Opinion

Pakistan’s T&G sector is overwhelmingly export-based, while the opposite is true for India.

Separation of powers within state institutions & checks & balance for bureaucracy gives a viable system of governance.

Mankind’s insatiable appetite to consume more and more belies his intelligence.

Mass transit systems are becoming increasingly viable for cities, sustainable transport is the new paradigm.

Terms & conditions revision shows preference for ‘transactional relation’ with US, than broad-based understanding.

Turkey can face off any ideological or political challenge if it stays focused on economic expansion, stabilisation.

18th, 19th & 20th Amendment; reflect preservation, adjustment of power that is sole interest of political corporate.

PCNS recommendation are list of unilateral demands, oscillate between reducing some cooperation, demanding more of US.

10-year aggregate data from all provincial High Courts demonstrate that case backlogs, court delays, are on the rise.

There is political competition at all levels of electoral process but it is generally restricted to members of elite.

Widespread ill health is not only accentuating povert, also sapping the productive potential of the people.

The concept of a two-nation theory negated the existence of differences amongst the Muslims of Pakistan.

The brigade warned of bomb attacks on CD shops, internet cafes, cable TV operators, co-education institutions, NGOs.

I will focus today on the changes that are taking place in the United States and Europe.

A relatively peaceful future will require that power in post-withdrawal Afghanistan be pluralistically shared.

Bangladeshis' motivation and their capacity to work hard in unpropitious circumstances is making a difference.

Much more needs to be done to ensure protection of the minorities as it is enshrined in our Constitution

Serious questions have arose, since the Vietnam war, concerning the conduct of American soldiers in war zones.

Syria’s ruling family shows that when your dictatorship is drawing to an end, there is no better therapy than retail.

There are 3 education systems producing 3 types of educated individuals who tend not to agree in their attitudes.

Bhagat Singh was execut­ed on March 23, 1931. Would think some Pakist­anis would rememb­er a fighte­r of...

For a couple of centuries, Muslims, Christian Arabs were greatest minds in Europe. Translating texts into Arabic.

My real worry is Khan is yet to offer alternative agenda, when it comes to policy, the plan ahead is almost farcical.

US interests are paramount & it has from inception been clear on foreign policy — no permanent friends, or enemies.

Before process of social transformation started, new professions created, everyone knew their place in tehzeeb.

False claimants can only show a couple great-grandchildren. What’s more, they have an eldest child only in their 60s.

One reason for Pakistan’s early support to Taliban was that they promised ‘friendly’ regime, stability in Afghanistan.

In the run up to the Asia Cup final, some people on social media trivialised their struggle for independence.

Things are “out of control” when a young man is picked up in front of his family in broad daylight in Islamabad.

Environment requires greater political ownership, could be an excellent driver of inter-provincial coordination.

There is still much to be done to ensure that every individual in Pakistan has access to sanitation facilities.

Of 41 main points, sub-points, 31 are focused directly, indirectly on US. Rest ‘general foreign policy’ in 135 words.

Challenge contesting at local levels poses is emergence of new grassroots leadership.

Quite bluntly, people do not give a damn as long as violence doesn’t personally affect them, close family/friends.

US relations with Pakistan are at a low point, military has little to lose by conceding ground to parliament.

No party aiming to get votes of South Punjab can afford to oppose the new province.

Afridi not only acted in pay of foreign state but deliberately withheld vital information.

I love Islamabad because it shows when we want to, we can do things right. Hate it since we did it once, selfishly.

Sadly, all US did to solve our energy needs was to push TAPI pipeline, which experts agree will remain a pipe dream.

State’s meltdown is evident from malfunctioning jets, railway locomotives to police clueless about Osama’s presence?

Initially, it seemed crisis would elicit greater male appreciation of how women coped, but attitudes remained intact.

Aristocrat Muhammad Mossadegh maintained ‘Iranian oil is for the Iranians’ and nationalised it once in power.

The traditionalists have sunk politics to a level where all is seen as fair. Pakistan cannot afford this.

Government is more concerned about its revenues than threat posed by GM seeds on eroding seed banks,food security.

Sections of media, society comprise middle class, which view Taliban, militants pitted against Western imperialism.

Mehrangate case unfurls a design of pilfering money that will mark forever the way politics is done in this country.

Welcome to Pakistan, where even the most feverish anti-US conspiracy theories turn out to be, well, true.

A paradigm shift needs to occur in thinking about economic growth and resource allocation.

Approaching the theory merely from the stand-point of western notions of nationhood is, at best, an abstract exercise.

There are three important lessons Pakistan can draw from India's democracy, politics.