Opinion

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?

Social protection aims to address poverty, protect the vulnerable and make the marginalised more productive in economy

Millions have also left the country and gone abroad, creating large communities of Pakistanis in 3 geographic areas.

With talks of Dr Shaikh coming back as interim PM, rumours run rife about who will be part of the caretaker set up.

I accept the view that Rahul Gandhi doesn’t want to become a minister in this cabinet

People subconsciously bonded in psychosocial group born of resentment, hostility get attracted to extremist movements.

Hazara have only one option, they will have to stand up and fight like the heroic Polish Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto.

The apprehension in India is that violence will become part of the landscape as the country moves towards an election.

Men, paid to protect the lives and livelihoods of the common citizens of Pakistan, have no will or intent to so do.

Smokescreen created by Tahirul Qadri's protests obscured real reform agenda, which in December, seemed within reach.

Across Pakistan, Qingqi retain their original silencers. But Punjab is with the curse where they must operate without.

Putting limits on the woman’s freedom to travel was invented by men to preserve their power.

Singapore has managed its pluralism, giving each mix unbridled space to flourish and yet weld into an organic whole.

With Hafeez Shaikh jumping into the arena, the plot is already thickening.

How can we expect our legislators to make laws unless they are properly educated?

Our sectarian extremist outfits must pack up from the country and leave, before the citizens are forced to do so.

Isn’t it time that we, all of us Pakistanis, once & for all, removed these killers from our midst by prosecuting...

Many names going around are better suited than Shiekh who has had a role in creating many of Pakistan's economic woes.

No one wants to deal with the law and order problem but the Balochistan’s natural resources are just another matter.

The Hazaras, through their protests, have proven to Pakistan that the dead can be deft negotiators.

To be a child is to have spirit — it is to believe in love. But as adults, we have most certainly put an end to that.

Failure of nuclear states to honour their NPT commitments affected their moral standing, weakened non-proliferation.

Death penalty not only defies international human rights standards but also fails to deter crimes, its sole purpose.

‘Warlords’ notorious for their wrongdoings, rightly or wrongly and in their own way, balance book of Afghan humanity.

Now the culprit is ECP’s bureaucracy, which has many years’ experience of rigging elections, manipulating results.

Armies like to pack a punch. But landing a punch requires a cheek. This enemy refuses to present a target.

One of my social beliefs is that only by changing at thhe local level will Pakistan change at the national level.

In my opinion, the highest form of rigging is an attempt to keep people uneducated, ignorant and dependent.

Our simple-minded pursuit of surrender has convinced us that perhaps, a Swat-like strategy will work this time, too.

Refusal to engage with events of 1970-71 means we remain uneasy about our provinces, being proud of their identity.

The problem is that any agreement with the TTP would be treasonous. And I use the word ‘treason’ with deliberation.

The rate of increase in Pakistan’s urban population was more rapid than the rest of the developing world.

The control of violence is a necessary condition for sustained growth to occur in Pakistan.

Majority of women in Pakistan continue to be subjected to different forms of violence, despite several laws in place.

With parts of Pakistan slipping out of the state’s control, an effective police force would be a good place to start.

Gulab Khan, a man of the Awam, says, "Every day people are being killed and there is no one to stop it."

By defenestrating Basant from Lahore, you have only taken the colour from your own life.

We need to think rationally about problems facing us today, without indulging in emotionality which overshadows logic.

If the public support for Imran Khan's anti-Americanism is real, his victory in polls may be against US interests.

Supreme Court is no longer just a court of law; it's a court of Justice, a modern day incarnation of Solomonic ideal.

The ruling elite in both countries is reluctant to let go and hence, turns deaf and blind to the reality.

What is relevant is that most newspapers, their journalists act more as opinion twisters than those who present facts.

Having seen only grotesque caricatures of history, it is impossible for Pakistan's youth to understand 1971.

About an hour after leaving the transport and grinding ever upward through Kech Bund one comes to Kussui Kalat.

Kashmir does not show an indication of immediate normality but demand for return of Guru’s body is getting stronger.