Opinion

It is peace on the TTP terms or bloody chaos let loose and we all know, or should know, which of these it will be.

Blocking NATO supples will only delay the departure of foreign troops, tempting the Haqqani network to keep attacking.

In Pakistan, bomb blasts usually make it to the front while stories on climate change are confined to the back pages.

Make no mistake, our state is under very real threat and no individual or institution involved is safe.

If the CTD personnel are repatriated to their parent wings/departments, their expertise will be lost.

Real issue between Pakistan, Afghanistan is not border management but sourcing out borders to militants, warlords.

Imbalance between population and natural resources generates conflicts in more than one ways.

The basic contradiction between outlook of Jamaat and Pakistan is one between universal Islamic Ummah & nation state.

The question that the world asks today is not who is terrorising us but why we are allowing ourselves to be terrorised

When enemy fights along ethnic & sectarian lines, one begs our defenders forget the same differences among themselves.

It has become very difficult for Pakistan’s new prime minister to seek a closer working relationship with the US.

Most of Pakistan’s problems are the doings of the security establishment.

The only dialogue which needs to take place is a recital of the Constitution to these brutes.

The British didn’t have much of a human rights record when they ruled the colonies.

Official circles fear the Taliban might target Punjab for violence as it is the mainstay of PML-N's political power.

To listen to Rahul is to be told that we are sunk as a nation. That may be true.

If SIC & TTP are 2 mainstream ideological extremes on political spectrum, then surrender flag proudly flutters already

Too many politicians and religious zealots get worked up for the wrong reasons and dribble over their kitsch taste.

Imran Khan is leading the charge against sanity, armed with ignorance and a hunger to gain a foothold in Punjab.

Planning is as minimal as it gets and the term ‘temporary arrangement’ is always our ‘rational’ response.

The IMF mission chief stated that despite the challenges facing Pakistan, the ‘sky is falling mentality’ is excessive.

A world full of conflict needs to learn from Nepal on sorting out changing nature of society via constitution-making.

Separatists need to keep up with New Delhi’s devices and notch up their responses.

It is not merely the soldiers who deserve the title of martyr, but murdered activists, lawyers and politicians too.

I can only hope that we Pakistanis can get back what we have lost: tolerance, respect, and love for our minorities.

How many of those rioting, killing, burning had ever read a word of the book they were protesting against, I wonder?

If we prosecute and punish anybody for Munawwar Hassan's ideas, there would be no difference between us and Taliban.

Strategic operationalisation of anti-US sentiment for political gain brokers internal unity in fractious environments.

Hassan thinks soldiers dying for Pakistan are not martyrs because he believes state is not fighting a legitimate war.

Intellectuals like Iqbal provided the roots for the consistent confusion Pakistan has been suffering from.

A state of affairs where martyrdom has no meaningful significance is designed to go in favour of Mr Mehsud, Hassan.

Our anti-dengue campaign has led to a full-blown real-time disease surveillance system in Punjab.

It is pertinent to have a truthful and credible process — an inquiry that investigates what went wrong in...

Most of our politicians and media persons thrive on their love to hate America.

The principal contradiction is about conflicting positions on the nature of state and the role of religion in it.

FOI requires Sindh education ministry to provide information in 21 days. Regrettably, it failed even after 85 days.

A competitive political environment at local level will eventually make the parties more responsible and responsive.

The principal performance criterion was NIR. In this critical sense, the programme has failed to perform up till now.

JI has shown its true colours several times before, only Pakistanis were slow in recognising these religious fascists.

Despite sweaty addiction to papers, politics & Faisal Raza Abidis, public is not keen on knowledge beyond day-to-day.

Equipping the law enforcement agencies with requisite teeth is a step in the right direction.

That curricula of key disciplines in developing countries are not catering to national needs is a pervasive problem.

Over 51 per cent of the population is women and most of them are either forced or convinced to stay home.

Teaching English competently is possible and is the usual practice in many European countries.

The accusations and the mistrust between India-Pakisan is never-ending, based on misinformation and half truths.

The Sumo wrestler refused to treat me, unless… now here’s the catch… unless I first saw the skin doctor.

We all lie to feel comfortable in the bigger lie till we reach a stage where we begin to believe our own lies.

If opinion polls about the AAP are right, we are in line for a total reversal of fortunes for the BJP in the metros.

Individualism has always been in conflict with the tribal social structure and collectivist culture of Pakistan.

There are legitimate nationalist grievances in Balochistan. And that should be the point of departure for any inquiry.