Opinion

First it was Ahmadis in Lahore, then Shias in Karachi and Quetta, now Christians in Peshawar who were targeted.

Naive almost to a fault, Imran Khan has linked the bombing in Peshawar to a half-baked conspiracy theory.

We can’t let ourselves be overwhelmed by voracious appetite and cultivate carelessness of the 24-hour news cycle.

Militant literature constructs a thesis against non-believers, Jews and Christians.

Only right can win this war. Its mandate requires no APC; its base is the very segment of people that require swaying.

The lives of the brightest minds in Pakistan are a mad dash to meet other people’s expectations.

Lesser status of women, poor and minorities under Pakistan’s laws, makes them most vulnerable to criminal behaviour.

Christians who died in Peshawar are martyrs of the nation, their blood will be a sign of sacrifices they have given.

The government, elected by the people, should be the one setting pre-conditions for talks, not the other way around.

In scheme of things, one finds it impossible to see any place for Afghan Taliban or Pakistan in post-2014 Afghanistan.

Jundallah’s act is very clear in its message: we do not want talks. Question is: is that also what other groups want?

Since chiefs are ‘peoples’ representatives’ in assemblies, political legitimacy formalised their traditional power.

Each of the deals struck with Fazlullah and Sufi Muhammad further strengthened their grip over the local population.

Every day the Taliban would catch somebody, and detain him for a day or two at their markaz.

Our collective apathy speaks louder than our words and actions.

The worst offender is Imran, his worst offense is that he is creating space for pro-terrorist narrative in mainstream.

K-P government should constitute a judicial commission to inquire why the police rejected so many online complaints.

Much has been written about the economy during PPP government’s five years in office. Some of that needs repeating.

It boggles the mind to understand the ease with which one takes the life of the other in the name of faith.

Media needs to withhold names, faces and any identification that could add to stigma associated with sexual assault.

Government and security establishment must build the perception that they have the capability to assert their primacy.

The crowd takes offence even when it is not the victim and feels entitled to join in handing out punishment.

A ‘Declaration of commitment to end sexual violence in conflict’ will be presented at UN General Assembly next week.

Is there a remote possibility that the government — and the Brass — are giving enough rope to TTP to hang itself with?

One of the things President Obama inherited from his predecessor was the sordid melange existing in the Middle East.

Outrage is good; it can lead to a movement, at least, an organised response.

With South Asian governments becoming increasingly weak, violence is growing as it remains unchecked.

Govt and its chums plead for “peace, tranquillity, stability and a tolerant and harmonious society” — a distant dream.

At the time of the creation of this nation, religious rhetoric was employed to rationalise its birth.

Why promote an imperfect India when you have the beautiful, Bollywood version?

Asif Zardari is perhaps the only man who can rescue the PPP and resurrect it to its older glory.

The mid-September deadline set by the Supreme Court for holding local bodies elections has passed.

The failure to utterly condemn, unequivocally the dark works of TTP is shocking.

A government based on secular beliefs is urgently needed so that the state can take it upon itself to protect women.

Nations who do not learn from history are destined to make a fool of themselves.

TTP will do what most bullies do: mount more attacks on Pakistan and its armed forces.

Karachi is a mixture of high-walled fortress like villas in posh areas and acres and acres of rundown shanty towns.

Action is warranted not out of choice, but out of necessity.

It took US nearly 200 years to acknowledge its second major populace to be equal citizens.

Patriarchy is a solution to the difficulty and pressure of carving one’s own political destiny on one’s own.

With its capability, a clearly defined military aim and a political mandate army could surely turn tables on Taliban.

Pakistan’s academic curriculum tends to produce students who are unable to think beyond conventional means.

Due to the indisputable advent of ‘climate change’, survival on the mountains is getting tougher by the day.

There needs to be a check on the kind of control the PCB chief has, whoever he may be.

Let us also stop being in denial about the nature of the ongoing war.

This is not an interstate war. While everyone knows that, most do not understand the implications of that fact.

By offering unconditional talks, Pakistan has conceded defeat. This is unfortunate.

There is a growing discord between the liberal faction of PTI with the more conservative. So, then, who is Imran Khan?

The US-Russia agreement is a big face-saver for President Obama who didn't have support for strikes in Syria.

Fighting inexorable technological advances with an out-of-date mindset will lead to inevitable failure.