Opinion

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.

The clock is ticking and September 29 is not so far away.

Uneven land ownership patterns across rural areas in Sindh, other provinces are a major reason for growing hunger.

I love how we pretend we are puppets and America makes our hands move in whatever direction it likes.

Any culture, subculture or social structure that objectifies women cannot be too far away from crimes against women.

DIG operation lamenting short posting of 2, 3 months is telling comment on seriousness of Sindh govt in fighting crime

Hearing the clarity with which PM spoke about Karachi, how govt wants to bring it under control, I am optimistic.

It is time to close Bagram and it is time for Pakistan to do its part.

The needs of an aging population feature nowhere that I can find in any planning or policy document.

It will be difficult for the majority of Muslims the world over to support possible military action in Syria.

That the PM could not revive the Cabinet Committee for Defence and created the NSC speaks volumes of where power lies.

Shackled by predatory actors thriving on conflict, Prime Minister cannot impose a political solution in Karachi.

The rebel and the government stand-off was further aggravated by the poisonous element of sectarianism.

All Ammanullah really knows is a life surrounded by men, whose only employable trait is that of a gun.

Availability of water is said to be falling at an unacceptably high rate.

Not only fighting landscape within Syria fragmented, external state actors with fingers in the situation are varied.

Instead of having grand ideas about bullet trains, why can’t something be done to help the old-age persons.

If the Syrian war continues to expand, as it looks it will, Pakistan may not escape its fallout.

Fitness, which seems to be missing in Pakistan's team, is an attitude that needs to be instilled in one’s...

After our young people have learned skills, gained employment, we must empower them to prosper in new, digital world.

Most fairness creams lead to serious problems like skin cancer, muscle weakness and osteoporosis.

Few write about our history. Even fewer read it. And what’s written, little stems from men, women who made history.

Love him or hate him, one can never underestimate President Zardari.

The person elected to lead the system should have the respect of both the ruling party and the opposition.

Let us give democracy a chance but this can only happen if we point out the faults of the sarkars.

He helped us build the Lowari pass when no other leader cared. This man cared for Pakistan.

Pakistani women are under increasing pressure to look like Parisian ramp girls.

In my opinion, Zardari's only enduring achievement was ensuring PPP govt successfully completed its five-year term.

In justifying Partition and Pakistan’s creation, must we keep things so biased and simplistic? Must we breed hatred?

In Indian cities and towns, Muslims are at the bottom of the ladder in the ‘regular wage/salaried’ category.

What we lack in the fight against the Taliban is made up by increasing the intensity in the war on technology.

With every defeat, coaching staff is changed. How can players learn if new strategies are introduced every few months?

Pakistan needs to be cautious. It cannot cleave to its insecurities and expect a solution.

The middle class is reeling under the impact and the poor are silent and desperate.

Fixated as we are in our colonial mentality, we always look enviously at foreign passport-holders as our ‘assets’.

Why suspend poor police personnel? Why not equip them before berating them?

Farrukh only uses one hand, the rest of his body is paralysed; that didn't stop him from becoming a photojournalist.