Opinion

The people of Karachi need to be part of their police force and own it. So far, the opposite is the case.

The strategic dialogue itself is not the end in itself. It is only a means towards the end.

Many Pakistani citizens travelling abroad are invariably singled out and interrogated as if they were criminals.

While humanity may catch a break from its worst enemies, population growth ensures new challenges will be created.

Even minor changes to its facade are magnified many times over in the context of its archaeological importance.

The prime minister and the PML-N are the most pronounced examples of inertia and governance without accountability.

When the state is unable to even protect itself, then the media and the rest have no option but to knuckle under.

The irony is that while the houbara is becoming extinct, the royals chasing it are multiplying.

Chinese power is set to grow in coming years and with this rising power, it will begin to assert itself in the world.

The PPP continues to operate as a directionless and clueless party.

I had no role in writing the technical part of the paper or any information about it being plagiarised.

High growth in services can increase GDP, but not the desired employment levels in economies with large populations.

Encouraging new generation vaccine production in developing countries requires intensive capacity building, technology

When diseases like polio have not been eliminated yet, it isn't hard to decipher how public priorities are ranked.

Peshawar, at the moment, appears to be in a mess wherever one goes.

Intolerance drives minorities to divest themselves of all that was once near and dear and to cut family ties.

The US has since long supported dictatorships in the Muslim world.

In order to identify ‘genuine success’, we must consider the reason for the existence of human beings and countries.

The sense of neglect must be urgently ameliorated so that these peace-loving people can be saved from chaos.

The success of the AAP in India has trashed the ‘sacred’ rule of (s)electability, taken as gospel truth in Pakistan.

When democracy and market economy systems function side by side, it becomes almost impossible to control corruption.

The land mafia is a nexus comprising politicians, criminals, property dealers and corrupt government officials.

Women need to be at the table: in Davos, Montreux and everywhere in between.

India and Pakistan's role during the pre- and post-withdrawal period of US forces from Afghanistan will be critical.

As a male-dominated society we are uncomfortable with women, despite their academic brilliance, leading institutions.

Use of mobile phones could help famers disseminate information regarding cropping, other agricultural practices.

In the wake of number of challenges we are facing as a nation, cultural festivals will help us as a society to unite.

We are first Anglophiles, then Americanised, later Arabised, and now Turko-fied — when will we become Pakistanised.

Lunatics are at the gate, but nuns are in parliament, making ungodly noises about anything except cancer staring at it

Whatever the government’s compulsions, the onslaught on the Golden Temple was not justified.

The dialogue is an important opportunity to advance a comprehensive agenda of mutually beneficial initiatives.

After 3 years of bloodshed and 130,000 dead, no one is holding up much hope for these negotiations to be productive.

For most parts, the government has shrugged off its responsibility of monitoring the media.

In unfolding its boldest economic, social reforms, current leadership is confident it will fulfil responsibilities.

Average annual number of applicants for CS exams for 4 Muslim-dominated institutions is under 25.

If someone knocked on a door and shouted ‘Emergency!’ the person on the other side would say, ‘Emergency who?’

Has no Pakistan player in the contemporary age of cricket deserved a proper farewell?

Unfortunately, our elected rulers either don’t believe that they are in charge or don’t really give a damn.

There are times when, perhaps, the most cliched book names speak to you.

Vishwas is bringing new aggression to a parliamentary seat that was never seriously contested by any opposition party.

ICC's plans should awaken the PCB patron PM Nawaz Sharif and others at the board from their deep slumber.

Young people do not merely need capital, but also knowledge of how to turn raw ideas into sound, profitable businesses

Musharraf was bad for Pakistan on many counts; the economy wasn’t one of them.

When will children’s rights be recognised and protected as a fundamental constitutional obligation?

Does the AAP not deserve credit for thinking about Neha Yadav, and showing up Delhi police’s apathy to citizens?

Does anyone even know if an environment ministry exists or not?

One of Pakistan’s top priorities has to be to educate its large and growing population.

Should China be allowed to take control of our power projects without engaging in a competitive bidding process?

What has not changed is our capacity to inflict suffering, one upon the other on scale that transcends comprehension.

The party’s leadership hardly interacts with the provincial leadership and workers in other provinces.