Opinion

For 41 years, two or three generations of 300,000 Pakistanis have been stranded in five refugee camps in Bangladesh.

While Pakistanis are moved by Connecticut tragedy, it would be a mistake to overlook what is happening around them.

Gun culture in US encourages individualism. It fosters a society of individuals — everyone isolated from each other.

How do we tell apart the fish when all accountability body has done is to sit by riverbank without catching anything?

PHF officials need to stop revelling and work on improving the system by replacing the seniors past their prime.

Disallowing single men because some men cause trouble is like banning all motorcycles as they have more accidents.

Big thank you to the Na Maalom Afraad for giving Karachi the most peaceful day it has experienced in a long, long time

Borrowing has become a habit. This is how we ended up being a nation without what is called the tax culture.

US, Europe need to maintain their current levels of assistance to Pakistan to help with economic crisis and militancy.

My alternative to limited liability is to rely more on partnerships; or, to be more precise, limited partnerships.

Tattoos on terrorists is not our concern, security of citizens, creating environment encouraging economic activity is.

Imran Khan needs to take drastic measures to stop becoming more and more irrelevant.

Pakistanis must stand united as citizens of the world and show solidarity with those who are hurting, just as we are.

The prospect of producing GM corn in the country brings about varied concerns.

Much of the Muslim world has lagged behind developing nations due to lack of political stability and social harmony.

Those with power and money have a vested interest in keeping things as they are, even if it holds the country back.

Until we punish those we catch, we will continue to be held hostage by the people who kill our own citizens.

Bribery restricts economic growth and at the same time accentuates income inequality.

The world’s funniest people are the British. For, in addition to humour, they have something called wit.

Media all over the world has become frivolous in last 2 decades, but Indian media doesn’t balance the light stuff out.

Today, the Lal Masjid Operation is owned by no one, but fact remains army conducted operation, and suffered backlash.

In my reckoning, our erstwhile compatriots may well forgive us but can never forget what was done to them.

There is evidence of new cadre of young, hungry entrepreneurs undeterred by positions of authority their fathers hold.

As things stand, who or what is the alternative? Theories and suspicions are rife.

If only coming together of 3 main parties at the dais of BNU convocation could in future form a grand coalition.

Information & knowledge are power. Information tools are participation, access to media. Our womenfolk lack both.

Fact is, Tanhaiyan sequel is making desperate attempts to carry us back to where we once were, while we have moved on.

Modi’s letter on Sir Creek is a political gimmick and spurred by his national ambitions.

Official day, calendar are marked by date, times fixed by astrologers who have confidence of paranoid people in power.

Ongoing gas curtailment is taking a heavy toll on agriculture sector and also on the economy as a whole.

Our protests should always be reserved for khakis - who will never learn - rather than democrats, who may improve.

Realistically speaking, Army’s best chances to acquire Kashmir through military means are now over, dead and buried.

Pakistan shall be left to pick up the pieces in Afhganistan, while US will be desperate to invent a notion of victory.

It is strange how we think of women as wild animals, discursively establishing inequalities and excusing sexual abuse.

Insane money is to be made off properties, if few minority communities are affected, it will just cause few headlines.

It needs more than textbook, pencil to become schoolgirl in Afghanistan. It takes bravery, risk of one’s life.

There is a high probability that once we bag Nobel, our entire focus will shift on the prize rather than the problem.

After next elections, we may end up with a coalition government similar to the one we have now but led by ...?

"The influence of Arabic as well as Arabic grammatical traditions cannot be ignored."

History stands embarrassed as demand for provinces proves sub-nationalities take precedence over Pakistani nationhood.

There can be no quarrel with the policy of seeking reconciliation with India; it needs to be pursued vigorously.

I made this comment not to humiliate anyone but because I love Indian people, want them to prosper.

Who will really benefit from the three-way contest, if it is going to realistically shape that way?

The cruise in luxury four-wheels, inhabit 'up-market' areas. 'They' are blood kin of warlords, profiteers, criminals.

Today, a typical young Pakistani would rather take a good job in India than maintain belligerent attitude towards it.

I cannot define democracy but I know it when I see it — and I do not see it in Pakistan.

When compared to other 3 provinces, he stands out for responsiveness, ability to set parameters of governance right.

It is time that we move on and further democratise the HEC by shunning the thinking of indispensability.

The need for access to land remains a key factor in the fight against rural poverty and development problems.

While Pakistan's dependence on the West for capital continues to increase, the West is becoming wary of Pakistan.