Opinion

We Pakistani women still find ourselves in a situation where we let decisions about our lives be taken by men.

The new government will be confronted with an array of challenges in the economic, security and diplomatic spheres.

Names hurt in many ways and not just by being mangled. Sometimes, they hurt by simply staying alive.

There are many radical suggestions within the proposed policy vision which merit attention.

PIA can be a case study for management students on how an airline should not be run.

If Pakistan cannot agree on how they view TTP, it's difficult to see how anything fruitful can come out of peace talks

Migration to the Middle East by millions of Pakistanis produced mixed results, some positive and some negative.

Pakistan must come up with an operative legislative framework that protects the rights of domestic workers.

Europe's total number of fatalities in terrorist incidents after 9/11 was 439, not too different from India's numbers.

If the majority approves of alliances with ASWJ, of surrender to TTP, of misogyny, then we are voting rationally.

150 MPs of world’s largest democracy were handed down parliamentary seats by their fathers, a couple of months ago.

What a price has been paid to keep the ‘system’ in place, democracy be practised in warped, almost destructive form.

Overall ambience in Larkana was tranquil & religious harmony was at its best; probably due to Sindh's Sufi traditions.

From outright violence to ingenuous measures, nothing is too dirty to ensure free flow of information is restricted.

Current PTI policy seems to be focused on what European nations were doing 40 years ago, not what they are doing now.

I fear Zero Dark Thirty may well turn out to be prophetic: that one day, we will totally succumb to Arab imperialism.

The rise and fall of dinosaurs is no different from the rise and fall of human civilisation’s most brutal empires.

It is time we got together and realised that this is a fight for the very soul of this country.

There has been no effort to improve functioning of anti-terrorism courts, which rarely deal with terrorism cases now.

Justice Markandey Katju, the chairman of the Indian press council, has crossed swords with the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Analytics is enabling federal, provincial departments to leverage their data in key management decisions, processes.

Chinese activity in Pakistan is less about a stronger than steel friendship and more about a string of pearls.

We no longer live in a world where realties can be manufactured through manipulation of images or revising history.

More cooperation between Islamabad, Kabul would be most welcome, but developments so far haven't minimised confusion.

Exceptions to the rule notwithstanding, civil service presently attracts those who wish to make a bundle on the side.

I know one thing for a fact. Had Dr Shaikh not been there, the situation would have been much grimmer.

As we build ITU in Lahore, we hope it will revive our economy, create jobs and enhance competitiveness of IT industry.

When governments make alliances with terrorists these organisations are supposed to bust, they cannot be effective.

Leaving aside history, the current academic climate, in terms of fostering ideas, isn’t much to go on.

To sort out present grave law and order mayhem in country, we need immediate practical measures to fight terrorism.

Quetta blast was failure of political leadership, which failed to prioritise & implement doables in war against terror

With lots of universities, it is assumed higher education is flourishing, that there is nothing wrong with this.

Should malnourished children of Gujarat eat the roads and electricity and factories, which Modi has created?

Social protection aims to address poverty, protect the vulnerable and make the marginalised more productive in economy

Millions have also left the country and gone abroad, creating large communities of Pakistanis in 3 geographic areas.

With talks of Dr Shaikh coming back as interim PM, rumours run rife about who will be part of the caretaker set up.

I accept the view that Rahul Gandhi doesn’t want to become a minister in this cabinet

People subconsciously bonded in psychosocial group born of resentment, hostility get attracted to extremist movements.

Hazara have only one option, they will have to stand up and fight like the heroic Polish Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto.

The apprehension in India is that violence will become part of the landscape as the country moves towards an election.

Men, paid to protect the lives and livelihoods of the common citizens of Pakistan, have no will or intent to so do.

Smokescreen created by Tahirul Qadri's protests obscured real reform agenda, which in December, seemed within reach.

Across Pakistan, Qingqi retain their original silencers. But Punjab is with the curse where they must operate without.

Putting limits on the woman’s freedom to travel was invented by men to preserve their power.

Singapore has managed its pluralism, giving each mix unbridled space to flourish and yet weld into an organic whole.

With Hafeez Shaikh jumping into the arena, the plot is already thickening.

How can we expect our legislators to make laws unless they are properly educated?

Our sectarian extremist outfits must pack up from the country and leave, before the citizens are forced to do so.

Isn’t it time that we, all of us Pakistanis, once & for all, removed these killers from our midst by prosecuting...

Many names going around are better suited than Shiekh who has had a role in creating many of Pakistan's economic woes.