Opinion

Most plays on TV centre around the position that any woman not following a domestic role should be punished, cautioned

We believe that Holy Quran, talking of non-Muslim favourably, gave us permission to admire all men who are just, wise.

Afghans, Pakistanis find it difficult to keep border that separates their countries from being obliterated by Taliban.

Those who questioned military belonged to what in Pakistan is called ‘liberalists club’, engineered hype against...

Iqbal Haider worked tirelessly for the rights of the unprivileged and supremacy of law in Pakistan.

War on Terror is a dialectic of ideas, beliefs, convictions, perceptions which can be countered by negotiation, talks.

Best way to prevent society from criminal harm is to separate them, not kill them, as we often think in frustration.

As custodians of public safety turn to attack those entrusted to them for protection, state fails to defend its values

Foreign aid is not a solution to poverty, dealing with issues, such as tax evasion, corruption, money laundering can.

Violence occurs when the rules don't take account of organisations that specialise in it.

JuD head may not be electable but he could still help in steering public opinion, especially amongst radical element.

Women are already bearing the dual burden of household management and ensuring household survival.

Over the past decade, we have renamed our airports but done little else to improve them.

Once women achieve their full potential, they will be able to lend a helping hand to rescue Pakistan economically.

If judges are honest, fair, God-fearing & have judicious approach toward lis, judiciary is bound to be independent.

We stretch words of scripture to make Zulqarnain fit into Alexander’s shoes, because he defeated a Hindu Punjab king.

By blaming the foreign hand and accepting our neighbours have more sovereignty than we do over our areas is ridiculous

“Extrajudicial” killing is wrong, everyone knows that.

The General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani firecracker of Guy Fawkes Day and national reaction — still continuing — tells all.

It's time to celebrate the best for who they are: shining beacons of hope, starting with Nobel nomination for Malala.

The Secret Service viewed Republican presidents as moral, while the Democrats were mostly regarded as philanderers.

Fanatics running wild in Mali feel centuries old shrines that dot Timbuktu are sign of apostasy & should be destroyed.

Civil society resistance on the heritage park bill, and push for re-naming of Shadman Chowk have shown their power.

For Petraeus, there is no hiding behind sacredness of the uniform; behind false and fake narratives of ‘Ghairat’.

In the tribal areas, poverty is the largest factor leading to distress and other difficulties are enhanced by it.

Celebrated only a decade ago as India’s city of the future, Bangalore is now sinking under heaps of garbage.

It is not enough to simply say that political parties should no longer use religious identity to achieve their goals.

Will the state of Pakistan be able to absorb the consequences of the currently 'extremely active' judicial activism?

It is a dismal time to be the US and President Obama is not likely to invigorate the country the morning after.

Pakistan’s inner turmoil comes at a time when the country finds itself in a tight corner, globally and regionally.

If Obama wishes for legacy, he will have to regress from his Left philosophical base to a more centrist political one.

He is not a victim. Distinguished military generals are not virtuous nor are they eminently good people.

US president Clinton had trashed a file which made a case for terrorism-related sanctions against Pakistan.

Rule of Law, if it were to be implemented in earnest, would limit the powers of each of the three state actors.

On Sunday, faithful returning from Tableeghi Jamaat’s ijtama populated Motorway, rest stops, pushing it to Dark...

It is in Pakistan’s interest to identify the Obama Administration’s likely policy goals in this part of the world.

Malala's father deserves recognition of his fatherhood. She represents the best in the next generation of the ummah.

Pakistan will begin to change within a few years in terms if we decide today that no child will be left out of school.

The Court’s influence has become too massive which, if not hemmed in, could cause the democracy to collapse.

The net effect of tax system is to take the power to tax away from Parliament and put it in the hands of bureaucrats.

Our country has been hijacked — not politically but through the psychology of hate and fear.

A country where original thought is shunned, has a long way to go before it starts hoping for change.

Hindutva is completely self-reliant in, and stimulated by, its insecurity.

Aging presents a range of socio-economic challenges for individuals, families, and societies at large.

Possible division of Afghanistan will have serious economic, political consequences for Pakistan and its people.

Army Chief General Kayani asks two fundamental questions in an address to officers at the GHQ in Rawalpindi.

The very organisation that attempts to get extraconstitutional power, actually gets weakened.

Student life in London was an experience I would not have missed for anything.

I don’t think Naipaul is prejudiced against Muslims, since his work is based on field reportage, not regurgitation.

Goals of peace, friendship can be achieved not only through talks on bilateral issues but also by sharing experiences.