Opinion

The chief minister’s dream of workers and employers travelling together is unlikely to be realised.

We must stop acting like politicians are cartoon characters in a comic book, who exist only to be deified.

This year on International Women’s Day, we declare that we will prosecute crimes against women.

The way forward includes enhancing women’s access to financial services and other infrastructure.

No pavilion of shame exists for our journalists, engaging in ‘hit and miss’ culture embedded in sensational reporting.

When every minority has been eliminated, the silent Sunni majority will suffer the same fate at the hands of militants

The only beneficiaries of the talks will be the Taliban and, in the short run, some politicians.

When we talk of the Pak Tea House, it is about the intellectual depth of the city.

Political parties have censured the PMLN of ignoring south Punjab. As numbers demonstrate, this is a false allegation.

Many wonder whether the president’s new-found resolve is a strategic defiance or tactical manoeuvre prior to election.

Pakistanis have copyrighted “resilience” as if it denotes our collective ability to endure injustices.

Sharif, who had almost succeeded in introducing Shariah, would appear to the TTP as an ideal guarantor for peace talks

The people are angry and there's a cacophony of voices with much contradiction in what is being said.

This project would rid us of gas shortage, energy deficiency and provide a sense of self-esteem to Pakistani citizenry

If negotiations fail, then the nation should support the use of force against the TTP, without any ifs and buts.

Some people want to replace parliamentary system with a presidential system, but most have little understanding of it.

Building of the Iran gas pipeline are steps in the right direction for a future full of positive gains.

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?