Opinion

The US cannot just continue to engage the Pakistani leadership as the sole determinant of Pakistani politics.

Improved sanitation allowed cities to grow. Indeed, it spawned the Urban Revolution.

Elections should be on time. Elections are all we have got and are unquestionably better than any other alternatives.

The peace lobby has grown despite the ridicule and the jibes from hawks in both Pakistan and India.

Election manifestos seem like hallucinations when judged on the track record of the parties touting them.

Politicians have talked the talk on education long enough; let’s nudge them to now walk that talk.

No reconciliation imposed from outside will work in Afghanistan. Afghans alone must be the arbiters of their destiny.

Instead of uniting against forces of retrogression, our politicians are trying their best to be part of them.

Parties spent time and money in preparation of their manifestos but have not changed their well-known narratives.

Governments in North America have become habitual in protecting their power base through intimidation.

Lists submitted by Ministry of Information to Supreme Court are interesting and present a serious problem.

ECP, government institutions should make foolproof security arrangements for candidates, political workers and voters.

I say to Musharraf's supporters: whatever is going on is due to kind ministrations of people you hold in high esteem.

For the first time, BRICS members cement initiatives for which they must resolve sensitive issues for settlement.

As a nation, the time has come to stop brushing deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases under the proverbial carpet.

Having tried partnerships with traditional power centres, army probably wants to create fresh breed of stakeholders.

All this will hopefully initiate process of redefining civil-military relations with better clarity, for greater good.

Today, for the first time in our history, we are a work-in-progress federation, not anymore a unitary state.

While Afghanistan cooks their own goose, an angry, disgusted population waits for the departure of foreign occupation.

The ignominy of seeing a messiah come in and proclaim to “save” the country has deeply traumatised the nation.

Though the dependence on auto rickshaws still adheres, they aren’t the only option for the Delhi commuter anymore.

Ideas and words are lost on us, just like we have lost the distinction between Character and 140 characters.

Sometimes, single-handedly, our well-meaning journalists can misrepresent reality.

We hear so much of corruption that we normally ignore that leaders can be foolish also.

The moral character of the candidates should best be left to the voters to judge.

If this historical occasion is used sombrely, trial against Musharraf might lead us to truth and reconciliation course

We need a Pakistani conception of justice which builds upon common law, Islamic inheritances and South Asian heritage.

Social sectors, along with agriculture are the two priority areas for PTI, as mentioned in their manifesto.

State institutions and processes cannot adopt clear-cut policies unless the question of who rules Pakistan is settled.

Politicians need to take a more active role in implementing environmental policy frameworks.

Our political parties have their own priorities oblivious of the real challenge that we face.

When Manmohan Singh steps aside, someone new must take charge of what is a serious problem that needs a fresh approach

There is still confusion in minds of people, particularly those who lived under Ayub Khan's secular government.

Unless regulatory frameworks improve, creating large bureaucracies to deal with rising challenges will keep failing.

We need more transport projects, but the next ones need to be better planned and better executed.

TTP has made elections into a two-party contest and PML-N, PTI must express their desire to stand against them.

Juxtaposing military spending with the social sector speaks volumes about Pakistan’s misplaced priorities.

India is witnessing a struggle between secular and communal forces. This has been the case ever since independence.

Yanks have their screaming tabloids, nutjobs, hate-mongers. But by & large, they get slapped down by a savvy public.

The nonsensical bigoted kerfuffle raised by Articles 62, 63 of the multi-mess made of the Constitution has retreated.

The actual culprits in most cases go scot-free while only petty criminals and lesser thugs languish in jails.

Insecurity is manufactured at the global level and has less to do with cultural and religious forces found locally.

In the circumstances, a population that is passive or intimidated by terrorists enables their success.

The PTI needs to not fight shy of telling the tiller what it promises.

His conduct recalled to mind elegant way in which Zulfikar Ali Bhutto suffered at the hands of another army dictator.

The security forces of Pakistan must confine the invisible contestants to their hideouts and protect democratic forces

National literacy campaign will need to be planned with provincial, federal governments so it reaches towns, villages.

It may be the time to work out the cost-benefit ratio of our adventure as the frontline state in the war on terror.

For the right people to be elected, our people need to be informed and educated.

Never in history had potential lawmakers faced such a demeaning time, and that too, before the glare of the media.