Opinion

General Niazi threatened that he would let his soldiers loose on Bengali womenfolk.

I see no reason why NA, provincial assemblies, Senate websites should not have detailed assets of all their members.

The local admin officials seem obsessed with figuring out how to prevent such stories from getting out in the future.

Entire half-page, blank and white, in hard copy of international press available here, was unusual, warranted comment.

Even though DPC are planning to march on Islamabad, they look like a tool that has outlived its utility.

One wonders if thought of justification for his meteoric rise ever came to mind, or, the family brought it up.

Punjab suffered total ethnic cleansing in the wake of the bloodiest riots that took place at the time of partition.

The self-proclaimed custodians of Islam would have killed him because Jinnah was a Shia & that would be reason enough.

There can never be any ghairat on borrowed F-16s; their spares; the required permission from the American managers.

In Pakistan, unfortunately, our passion is daily politics of the most mind-numbing kind.

The opposition to listing Western Ghats in India as a natural World Heritage site should be considered ridiculous.

Given historical trajectory of civilian governments, time to work honestly, argument arises in favour of 3-year terms.

Original target al Qaeda, is neutralised; newer quarry Taliban, in shape of Haqqanis, remain most visible.

For Pakistan, having a more coherent perspective on the world and how it works is imperative now more than ever.

Govt needs to learn backdoor negotiations to win the doctors if it really wants to improve the healthcare system.

It is absolutely mind-boggling to understand what prevented US from making such a statement earlier?

He was nurtured by his dad who loved classical music, patronised its gifted practitioners; taught English; loved stage

Playing ostrich, ignoring reality is certainly wrong way to proceed; in fact, its asking for more mayhem than ever.

Elitist representative democracy failed to give electricity, social services; deepened inequality, humiliated public.

Working on counterfeit, sub-standard drug related challenges, I have yet to see action making drugs safer.

Our democracy is weak as its burden is shared narrowly. Shared across persons, institutions, it can be antifragile.

I wonder if efficiency, health, temper improve if Punjab government continued tradition of moving to Murree in summer.

In Pakistan, behind the veil of extremism, there is sex, alcohol and high fashion.

See how countries like the US and its allies rank on it for their recent fiascos in Iraq, Afghanistan.

Mr Gilani was defending state immunity, a legal principle on which rests the edifice of the state structure and power.

Limiting election expenses is a very commendable step by the ECP, it must also come up with ways to implement it.

There are a number of sectors in modern areas of the economy where women make up a significant part of the workforce.

Personally, I find such titles analytically meaningless and melodramatic.

Prime ministers of Pakistan are not safe from predation. They fear being unseated by judiciary in activist overdrive.

Elite is the name of a process directly linked with ability of a group to manipulate state, its power, resources.

The way things are, I don’t think Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf will last very long.

It is in the interest of Narendra Modi that he should fire his home minister for incompetence.

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, his contempt for the nation is as great as that of his master.

If the democratic process is not derailed, PTI fails to surprise, PML-N has chance to return to power next elections.

Is that the very man who threw acid on Rukhsana’s face is now demanding money from Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy?

Ashraf invested time, money, effort making tall claims, but forgot affairs of domestic cricket, issues in the team.

For Pakistani detainees to have any hope, government first has to recognise them as their own — as Pakistanis.

And how most of the world looks upon us as an increasingly lost cause headed nowhere but down.

Kalam is a curious case, challenging many Indian archetypes. His is a true rags-to-riches story.

The Cold War frigidness between Pakistan and Russia seems to be thawing.

Expired OPVs are not harmful to children. Come on Pakistan, we’re nearly there. Enough with the conspiracy theories.

Stay in alliance with pan-Islamists of all shades or divorce, crackdown on them in the interests of the country.

It seems to me Zardari’s traits of fighter, have dictated various institutional clashes dominating current PPP term.

We need to encourage public, private decision-makers to incorporate environmental, social concerns into strategies.

It can be, in reality, a force far greater than a thousand tsunamis that erodes the decadence of Pakistani politics.

Sometimes, the news makes you shake your head in despair at the stupidity of the news source.

Giving up influence in a post-US Afghanistan would be worth it if militants regrouping in Afghanistan are defeated.

Russia is no longer a global power,but it nevertheless remains an extremely influential player.

Perhaps, the best course to stabilise the situation would be for government to announce a date for early elections.

I strongly felt for some time, Pakistan SC had embarked on perilous path of confrontation with political authorities.