Opinion

Policymakers must ensure they include measures for checking authenticity of existing records.

Prolonged Afghanistan conflict will give space, fuel to terrorist & insurgent waging anti-systemic fight in Pakistan.

To attract the best talent, we also need to revamp the induction test — the CSS exam.

The intensity of a disaster and its newsworthiness is determined in newsrooms it seems.

Ghani disclosed to ISI that his capture was “arranged” for him to negotiate a “deal” with the CIA unbeknownst...

There is a need to formulate, declare a policy & road map to peace. If talks don’t deliver it, it will need to be...

A federal front has to demand powers be transferred from the central and concurrent list to the state list.

The talks can be attributed to US's altruistic moods to save Kabul from a repeat of blood turmoil of 1988.

No matter how one looks at it, the government, the intelligence agencies and the army should brace for more trouble.

How can Alvi believe it's acceptable to give in to the demands of the TTP? Why should we abolish co-education.

National leaders need to ensure that misogynistic phraseology is politically and socially rejected.

The first casualty of a knuckle-dragging society is, well, its women.

Imran Khan accepts responsibility for good decisions but holds other members accountable for controversial ones.

Dear leaders, please do something more effective than just 'condemn' the brutal murder of these innocent tourists!

Everyone in every sector is just perpetuating mediocrity.

Names are so important that a human being can lose his or her life only because of the wrong name in the wrong place.

Implicit in the revealed budget strategy is a two-track approach; save economy first and then work on reviving it.

We need to weigh pros and cons of drone attacks and then enter into meaningful discussion with the US government.

The flip-flop policy of the Americans demonstrates how ignorant they are of the region.

The vulnerability and silence of our fellow sisters should be cause for concern.

A fuming Putin scuttled Obama's attempts to throw out the Syrian leader and battled with Obama’s European allies.

If BJP-Janata Dal alliance did not exist, BJP would be poorer for it, because castes it brings to the table are small.

The new government must engage in a public information campaign against the terrorist groups in Pakistan.

Benazir was the epitome of courage and grace, of poise, humanity and selflessness.

Malala's efforts got global attention and contributed to our educational awakening. That's the power of one.

Shared sovereignty as a solution to the J&K conflict is a practical idea, not a romantic one.

The government must now stand and deliver on the economic front.

Nawaz Sharif has been absent from parliament for over a decade but he has been far from sleeping.

No other region in world today is as volatile, unstable as South Asia with its longstanding India-Pakistan conflict.

Imran Khan is not some autocratic supreme leader who magically controls the thoughts and actions of all PTI members.

War on terror cannot be fought with weapons alone. It requires social empowerment with space for alternative options.

Garrisoning and semi-permanent military deployment may be a panacea for the short-term, but not a long term solution.

These terms are used by those who have transgressed or are trying to get away from some form of embarrassment.

France, Russia, UK and US are trying to make India a member of the NSG to help it grow as a counterweight to China.

The target of achieving a growth rate of 7% in the gross provincial product in three years is an unrealisable dream.

There are easy rationalisations that don’t quite explain away extensive detour Obama has taken from his 2008 aims.

Our funds allocation is skewed towards higher education, ignoring investment in schools.

We must not only be guided by our limited traditional experience but also encompass best of experience, idea elsewhere

There is a need to identify sources of radicalism, get stakeholders on board, to counter such ideological forces.

It should come as no surprise that our national climax is reached when Pakistan is facing India in a cricket match.

Australia will support new govt in its efforts of good governance, economic development as it faces challenges ahead.

Federal govt, which remains as elaborate as before 18th Amendment, has been trying but failing to make ends meet.

If Achakzai can make peace in Gulistan, I will be a little more confident of his scheme apropos of the TTP.

There are many here, in Pakistan, who fight for justice, for equality, for education and for freedoms.

Pakistanis who use Google, Microsoft and Facebook on a daily basis may want to reconsider their options.

A lopsided demographical divide in this blessed land has led to a sharp schism between the haves and have-nots.

There is little to distinguish consumption patterns of Pakistan's elite from their counterparts around the world.

Unfortunate events that took place on June 15 lay down a real test for the newly-elected government.

A nation that votes in a man whose outstanding trait is his bloodlust, is a republic that shines devoid of light.

The way through which Akram Shahs of our time are elected as leaders is purely a masterly intervention by the British.