Opinion

Will US once again get bogged down in another Middle East quagmire that does not require merely a military response.

If the army wanted something from Nawaz, they probably had gotten it by now.

Russia has repeatedly declared its readiness to facilitate intra-Ukrainian dialogue process without preconditions.

Nations on our either side have produced scholars of highest calibre via public education system. What's stopping us?

The brotherhood is based on benefit.

It is high time that we go for staggered polls in the country.

Civil disobedience is now the pursuit of inquilab and democracy — the demands of an individual leading a mob.

The point of this exercise is that while the real cost of the Islamabad demonstrations it must be calculated carefully

Azad’s chief contribution to India revolves around understanding the heterogeneous nature of India’s Muslims.

The central strategy of this electoral gambit is to monopolise the non-Muslim vote, especially of Jammu region.

Sharifs need to find way of working together in public interest & not allow Pakistan turn into farcical image of past

How many more innocent people will have to die before conscience of our incompetent rulers and bureaucrats is shaken?

Aside from his inflexible attitude towards Pakistan & media, Modi has done well in his first 100 days.

The last three weeks of turmoil has reminded us that this nation called Pakistan has had enough. No more.

There is a common thread, all top men in power, all the three Sharifs are hostage to those around them.

The more indecisive this government is the more unreliable it will look.

One can only hope that the two protagonists realise that what the country needs is stability, not confrontation.

The PTI is a classic case of how ignorant and distant the elite of Pakistan is from the ground situation.

The people remain the only suckers in this game of Kingly turns where democracy is just a convenient cover.

For Pakistan, the importance of Chinese investment cannot be overstated.

Elected representatives should re-examine need to privatise while upholding the economic, social well-being of people.

When one talks about education, but ‘event’ becomes the reason to shut schools, no moral high ground left on any side.

WTO must take a harder look at what constitutes fair and unfair subsidisation in agriculture.

Nawaz Sharif should stop panicking. His opponents are all in and do not have the cards to pull off a win.

We Pakistanis have grown up, gentlemen. All you can do is to threaten us and our little children now, cowards!

Flawed — and probably doomed in their different ways — as both are they are doing a very necessary job of work.

Pakistan currently has no legislation for animal welfare but we have control over our personal choices

Dr Shahid Qureshi is a fierce critic of the way business schools churn out graduates in Pakistan and elsewhere.

It is even in the interest of Imran & Nawaz to cooperate to ensure their future against plans implemented secretly

Whether IK and TuQ get elected is of no consequence, history will record their contribution for meaningful change.

With this ‘revolutionary’ tradition, Pakistan will remain unstable, ungovernable, vulnerable to such marches.

Well aware of all factors, the establishment, one would like to believe, is in no mood to reverse its role.

Imran needs to stand with democratic forces and not undermine the democratic system.

Intransigence is not a good strategy — at best it is a short-term tactic.

Sharifs, Zardaris or others award party tickets for National Assembly according to their whims. Merit hardly matters.

If non-Pandits heed the boycott call as they always do and stay indoors, the vote cast will ensure victory for the BJP

We want ‘real democracy’ — whatever that means — and we want it now.

ECP needs its own internal audit, accountability process, not wait for external complaints to review performance.

There is no precedent for what we are seeing on our screens: the Red Zone turning red; police assaulting the press.

Acceptance is the only thing that makes life seem less of a burden and more of a playground of amazing opportunities.

Imran Khan should impose his revolutionary ideas in K-P & make that into a example for rest of Pakistan to strive for.

Each time Pakistan seems to be set on a rapid growth trajectory, politics has intervened to disrupt the process.

Sometimes in the midst of the chaos, we forget what the ultimate goal should be.

I am continued to be plagued by the ‘professionalism’ of people we call doctors.

A number of people have disconnected their line connection due to official indifference and lack of interest.

RSS hasn't demanded Indian state be organised by caste, so we assume that 'rashtra' was used in sense of ‘nation’.

What we are witnessing is a fight to set this system right.

The illusion of civilian, democratic supremacy has been the primary casualty of the fiasco thus far.

This country can no longer afford to be bereft of governance, at the mercy of Sharifs, Qadris, Zardaris.

I am leaving this country in spirit today, my body will follow whenever the next chance arises.