Opinion

Since his legal case is so weak — he’s admitted his crime on email — he knows only battle possible is media battle.

Constituency-wise population figures that I obtained from NADRA 4 months back put figures accurate to the last digit.

Policymakers need to take a proactive stance in pushing through progressive taxation.

Men, women in attendance were decent hardworking people. And they had all spent a working day doing precisely nothing.

More than 40 complaints of sexual harassment, mostly by students against professors, have been resolved so far.

Saudi oil facility will ease miseries through single-digit inflation, boost business confidence, provide fiscal space.

Sindh Festival, for all its limitations, became a powerful statement of how our pluralistic past continues.

Should Afghan Taliban reign supreme in Afghanistan, their brethren in Pakistan will increasingly use it as safe haven.

Failures as a state on many counts are enough to indicate that basic premises on which our state is erected are faulty

Retaliatory killing of leopards is common, and media continues to portray the killers of these animals as ‘heroes’.

Show intends to put fund-seeking NGOs through ‘reality’ tv contest, with those able to ‘sing for funding’ loudest.

Without doubt, an end to Indo-Pakistan proxy wars promises immense political and economic dividends.

Even if quota was effective in achieving its goal, there are few chances of ever going back to complete merit system.

We should do everything in our capacity to give our children the opportunity to be inspired by nature.

Green growth strategies will only be successful if questions of social justice become part of transition corridors.

A good education, especially at primary & secondary levels, must also pay attention to character building of students.

Privatisation is not being driven by national interest but by IMF to plug holes in the budget and balance of payments.

We need to opt for regionalised development model by declaring South Punjab a region within existing federating unit.

We cannot keep our relationships and yet avoid enabling others.

A great deal hinges upon how effectively the state can perform its role.

While Putin seeks to highlight Russian might through Sochi games, reality is that Russia today is extremely vulnerable

Why is there duplication in many things in Pakistan but nothing improves?

While there is plenty of political space for the PPP to exploit, the days of martyrdom-based campaigning are over.

There’ll always be a clutch of rebels who can inject humour in the most adverse conditions.

Only when love for people surpasses love for country, we might see prosperous nation that is prepared to accept change

Had any of our politicians attended these events, someone would surely have pointed out flaws in their policies.

Unfortunately, Indian courts, even higher judiciary, cannot be relied on to weigh in on side of freedom of expression.

Karzai’s unilateral efforts retard,than advance process by proceeding down a path that previously proved treacherous.

We must imbibe the truth. Let’s be thankful for our ‘brilliant’ governments, be grateful for small mercies.

It has become a sort of tradition to lament worsening education situation in public schools, then do nothing about it.

It is becoming increasingly common for the state leaders to resort to violence at the drop of a hat.

At the end of Afghan war, we still have no idea who is going to be victor. One hopes it is not chaos or more violence.

He would pick up holes in language, data, challenge appropriateness of methodology, point out misleading conclusions.

We need a bottom-up approach to agricultural development which emphasises on increasing productivity of small farmers.

These could be voices of those wanting peace between Pakistan & India. Mr Thackeray, yours is on wrong side of fence.

When we as a society condone plagiarism, we present ourselves as a nation that has no respect for quest of knowledge.

Pakistani diaspora consists of working class or rich businessmen, unlike Indian diaspora, an educated middle class.

No one knows what will come of committee’s report, though full compliance with recommendations is wishful thinking.

Somebody somewhere is taking child protection very seriously, committing significant resources to making it reality.

Instead of positioning change as break from familiarity, we need to position it as chance to rewrite destiny.

Use of dams should be assessed for tradeoffs that result between ensuring food security vs cheap hydroelectric power.

One really wishes the young PPP leadership well and hopes it discovers the real issues and challenges in Sindh.

Court’s impact can be lasting and the service priceless, if it can start reviewing and redefining the legal framework.

Incident at Jallianwala Bagh affected course of world history, but it is people who actually affected and led change.

Whether floods, earthquake or conflict, NADRA’s biometric database was deployed to identify affected citizens.

If the Charter Values is passed in Quebec, the Canadian multicultural experiment will suffer its worst setback.

It is time for PM Sharif to spell out how he proposes to protect and promote Pakistan’s strategic interests post-2014.

What is often missing in our conversations, debates and analyses is not science, but the scientific method.

Confronted with such enormous challenges, race for electing new helpless leader of country would carry no conviction.

Bangladesh, hailed as paragon of political & social modernisation, will join ranks of one-party authoritarian states.