Opinion

In Pakistan, I also haven’t come across any specific examples of anti-Jewish sentiments.

I do not understand what collective conscience is and how it is to be measured for extreme or moderate revulsion.

Rights trampled, self-respect violated, dignity shredded as State asserts itself against those its meant to shelter.

Our society is being taught to treat women as inferiors & some of these women have also started accepting it.

Citizens are being subjected to a programme of propaganda that threatens and terrifies them.

The UAE is already ranked among the world’s top 20 donors.

Given the besieged civilian govt, it is unlikely foreign policy ambitions, priorities will change in the short term.

All these external problems that we continue to suffer from have nothing to do with our foreign policy.

Crisis of environment is rooted in relationship between humans, nature, commodities alienating humans from themselves.

A stronger rupee brings political acclaim, but the balance of economic gains is uncertain.

Musharraf has shown himself to be the bully he is, will not return to face courts, bullies always being faint of heart

Principled foreign policy decisions need not equate to idealistic, cloistered foreign policy decisions.

Worst thing about Pakistan’s superiority complex is establishing our superiority on lightweight arguments.

The report found that communities are responding to the climate threat despite low government support.

For now, people of Pakistan seem to be drawing a virtual blank from leadership that must rescue the country.

Our social narcissism not only allow us not to see ‘Sunnisation’ of Pakistan but also forces us to tell more lies.

Hamid Karzai has, indeed, carefully choreographed the campaign for his ‘favourite’ candidate.

The play lamented the loss of Basant and also touched on several other themes as well.

The burgeoning gap between flagging export proceeds and steeply rising import payments is covered with foreign dole.

The fact that a boy was fatally wounded as a result of bullying during school hours is shocking.

The current leadership is unaware that when it shows weakness, it sleepwalks the country into dangerous situations.

Fact that robust solutions cannot translate into real change demonstrates fatal problem in our governance structure.

In my view, people of Bangladesh will either suffer under an authoritarian govt, or spend their life over throwing it.

Arabic signals a Muslim identity and Sanskrit a Hindu one — hence, the emphasis on these two iconic languages.

One must always be on guard in realising that nations will no longer tout international law while violating it.

A clear message has to be given to everyone that any defiance of the state’s authority will not go unpunished.

Will Ukraine forge an alliance with the West and join the EU or will it continue to exist under Russia’s shadow?

We may be better off today with a functioning democracy, an independent judiciary and a reasonably free media.

Foreign policy must be based on mutually advantageous considerations rather than ideological, religious considerations

While the new wave swept Middle East and North Africa, West sat by quietly, plotting, watching each move with caution.

When interior minister cannot find it in him to condemn attacks on state itself, it begs question who represents state

Today, the solutions he offers are delaying crucial actions that could have stopped the unraveling of the state.

Are we a mob of psychopaths, sadistic, violent individuals, or our sheer helplessness pushes us towards extreme acts.

The proposed policy fails magnificently. It has no neat division, accompaniments to ensure its complete nature.

Kashmiri nationalism prism, one of resistance, does not have space for Kashmiri Pandits who see themselves as Indians.

The YouTube ban has achieved nothing more than the appeasement of some particularly excitable extremists.

Unless malaria is eliminated globally, it will continue to afflict poor and marginalised populations.

Current auction design is self-defeating in attracting new entrants and can alienate handful of existing operators.

Its imperative the armed forces, particularly army, do not lose heart due to unrelenting assault upon them, comrades.

Any improvements in public health are directly causal in relationship with development in other sectors.

A decade ago, as director of administration, I had suggested setting up a PIA hospital on build-operate-transfer basis

It seems that the government feels that there are bigger issues to focus on than upgrading the water supply network.

When party on the other side refuses to recognise architect of state, then any peace-building effort becomes suspect.

PTI’s blockade pushed government towards tackling issue of militancy by using its own force, than rely on US drones.

Without fixing the framework, it would be absurd to think blanket privatisation will automatically boost efficiency.

Triggered, fuelled by traders, shop-keepers, affectees of nationalised units, were a major cause of Bhutto’s overthrow

Scaling down development budget may result in short-term gains at the expense of medium-to-long term economic loss.

Between APTMA, sugar millers, they seem to have decided to secure, promote their profits even at the cost of Pakistan.

We need more rational relationship with Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi, feasible only if we pursue policies strengthening us

Imagine an ‘x-prize’ for improving maternal health, or ‘grand challenge prize’ that focuses on improving child health.