Opinion

With the strikes seeming imminent, Mr Putin swore he would ply Assad with more guns than he could handle.

The youth will wait for results but not for long.

The problem is that parents often say and do things that cause their children shame without even realising it.

Let us hope a similar future of meritocracy lies ahead for the thousands of PIA employees.

Afghanistan has been unable to absorb such a large number of people. Reintegrating refugees has not proved easy.

The US has never apologised to the Vietnamese people for the use of Agent Orange.

The tunnel project is a direct assault on the MHNP and if not checked, construction will certainly begin straightaway.

A campaign fought on the strength of a man’s personality won't change the dynamic of the caste-based Indian election.

Putin is now hogging the international limelight and calling the shots.

The meagre consistency Mian Sahib and Mr Khan are displaying is that of being consistently afraid.

Now we know In Pakistan if you are powerful enough to kill, you will be elevated to be its stakeholder.

There's an old maxim that ‘all politics is local’ and this proves true even in cases like the use of chemical weapons.

It is sad that in some medical facilities, people with no degree are allowed to assume the position of pharmacists.

A complex interplay of class, property and electoral interests joined to translate a religious sentiment into arson.

President Obama and his advisors must also stop and take stock.

It seems the region is fast approaching a period of change with potential upheaval.

The BJP told us the Congress only fools Muslims. As a Hindu, I think that is how I feel about the BJP today.

Healthcare professionals continue to be the victims of violence in Pakistan.

The General Manager of the Orchestra, Nikolaus Bachler, was the most sensitive to the quite valid criticism.

First the interior minister and now it is the finance minister, one sees a pattern of intolerance towards dissent.

We like to blame our leaders for everything but in reality they have the same flaws as us.

The misuse of the qisas and diyat laws will sadly produce more Shahrukh Jatois. It’s a tide that must be stemmed.

How many of those users pay attention to their privacy settings — or even understand how they work?

As a son, and a Pakistani citizen, I could not be more proud of President Zardari.

Taking umbrage at Shahzeb’s family is scapegoating to avoid the difficult topic.

Are the civilians, once again, relinquishing charge? The coming months will tell.

They want the courts to stop him from leaving the country and escaping with his billions and trillions.

Talks, no doubt, are the best option but that should not and must not mean surrender or compromise.

Atrocities in Syria cannot be denied, but throwing bombs from a safe distance into a civil war is not the solution.

Among contemporary batsmen, only Alastair Cook has a better average than Younus.

Resolutions can afford to be vague; action cannot.

It's as if ‘India’ & ‘enemy’ are synonymous. This is symptomatic of our India obsession & our great fallacy, I believe

Foundation of peace in Afghanistan must rest on Afghan reconciliation, negotiations, accommodation among Afghan group.

The vast majority of world leaders and the US public oppose a strike on Syria by a factor of percent.

Bashar became a problem only when he started winning, breaking the rebels with guns from Russia.

Dialogue as the consensual representative will must be given its due share of time to play itself out.

Pakistan should invest heavily in training young people for modern sectors of the economy.

For now, the people of Malakand have to live with their primitive ways to satisfy even their most primary needs.

Any unilateral decision by Islamabad concerning the fate of Gwadar will be opposed by the Baloch at all levels.

Not much will change. After an operation of sorts, the situation will go back to square one.

The post-2014 civil strife in Afghanistan can be stopped from spilling into Pakistan if the right measures are taken.

Zardari was the only president who was all-powerful yet used his office, political capital to strengthen democracy.

Powerful civil liberties groups like the American Civil Liberties Union have vociferously criticised NYPD’s tactics.

It was a bold attempt to shatter political stereotypes that the nation has been lumbered with for 66 years.

As long as you have access to web, an idea of what & where to look, you can educate yourself very well in these times.

We do not apologise. We lie, justify and fabricate instead.

Muslims were thus condemned to be peasants, and this would not have changed even if India had remained undivided.

For Syria, first priority must be to slow the tailspin triggered by its rulers. Not take action that spawns horrors.

Policies play little role in Pakistan’s politics. It is all about individuals.

Syrian situation is just a symptom. The real problem lies with three states - Iran, Saudi Arabia and Israel.