Opinion

Sharifs need to find way of working together in public interest & not allow Pakistan turn into farcical image of past

How many more innocent people will have to die before conscience of our incompetent rulers and bureaucrats is shaken?

Aside from his inflexible attitude towards Pakistan & media, Modi has done well in his first 100 days.

The last three weeks of turmoil has reminded us that this nation called Pakistan has had enough. No more.

There is a common thread, all top men in power, all the three Sharifs are hostage to those around them.

The more indecisive this government is the more unreliable it will look.

One can only hope that the two protagonists realise that what the country needs is stability, not confrontation.

The PTI is a classic case of how ignorant and distant the elite of Pakistan is from the ground situation.

The people remain the only suckers in this game of Kingly turns where democracy is just a convenient cover.

For Pakistan, the importance of Chinese investment cannot be overstated.

Elected representatives should re-examine need to privatise while upholding the economic, social well-being of people.

When one talks about education, but ‘event’ becomes the reason to shut schools, no moral high ground left on any side.

WTO must take a harder look at what constitutes fair and unfair subsidisation in agriculture.

Nawaz Sharif should stop panicking. His opponents are all in and do not have the cards to pull off a win.

We Pakistanis have grown up, gentlemen. All you can do is to threaten us and our little children now, cowards!

Flawed — and probably doomed in their different ways — as both are they are doing a very necessary job of work.

Pakistan currently has no legislation for animal welfare but we have control over our personal choices

Dr Shahid Qureshi is a fierce critic of the way business schools churn out graduates in Pakistan and elsewhere.

It is even in the interest of Imran & Nawaz to cooperate to ensure their future against plans implemented secretly

Whether IK and TuQ get elected is of no consequence, history will record their contribution for meaningful change.

With this ‘revolutionary’ tradition, Pakistan will remain unstable, ungovernable, vulnerable to such marches.

Well aware of all factors, the establishment, one would like to believe, is in no mood to reverse its role.

Imran needs to stand with democratic forces and not undermine the democratic system.

Intransigence is not a good strategy — at best it is a short-term tactic.

Sharifs, Zardaris or others award party tickets for National Assembly according to their whims. Merit hardly matters.

If non-Pandits heed the boycott call as they always do and stay indoors, the vote cast will ensure victory for the BJP

We want ‘real democracy’ — whatever that means — and we want it now.

ECP needs its own internal audit, accountability process, not wait for external complaints to review performance.

There is no precedent for what we are seeing on our screens: the Red Zone turning red; police assaulting the press.

Acceptance is the only thing that makes life seem less of a burden and more of a playground of amazing opportunities.

Imran Khan should impose his revolutionary ideas in K-P & make that into a example for rest of Pakistan to strive for.

Each time Pakistan seems to be set on a rapid growth trajectory, politics has intervened to disrupt the process.

Sometimes in the midst of the chaos, we forget what the ultimate goal should be.

I am continued to be plagued by the ‘professionalism’ of people we call doctors.

A number of people have disconnected their line connection due to official indifference and lack of interest.

RSS hasn't demanded Indian state be organised by caste, so we assume that 'rashtra' was used in sense of ‘nation’.

What we are witnessing is a fight to set this system right.

The illusion of civilian, democratic supremacy has been the primary casualty of the fiasco thus far.

This country can no longer afford to be bereft of governance, at the mercy of Sharifs, Qadris, Zardaris.

I am leaving this country in spirit today, my body will follow whenever the next chance arises.

D-Chowk scene is a clear manifestation of endemic weaknesses of our fossilised governmental system that must change.

Everyone is holding election commission responsible. No one is finding out why chief election commissioner failed.

Unless redistributive policies are put in place to level playing field, goal of prosperity for all will remain elusive

Unless the people through whom the plans are to be implemented are not secure the problem will never be solved.

We don’t have accurate information about Fata because successive govts were not interested in understanding the region

Even educated, experienced professionals make life altering decisions, based on extraneous environmental variables.

Pakistanis must stop believing that there exists an anthropological, sociological reason to bypass the law in Pakistan

Revolution, Pakistan style, comes pre-packaged, containerised, and is confined to a small area in the national capital

Myanmar can't stamp out child labour overnight, but with assistance, it can make strong inroads toward its eradication

Our national discourse is stuck in a container with thick curtains to block any rays of reality.