharifs, the Bushes and the Bin Ladens

There is not even enough time to think about long-term solutions before narratives are changed and focus is shifted

Policymakers must understand how the global production system has changed and will continue to chang

Pakistanis act as their own worst enemy and are on a circular path that leads nowhere

We are still not clear about why fuel pumps ran dry earlier this month in Punjab and parts of K-P

The common person’s alienation from non-performing elected political leaders has made democracy insecure in Pakistan

There is gross inefficiency in almost every department of government and the private sector, even the professions

Govt does not need to take responsibility of energy production, rather it should only focus on designing energy policy

The challenge is not to “ban” these opinions, but to make them fringe, expose them as the idiocy that they are

The nation needs full-time ministers for every department and a direct approach to tackling key national issues

Bringing discipline in our lifestyles can go a long way in bringing stability, sense of good governance in the country

The unwarranted hate speech that follows terror attacks can incite hatred, lead to acts of violence against innocents

40 years after that, we have the bomb — with power, gas, petrol, other shortages — are on the verge of eating grass

Out of either inefficiency or fear of reprisals, neither administration nor judiciary would like to touch terrorists

It was all in the family and, therefore, a case of collective incompetence

For us to create the valuable currency of knowledge, it is essential that learning becomes both an art and a science

Allowing freedom of expression in secular societies to be used to ridicule faith undermines prospects of conciliation

If PSO’s retail business is spun off into a separate company, it would always be able to import oil for fuel stations

UK politicians, govt deploys rhetoric of ‘British values’, ‘freedoms’ internationally to do what extremists do

Thousands of families endure trauma and all the rest of us can do is hope and pray for these families’ resilience

The price of freedom of speech increasingly appears to be paid in units of warfare

Despite availability of sufficient resources, we don’t manage our petrol, gas or electricity by price mechanism

As a collective, we pay for it by accepting death of dreams, possibilities of plural & interwoven loyalties as absurd

When this leadership cannot even manage to supply petrol, we should be scared. Very scared.

Public action, with people standing up in organised fashion, asking questions can force change in behaviour of elite

Only a meaningful proscription, credible administrative actions against LET/JUD would help retain public confidence

Gluttony has existed in many forms throughout history but has attained its perfect manifestation in the buffet meal

Media, without perhaps knowing what it is doing, has been playing a significantly more lethal role than guns

The threat is such that it demands comprehensive response where civilian leadership’s role is of crucial significance

The dismal situation is merely another indictor of governance that is not just shoddy but a matter of criminal neglect

If Kenya, with GDP lower than Pakistan, can mobilise resources at purely public sector university, then why can’t...

I think you find enough people to come see theatre to get you going, not financially perhaps, but you get the required

Every three minutes, someone mutters, ‘it is not rocket science!’ and all nod in agreement. Discussion killed!

Having lost the best of Pakistan to this war, Pakistan has nothing left to lose anymore

Those who have acted against the West — the state and the people — cannot be said to be behaving as good Muslims.

By speaking against 21st amendment, JUI-F chief was playing crass politics of the kind that only he can

Like all great men, he was deliberately made controversial by successive establishments and the clergy

We are capable of fixing our own problems; all we need are honest leaders who are not dipping their hands in the till

If current policy continues to be followed, then the country will continue to go from one economic crisis to anothe

No amount of argument, rhetoric will convince me that its not deeply wrong to criticise, show disrespect to a prophet

The media constantly taps into the middle class Indian sentiment that the poor are not important enough to be covered

Prime minister is not rising to the occasion because he can’t. That’s it. He doesn’t have the will, skill, to do so.

That is what they want, for some silly cartoons to drown memories of our children, for everyone to forget everything

Separation dens at zoos get absolutely no sunlight and when cubs are born they remain in den under close observation

It is the fear we see in our political leaders that disgusts and repels the most — the fear of losing face,...

Instead of undermining judiciary through quick fix of military trials, govt should boost capacity of police, judiciary