Opinion

Are our babus just there for pushing paper and blindly following orders/instructions from on high

Dreadful experience of the last decade has shown me that I will never receive just treatment from the American govt

This was something special. Because being played out in front of me was the Pakistan that I wanted to see

Tthe entire region stands to gain exponentially from constructive trade and commerce engagement

It was a confrontation between the 2 ideologies, one non-violent, the other all for use of arms, if the need arises

While we try to figure why Sindh is being sinned against, important to note moderate political forces are disappearing

At the grassroots level, I see a revolution of rising frustrations with the system from Karachi to Gilgit-Baltistan

It is about weak state that is unable to establish law and order or hand out substantial punishment to unjust accusers

Situation demands strong continued support from Islamabad so that the fragile province can be spared power politics

Interestingly enough, every time we had fought somebody else’s war, our economy had performed like a tiger

Jihadists in Pakistan and Indian hardliners are pulling the two countries further apart and holding the region hostage

Any operational and tactical relationship with the IS can pit the Pakistani Taliban against the Afghan Taliban

Outrage, views about lives of the most vulnerable are no longer about value of life, but shrouded in cloak of politics

It is hoped that the entire nation will stand behind its military commander for him to achieve this mission

Barack Obama was wrong, and Chris Rock was right: White America was the problem; was always the problem

For many people, their phones, laptops and tablets are substitutes for human connection

Only time will tell how the international system shaken by seemingly uncontrollable events settle down

Our desire to remain connected is now so overriding that we dread being in a location where there is no coverage

We need to start making a serious effort to talk to the Afghans and not sermonize all the time

To re-establish writ of the state, we need create conditions in which Taliban no longer have a place on our soil

Like many of Imran Khan’s pronouncements he didn’t go into too many details of the surgical operation he had in mind

This sort of nasty language is commonly used by the Hindutva parties to rally their base

What savages in Punjab police uniform did to blind men is symptomatic of a cancer that has spread deep, wide in govt

When the now fallen from grace preacher is safely back, he has to be compelled to apologise for his egregious misogyny

Nawaz is a man stuck in a time warp of just under 30 years and it is unrealistic to expect him to deliver

Terrorism in Pakistan is that it is the culmination of a protracted process of radicalisation in the name of religion

Balance is the best course for all concerned more so for Modi because he is the one jumping around on very wobbly legs

Absence of an intra-regional dispute settlement mechanism has limited Saarc's capacity to contribute to regional peace

There is no harm in making social protection less fragmented in development policy, create separate fund to finance it

In a society ready to jump to conclusions, often without facts, this may also create stigma and intolerance

Teachers said they have no say in policymaking for textbook, curriculum development, designing student assessment

After more than 4 years of clearance of Taliban, normalcy in social and political life of Swat is still a far cry

Pakistanis used to be able to travel across the world with ease, requiring no visas for more than half of it

In guise of humility, we hide deepest, darkest fear of being ‘found out’ for being failure pretending to be a success

The trip was 2 hours quicker than by bus, ticket prices were the same as for the bus and food was immeasurably better

Each side must respect the space exclusive to the other

Only in an Afghanistan that is free of foreign forces can a viable, sustainable, inclusive dispensation be founded

The simplicity of the basic message must slice through this dense fog: we must know if the elections were rigged

Khan, his colleagues will certainly benefit if they can push their reform agenda in K-P, showcase it for next election

Perhaps it is the unprecedented politicisation of middle class that accounts for growing popularity of Kaptaan

In Keti Bunder, the increase in the forest cover clearly seems to be the result of plantation activities

Even after almost 4 years of 18th amendment’s passage, provinces still seem trapped in colonial clutches of Islamabad

The people need a leader who can, through compassion, heal wounds and work relentlessly towards solving problems

Best way to honour the sacrifice 65 polio martyrs is to make sure that never again does any worker face death

What feminism opposes, in my view, is the pre-determination by society (or men) of women’s life choices

We, the people of Jammu and Kashmir, await support of international community to intervene and resolve this dispute

There is a need to capture potential income from agriculture and equalise the tax burden

‘Hitting hard’ in perpetuity may be too much of a good thing. 107 days into dharna, it’s time we lowered our voices

Pakistan could add development of waterways to the megaprojects to which Beijing has committed itself

For no other country is the restoration of stability in Afghanistan more important than it is for Pakistan