Opinion

Truth, a totally foreign concept in this land of the righteous, it stands no chance. It never has.

If diplomatic immunity is not given to the Indian diplomat, the tensions between US and India will worsen.

Frustration with homegrown culture industry, media, growing clout of terror related actors drips from each syllable.

Active participation in OGP could help improve govt’s reputation so far as its integrity, responsiveness is concerned.

By design, Washington doesn’t have any coherent dialogue strategy, much less a proper peace plan for Afghanistan.

The cost of litigation and time spent by the judiciary and the executive on cases perhaps exceeded the return.

Impact of expensive schemes in improving capacity of tertiary students to become productive remains to be seen.

The atrocities committed by both sides, even before the actual hostilities began, must be accepted and atoned for.

In order to attract substantial amount of FDI in Pakistan, BOI must ensure the security of foreign assets and profits.

The AAP has shown that an election can be fought and won on white money.

There have been repeated attempts to clean up palm oil industry in the past, but this is expensive and time-consuming.

The degeneracy of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is not for our masters, but the bubble of unreality is.

We need not be afraid of our failures; we should only be afraid of not accepting them as our own.

While it is sensible to move past an incident after some time, its not easy to do so without justice, reconciliation.

Over the years, Sindhi middle class is looking away from Sufi traditions due to its association with authoritarianism.

We should not just rely on govts, civil society should also share experiences, look at areas of cooperation.

Long-term investment in our human capital through improved, sustained quality of higher education is not on the agenda

The absence of private bank participation in the programme indicates that it is an unsound ‘non-bankable’ programme.

To achieve real progress with Afghanistan, we must see things more clearly in bilateral terms, stop playing proxies.

Since 2001, Americans have not been significantly successful in transforming Afghanistan into a democratic society.

It should be left to people to judge historical personages. But study of history remains a neglected area in Pakistan.

Language, culture and history, if the narratives are right and rational, can unite communities more than religion.

We are playing hard to get, while US is threatening to squeeze flow of assistance & neither side is on stable ground.

Washington opted to hardly learn any lessons from terrible outcome of its decade-long ’80s covert war in Afghanistan.

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Migration produced a population mix that could not be handled by the available institutional structure.

What happened in 1971 was on account of festering economic inequity, aggravated by cultural and linguistic cleavages.

AAP is not driven by a particular ideology — Left or Right — it continues to be dominated by left-liberals.

The civil and military authorities need to work together to assert the state’s primacy before it is too late.

We have not even spared polio. An anti-polio drive is seen as a Western ploy against Pakistan.

It is hardly the case that state, its decisive leader can solve all problems, according to Pawar’s own reckoning.

We can't see videos on YouTube, but we can see brazen cravenness of leadership kowtowing to a blackmailing minority.

There will be enough headaches for Pakistan during and after drawdown without piling on poorly thought out BSA clauses

Justice (retd) Chaudhary became a leader of the Court, the symbol, the face, the patron-in-chief of the Court.

The US has made it clear that it is hopeful of India using its influence to persuade Karzai to sign the agreement.

Imran still has great promise. But inability to change mind in time, cut losses means reactionary groups can play him.

While we may not all be fair-skinned, our bodies and nerves are definitely frail and fragile.

Until Pakistan can raise enough money through tax, it will continue to be excessively dependent on loans and aid.

Age-old territorial issues must not remain intractable, must find accommodation for mutually beneficial resolutions.

Love propaganda of Bollywood is an impediment in the way of finding realistic solutions to India-Pakistan conflict.

Instead of waiting for this generation’s Mandela, we'd be better served to study, apply his legal, political policies

It will be encouraging if our political representatives can demonstrate similar dedication and acumen as Mandela.

US, Nato are in process of LEAVING, not entering Afghanistan! Why are JI/PTI stopping foreign armies from leaving.

If the government is run on archaic principles with poor decision-making, don’t expect great outcomes for the economy.

Mandela dazzled us with his vision of a future where all South Africans, black and white, would live in equality.

End of Iftikhar Chaudhry’s tenure must not mean end of justice. People should be heard even if it means less publicity

Rumi’s account journeys from visa woes to the construction of the Indo-Muslim identity with craft and poise.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and I are committed to stopping any plans based on the personalisation of the economy.

Mandela, a man with a host of frailties and imperfections, will stick there till my dying day.

Elections in this country have never reflected the will of the people but the will of the powerful.