Opinion

When British, at Nehru's behest, made Quaid decline the agreement made with the Khan of Kalat, he became very upset.

It needs more than just a handshake for New Delhi and Islamabad to move forward, it needs a meeting of minds.

Need for action is urgent, we shouldn't fool ourselves into believing we can succeed confined to retaliatory strikes.

Iraqi Prime Minister must change course in short order, for a quick and effective response against ISIS.

Instead of whining about digital divide, we need to use the digital to reduce all kinds of divides in the world.

The Youth Loan Scheme doesn’t guarantee a future, as one still has to go through balloting to get the loan.

Given the fact that women comprise roughly half the population of the country, they remain severely under-represented

We must all help stop the inexorable slide of our country into more chaos and turmoil.

It’s time that army stopped being boxed in by ethics to fight an enemy that has no value for any war ethics either.

The crisis is worse than it was in the past, yet the level of public anger is not at the point where tyres are burned

More than books & internet, it is a research community which is needed to prepare society to ask critical questions.

The attack on Karachi’s airport is nothing out of the ordinary for Pakistan.

Big question looms large, in the face of the general Pakistani read-out that Modi lectured Nawaz in Delhi

"unless capitalism is reformed, the very democratic order will be threatened"

It is in our power to remove rape as a weapon of war from the world’s arsenal of cruelty.

The withdrawal of US and Nato forces from Afghanistan in 2014 poses a new set of challenges for Pakistan.

Dealing with militant groups ad seriatum will not be easy but will be essential if country is ever to be recaptured.

Donald Rumsfeld, the mad king to end all mad kings, took on Morris — and the results are jarring.

We need to ensure that our hospitals are a gateway to health, not a highway to preventable deaths.

If assessments of Bangladesh a year later are our guide, we fear that not enough will change high in the Himalaya.

Strengthened private enterprise and a reduced presence of the state will exacerbate income inequality

shut your mouth and move your behind. There is no pill, no machine, no miracle diet.

Modi's success will continue to remind his supporters that the key to his durability will be his performance in office

One of the Arab world’s most populous countries and one of Africa’s most dynamic, Egypt is now caught in its own trap.

"Reconciliation in Afghanistan is an urgent need for Afghans...it is no less important for our own stability."

India should press with its outreach to Pakistan on trade and other fronts assuming that it is delivering on terrorism

Even though the target market is the child, it would do the parents no harm if they also read the booklets.

State has to garner social consensus for changed paradigm of power relations that feminist legal reforms represent.

To tie Pakistan around in knots on terrorism alone was thus not an impromptu, nagging complaint.

Loyalty of minorities is to state of which they are citizens & they should look to it for redress of their grievances.

It is surely high time that we cease to involve the word ‘honour’ in grotesque barbarism and refer as simple murder.

It is imperative for opposition space to be functioning, otherwise governments become autocratic even in a democracy.

TTP should stand shoulder to shoulder with Pakistanis and allow polio workers to operate across country without fear.

Instead of pursuing an illusory peace with India, Nawaz should focus on domestic perils, including curse of terrorism.

"Funds are nothing compared to the enormity of the energy crisis and the criticality of its resolution"

"We call on the supreme legislative body, the Parliament, to adhere to international human rights obligations"

Solving conflict requires a stable and powerful government on both sides.

early 21 million men, women and children around the world are locked into forced labour

"you gave your friends and those who knew you: the gift of laughter, and that of laughing at yourself."

Barbarism that is the precursor to civilisation never goes away — in large part because not enough people want it to.

Growth is indeed returning to Pakistan, but the fruits of this growth will largely enter the coffers of the elite.

Preserving cultures at the expense of the right of each woman to live a dignified life free from abuse is intolerable.

Defence industries all over the world manufacture not simply for the love of country but to put money in pockets.

hockey has disappeared from the roster of educational institutes and lack of nurseries has affected the results.

Ruling elites in Pakistan loves to use discriminatory privileges — even if out of power — as status symbol.

Just because some of us acquire an education, do we really have the courage to defy the ‘khap panchayat’?

If India-Pakistan wants to implement their economic agendas, they better start fresh and get rid of hatred & animosity

Three million people in Pakistan earn more Rs400,000 annually, but only one-fourth actually file returns.

How long can Pakistan tolerate the presence of foreign militant groups that openly violate its sovereignty?

India-Pakistan should work together to create a programme that safeguards the lives of our mothers.