Opinion

English dropped from rural school primary curriculum to be learnt, only when and if qualified teacher is available.

Hagel's visit was undoubtedly a fact-finding mission to find out who is actually calling the shots in Pakistan.

Most observers don’t believe this latest territorial tantrum will lead to a full-blown military confrontation.

When ordinary citizens from country’s diverse communities were able to access internet, they expressed their...

Bangladesh defies modernisation theory where despite sustained growth it marched back on authoritarian/democracy axis.

Democracy grows, matures and gets firm roots only and only through showing positive gains for the common man.

Militancy is essentially war of ideas, narratives; it is naive to think you can ‘buy’ your way out of it via...

With hullabaloo about saving world’s environment, there is nary a squeak from international community about Siachen.

2013 no doubt will be laid to rest alongside ’03s, ’79s and ’68s of our time, known world-over for breaking the spirit

A state, especially a weak one, cannot do much on its own; a great deal has to be done by the people themselves.

Our film industry came to a crashing end a few decades ago and I fear the TV industry may be headed the same way.

NAB has been using many mediums of interaction and collaboration with public and private sector stakeholders.

Our ability to weather shocks seems very limited.

In short, our minorities are worse off than the Muslims of India at present.

Manufacturing rage is now a growth industry because it allows projection of power which is deprived through ballot.

Rangoonwala produced a truly remarkable and highly readable little booklet in 1958, titled 'Free Economy or Disaster'.

What makes India difficult to survey electorally is complicated nature of its politics, deep fragmentation of voters.

Before the invasion on Iraq, Mandela's vehement stance against war must still sting America.

The standard on which Justice Jillani is judged should be higher and hopefully will emerge unscathed, judge-like.

Delhi became most interesting battlefield in polls simply because it broke away from Congress versus BJP pattern.

It becomes more and more obvious by the year that the democratic form adopted by Pakistan is not working out.

Both India & US once shared same colonial masters as us. But they have moved on and we are still stuck in the past.

Mandela’s true greatness lies not in the myth that he was a saint, but in the fact, that he was not.

From being a major power in South Asia always equated with India, Pakistan today is bracketed with Afghanistan.

Mr Dar sees the importance of reserves, but unrealistically expects an improvement in three to four months.

The problem with Bollywood today is that it is taken far too seriously.

The most important prerequisite for prosperity is to control violence and reestablish order in the country.

The manner in which the TI constructs its CPI remains problematic.

If Pakistan’s population growth rate remains 1.9 per cent, our population will be close to 350 million by 2050.

Bumping up against the educational deficits of Pakistan can be a salutary experience.

Rumours go viral because they make a normal person’s life appear more interesting than it actually is.

We have to let go of the perception that we are mere puppets controlled by so-called 'external forces'.

No, Miss Bhutto, the Pakistani woman is not always a helpless, sobbing victim.

Pakistan must delink its proxies from foreign governments and intelligence agencies, especially from the Arab world.

In the past 40 years, nine out of 10 of the top disasters have been climate related.

Today we have many more non-state actors killing and maiming Pakistanis in Islam's name than there were 10 years ago.

Sheikh Hasina does not want to step down and looks like she will go to any length to retain power.

We got this freedom after a very long struggle and we should not let it die.

One concept which has become a household name is the suo motu powers of the Supreme Court.

Whenever new face takes over at the top in Pakistan, life history of incumbent is invariably etched in glowing terms.

When I watch Sachin's brilliant 98, I marvel at absolute audaciousness of his strokes, decimating once-great bowling.

The ‘brain drain’ from Pakistan is one of the primary causes of the slow death of the academia in Pakistan.

In absence of special law with appropriate teeth, we will continue to witness violent crimes on smallest of triggers.

When dust of praise settles, Kayani will eventually be remembered for his soft image, cautious & watchful approach.

The PM's power to transfer and appoint everyone in the system is an archaic and inefficient practice.

Under no circumstances should the security establishment set the security or foreign policy priorities of the country.

The agreement is a sign of how the Western powers are seeking peaceful resolution in Middle East.

As Pakistanis we are angry at being duped and are suspicious of the work foreign NGOs do here.

General Kayani pulled back the army from active politics and withdrew most serving personnel from civilian jobs.

The government has continued to fuel demand-pull inflation by printing of large amounts of money.