Opinion

The Secret Service viewed Republican presidents as moral, while the Democrats were mostly regarded as philanderers.

Fanatics running wild in Mali feel centuries old shrines that dot Timbuktu are sign of apostasy & should be destroyed.

Civil society resistance on the heritage park bill, and push for re-naming of Shadman Chowk have shown their power.

For Petraeus, there is no hiding behind sacredness of the uniform; behind false and fake narratives of ‘Ghairat’.

In the tribal areas, poverty is the largest factor leading to distress and other difficulties are enhanced by it.

Celebrated only a decade ago as India’s city of the future, Bangalore is now sinking under heaps of garbage.

It is not enough to simply say that political parties should no longer use religious identity to achieve their goals.

Will the state of Pakistan be able to absorb the consequences of the currently 'extremely active' judicial activism?

It is a dismal time to be the US and President Obama is not likely to invigorate the country the morning after.

Pakistan’s inner turmoil comes at a time when the country finds itself in a tight corner, globally and regionally.

If Obama wishes for legacy, he will have to regress from his Left philosophical base to a more centrist political one.

He is not a victim. Distinguished military generals are not virtuous nor are they eminently good people.

US president Clinton had trashed a file which made a case for terrorism-related sanctions against Pakistan.

Rule of Law, if it were to be implemented in earnest, would limit the powers of each of the three state actors.

On Sunday, faithful returning from Tableeghi Jamaat’s ijtama populated Motorway, rest stops, pushing it to Dark...

It is in Pakistan’s interest to identify the Obama Administration’s likely policy goals in this part of the world.

Malala's father deserves recognition of his fatherhood. She represents the best in the next generation of the ummah.

Pakistan will begin to change within a few years in terms if we decide today that no child will be left out of school.

The Court’s influence has become too massive which, if not hemmed in, could cause the democracy to collapse.

The net effect of tax system is to take the power to tax away from Parliament and put it in the hands of bureaucrats.

Our country has been hijacked — not politically but through the psychology of hate and fear.

A country where original thought is shunned, has a long way to go before it starts hoping for change.

Hindutva is completely self-reliant in, and stimulated by, its insecurity.

Aging presents a range of socio-economic challenges for individuals, families, and societies at large.

Possible division of Afghanistan will have serious economic, political consequences for Pakistan and its people.

Army Chief General Kayani asks two fundamental questions in an address to officers at the GHQ in Rawalpindi.

The very organisation that attempts to get extraconstitutional power, actually gets weakened.

Student life in London was an experience I would not have missed for anything.

I don’t think Naipaul is prejudiced against Muslims, since his work is based on field reportage, not regurgitation.

Goals of peace, friendship can be achieved not only through talks on bilateral issues but also by sharing experiences.

In Pakistan, it is the army that decides strategy. The other institutions, like the government, simply adjust to it.

In my opinion, both Army Chief & Chief Justice of Pakistan have disregarded red lines in making political statements.

Chief justice, president and army; All three lay claim to some sort of divine right.

Pakistan will be renamed ‘Talibistan’ unless there is immediate awakening and necessary change is put in place.

Khurshid is grounded in the liberal school of Nehruvian politics, egalitarianism is the touchstone of public life.

Pakistani notion of justice, what is right and wrong is so problematic that a battle against terrorism can’t be...

What touched most was the feeling with which he spoke for the Baloch, the way state had perpetrated injustice on them.

If Pakistan is to emerge from the deprivation that afflicts its people, it must invest in its true wealth: the youth.

Previously, tribal areas had been unsettled & garrisoned by military forces meaning inconsistent material development.

People will only repose trust in armed forces when they prove they are part of people & not dropped out of the sky.

Does the presence of a TV camera or the promise of wide exposure in itself stimulate the performance of violent acts?

Republican or Democrat, the PML-N or PPP: these are choices that hold little bearing in our relationship with the US.

Battle for Swat was fought on hills of the valley but war against militancy can only be won in minds of the people.

Obama’s win is seen outside the US as a sign of hope, a major setback to the extremist right.

Do not demoralise the troops by criticising the army as an institution; focus on individual culprits.

In an age when impact of piece is gauged by the amount of comments it gets, bashing Imran is a sure route to success.

Springsteen was right when he said that Obama was the only difference between the American dream & American reality.

Our national bumper slogan should be: “Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for you”

How does Asghar Khan’s letter, Bhutto’s ISI notification absolve those who committed crime of stealing 1990 polls?

There is little evidence of attempts to bolster indigenous seed stocks, and prevent potential monopoly of GM seeds.