Opinion

Enough has been said. We need action now. Lets listen to the Baloch leaders for once.

With no history of fighting, it is only after creation of regiments by British that Punjabi Muslims are called martial

It took both political will and relentless efforts of several govt departments to fix the intermediate exam system.

Despite separation in time, Ziaul Haq & My Lords have one thing in common: belief that only they can save Pakistan.

Chou-en-Lai once told Dr Hosain “You should form a Commonwealth of South Asia”.

In the countryside, class system is another name for caste system and it changes at a glacial pace.

It is the people who must react and reject in large numbers if obscenity does appear in the media, not PEMRA, CII.

We are all liars, hypocrites & scamsters whose only service to a cause or belief, even religion, is only lip service.

The casting couch is a reality few want to accept even if they have made the mandatory visit to The Permanent Suite.

There can be no excuses for the killing of a country’s citizenry by its own citizens.

Musharraf opted for the theocratic Bangladesh model in Pakistan, which failed and leaft the country worse off.

When Kannada singer C Ashwath played a concert at ground where 40,000 people turned up for Deep Purple, 100,000 came.

For his call for murder, removing Bilour from his ministerial position would be a start.

Was this the way to protest an act of blasphemy: by endangering the lives of a mother and unborn child?

Sanctity of Human Life Act legally makes embryos ‘people’. Destroying unused embryos will render parents 'murderers'.

The day of protest once again proves how we are being held hostage by certain elements within the religious right.

At one level, we are becoming intolerant to diversity of opinion, on the other, we tend to spiral into anarchy.

Our hate material does not place us on moral ground to convince the world to take action against those who insult us.

Bilour's bounty is not just appealing to his voters, but he also reflects the people he represents.

Our faith must facilitate understanding, appreciation of others, not create mistrust, suspicions among nations.

Why is it difficult for us to bear consequences of seeds of offence we have sown for Christians, Hindus, Ahmadis?

While we call for respecting Muslim sensibilities, will Pakistan protect sensibilities of its religious minorities?

Regulatory bodies should never be under the control of government but must be made answerable directly to parliament.

September 21 protests attacked central notions of statehood with little resistance shown by the government.

PML-N is in contention to win next elections since it is the only party to have delivered on all fronts when in power.

Opposition parties have been riling public support against FDI, high diesel prices just to weaken Singh's government.

Police thwarted protesters' attempt to march to US embassy, consulates despite being ill equipped, under paid.

By giving the holiday, PPP government didn’t just fail to stop panic amongst the citizenry: it encouraged the panic.

Holy Prophet (pbuh) always spoke in terms of whole humanity; let us also try to make things better for the whole world

Excessive intervention by the state results in the economy growing at a rate much lower than its potential.

The entertainment value of watching a seemingly relevant narrative evolve in real time is quite unparalleled.

Clearly, Western governments will have to take a hard look at their laws if they want peace with the Muslim world.

As an awami prime minister, one would have expected you to stand with the people. You have disappointed me.

Growing official mistrust of NGOs will certainly not make relief and other forms of development work easier.

In a matter of seconds, our car was ambushed by an angry mob on Murree road, which attacked it with punches & sticks.

Even if all internet, cell phones & television is banned, they will still find something to be angry, violent about.

What I can’t understand is, why these adventurers did what they did, they were asked to or was it because of...

OUP, CUP have filed a lawsuit seeking a ban on photocopying of their books at Delhi University.

Indians and Pakistanis view each other unfavourably, but the Pakistani sentiment is “more intense”.

There will always be people like Terry Jones, but Muslims must stop painting themselves as victims of rest of humanity

Laliani's gang of 4 conspired against the Sikh during partition, wracked by guilt of their crime, they died in misery.

Free speech is great but if it results in environment demonising community, renders it unsafe, it must be revisited.

Strengthening people's institutions is more important than institutions of state, no matter how consultative they are.

In view of financial losses, it would at least make business sense for YouTube/Google to revise their rules, policy.

There will always be people like the LA filmmaker, but protesters need to be told they can't loot, arson and riot.

Pakistan has become a Cloud Cuckooland where reason and rational are termed conspiracy, responded through rage.

Before crying hoarse about how world treats them, Muslims need to introspect about how they treat women, non-Muslims.

While the West lands rovers on Mars, Muslim contributions to science have reduced, losing ground to anti-rationalists.

It's been found that the mistrusted executive lets judiciary be a arbiter as at times its not sure which path to take.

Not only are Pakistan and Iran on opposite sides, their proxies are also pitted directly against the other’s.