Opinion

The federal government and perhaps the state have an ethnicity and it is Punjabi. And they just do not care.

If Saudis came here to shop for nukes, weapons, insurgents, then they should know Pakistan is a country, not a shop.

The so-called peace process has turned into a farce exacting a heavy toll on the already dwindled state legitimacy.

If pitched convincingly, we can ship all of our religious warriors on a one-way ticket to Syria.

We as Pakistanis seem to prefer existing in escapist, isolated, individualistic reality than face enormity of present.

Government must ensure that TTP recognise all schools as safe sanctuaries and agree to re-open closed schools.

Pakistan should consider how a change in its Mideast policy could damage its relationship with Iran.

Our good people are our strategic depth: ordinary Pakistanis, and not some foreign country.

Major snowfall in March, heaviest fall of the winter, was not until recent years, part of localised weather pattern.

In condemning terrorist acts, China must ensure it does not place onus of hatred generated on one ethnicity, religion.

The stand-off warrants political solution. Military coups in Bangladesh, unlike in Pakistan, have always been bloody.

Thinking out of the box was not high on the agenda either and the narrowness of their vision was striking.

Extremist forces have Sindh, will gradually challenge plural sociocultural norms, just as it happened in South Punjab.

Chinese put up defence of Pakistan in presence of leading Western think tankers, intellectuals and ex-diplomats.

Since the day we won our independence, Fata's Pakistanis have been living under the shameful colonial law of FCR.

Our cure comes in form of an infected, leaky band-aid that seems to work for time being, but only makes problem worse.

Minus the military’s induction, there would have been no reaction to the events across the border.

Productivity increase & international trade are central to development models used by miracle economies of East Asia.

We are a nation that does not try and seek answers.

A cluttered mind cost the defending champions the Asia Cup title.

In Pakistan, I also haven’t come across any specific examples of anti-Jewish sentiments.

I do not understand what collective conscience is and how it is to be measured for extreme or moderate revulsion.

Rights trampled, self-respect violated, dignity shredded as State asserts itself against those its meant to shelter.

Our society is being taught to treat women as inferiors & some of these women have also started accepting it.

Citizens are being subjected to a programme of propaganda that threatens and terrifies them.

The UAE is already ranked among the world’s top 20 donors.

Given the besieged civilian govt, it is unlikely foreign policy ambitions, priorities will change in the short term.

All these external problems that we continue to suffer from have nothing to do with our foreign policy.

Crisis of environment is rooted in relationship between humans, nature, commodities alienating humans from themselves.

A stronger rupee brings political acclaim, but the balance of economic gains is uncertain.

Musharraf has shown himself to be the bully he is, will not return to face courts, bullies always being faint of heart

Principled foreign policy decisions need not equate to idealistic, cloistered foreign policy decisions.

Worst thing about Pakistan’s superiority complex is establishing our superiority on lightweight arguments.

The report found that communities are responding to the climate threat despite low government support.

For now, people of Pakistan seem to be drawing a virtual blank from leadership that must rescue the country.

Our social narcissism not only allow us not to see ‘Sunnisation’ of Pakistan but also forces us to tell more lies.

Hamid Karzai has, indeed, carefully choreographed the campaign for his ‘favourite’ candidate.

The play lamented the loss of Basant and also touched on several other themes as well.

The burgeoning gap between flagging export proceeds and steeply rising import payments is covered with foreign dole.

The fact that a boy was fatally wounded as a result of bullying during school hours is shocking.

The current leadership is unaware that when it shows weakness, it sleepwalks the country into dangerous situations.

Fact that robust solutions cannot translate into real change demonstrates fatal problem in our governance structure.

In my view, people of Bangladesh will either suffer under an authoritarian govt, or spend their life over throwing it.

Arabic signals a Muslim identity and Sanskrit a Hindu one — hence, the emphasis on these two iconic languages.

One must always be on guard in realising that nations will no longer tout international law while violating it.

A clear message has to be given to everyone that any defiance of the state’s authority will not go unpunished.

Will Ukraine forge an alliance with the West and join the EU or will it continue to exist under Russia’s shadow?

We may be better off today with a functioning democracy, an independent judiciary and a reasonably free media.

Foreign policy must be based on mutually advantageous considerations rather than ideological, religious considerations

While the new wave swept Middle East and North Africa, West sat by quietly, plotting, watching each move with caution.