Opinion

The government response is a piece of learned behaviour in response to a specific stimulus

We know lawbreakers cannot be lawmakers. And they certainly have no right to act self-righteous about military courts

Extremist values, historically, are the alternative, not mainstream discourse. People have to be reminded of that

Gravity of one kind of violence by one group shouldn’t blind us to other forms and groups operating in Pakistan today

What is needed at such times is to be truthful as far as it is permitted by the situation on the ground

The rot began in Peshawar in the name of jihad and transformed into terrorism in and around its vicinity

NAB has resolved to do across-the-board accountability in an objective and impartial manner.

Answer for India & Pakistan does not lie in shedding more blood of innocents, but in settling differences via talks

There is a need and necessity of news and analyses, but there is also a need for investing in our future generations

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If India chooses to become US’s best friend, supported by Japan, Sino-Pakistan relations may develop a competing nexus

It is high time that real victims of war on terror received some form of reparation for losses they have had to endure

We require curing our existing legal apparatus, not destroying it

The country has been in total disarray for a considerable time

In case there is an even partnership, sharing of the chief ministerial term, the BJP's man will necessarily be a Hindu

The speech is ready. Who is ready to give it?

The transition to military power is now complete. No one had the conviction to defend the spirit of the Constitution

What we have sitting in powerhouses of capital is not made of stuff that can differentiate between right and wrong

This set of national players used democratic means to gain power but nationalism to consolidate it

We are one bloody nation, one hell of a bloody nation. It is time to come out of denial and start acting like one

Schools, especially those at primary level, are excellent starting places for creating culture of peace and tolerance

Difference between Taliban and us is not that they are so totally wrong, difference is that we must protect our...

Political parties, security establishment and govt are on one page. Let us hope they don’t play the old games again

The mute witnessing of the myriad actions that brought us to the December 16 massacre is our collective shame

While current security situation is precarious, it shouldn't translate into issuing blank cheque for security expenses

Ideas have a tendency to spread beyond online spaces and into the political mainstream

Closure will only come when this Taliban menace is wiped off the face of the region and the world

Govt probably had little choice other than to do what it did with NAP because that is what they have always done

Let us start 2015 with the strongest resolve & purest of intention and show the world what Pakistanis are made of

It will be almost impossible to fight this war without breaking the edifice of extremist ideology

Public hangings and military courts are akin to prescribing aspirin for a cancer that is consuming Pakistan

This war will not be decided by military superiority but by the moral superiority of the state

Without clear construct of this, anchored in socio-cultural & historical context, crafting narrative will be pointless

Purpose of the suggestions is to help identify, target and eliminate anti-state forces across our country

Now that he has finally recognised the Taliban for what they are, one expects him to go public against them

Civilian leadership has to rise to the national challenge if the current ‘consensus’ has any substance

The nation will be hoping that current Pakistan team can take some inspiration from history and achieve glory again

If consent is central to Islamic institution of marriage, is argument in favour of parental prerogative plausible?

Don't start trusting educational institutions today, but start building & strengthening those we can trust tomorrow

Lukewarm disapprovals of such acts are no substitutes for outright condemnations and disassociations from them

It is hoped the PML-N actually fleshes out these policies, and that their successors sustain them

If Imran wants a revolution, he must ask his supporters to work for an extra hour at their respective workplaces

I believe that we will summon the courage to acknowledge officially that the safe havens we willy-nilly provided

Hopefully this tragedy is a pivotal moment, won't just be added to list of tragedies which failed to inspire action

Pakistanis have to be convinced that it is their war. And more important, they should be willing to fight it

The real issue is the capacity of the present civilian government to implement action plan's agenda items all the way

Just then I heard the strains of Pato, a Uruguayan tango which happens to be the ringtone on my mobile phone

I have no issue with Vajpayee being given the award, given the sort of politicians who have been given it before him

All of you who sat across that table in the Prime Minister’s House that day, stand up, and say: “I am sorry”

All those indebted to BB seem intent to bury her memory, struggle for civilian democracy with the children in Peshawar