Opinion

Morning shows are either deliberately frivolous or, as is the case with Khan’s park run, dangerously judgemental.

A year has gone by but the road is still long. Egypt has just started building its democratic institutions.

Peace, stability being restored in Afghanistan is of greater significance to Pakistan than Islamabad political ploys.

Lahore has sprawled since the 1960’s, has gone well beyond the New Campus of the Punjab University.

Anna Suvorova in her book Lahore: Topophilia of Space and Place has succeeded in unravelling the origin of the word.

Quest for entertainment led me to listen to some terrible songs, hold some regrettable hands. No more though

Pakistan’s relations with the United States are critical to our well-being and the region’s stability.

The ‘non-political pressure group’ Pakistan First Group has a manifesto of ‘checking army, ISI bashing’.

Gilani won’t be missed if ousted for contempt of court. Six hopefuls are already crouching in the pipeline.

CJP is humbly advised to re-trace his missteps on the matter, PM is within constitutional authority to remove chiefs.

Ms Khan is boorish & uncouth, as was her self-righteous posse who felt happy chasing boys & girls in Karachi parks.

The issue is no longer Pakistan pursuing ‘strategic depth’, its adjusting Pakistan to dialectics of Afghan situation.

The wars of today are all based on acquiring or holding on to natural resources.

If dispatching the government before completing its term harms democracy & means we can’t criticise it, so be it.

The tragic loss of life due to counterfeit, substandard medicines needs to be highlighted and immediately addressed.

A recent episode of a morning show makes one wonder about how Talibanisation has invaded our mindset.

India’s people are aware of the courage on display in the ongoing confrontation between the Pakistan govt and army.

Pakistan has given scant attention to providing good governance not only in recent times but throughout its history.

So what happens if Iran goes nuclear, and Saudi Arabia wants to follow?

Three features of Pakistan’s governance underlie the current institutional instability.

Finding a remedy to combat increasing radicalisation cannot happen in isolation.

Both, Pakistan and the US, must work harder to ensure that civilian aid actually reaches those it is intended for.

Indian army chief General VK Singh wants the Supreme Court to change his official year of birth from 1950 to 1951.

Pakistan’s national consensus is dangerous because it allows the Army to pursue an inflexible course in policy.

It would be a travesty if words of honour like ‘freedom’ & ‘independence’ are to lose their bite, become dead words.

Powerful people have it the easiest: they become ‘givers’ of the fruits of power, the weaker ones remain ‘seekers’.

Why does it happen that the military, civil must forever be at daggers drawn?

The residents of Sarai Chhimba have taken to destroying the edifice.

Shouldn’t law be respected and allowed to take its course irrespective of the political situation on the ground?

If the SC considers it within its domain to defend national security, it must also take cognisance of actual threats.

Mansoor Ijaz has been declared the most envied man in Pakistan according to a poll conducted among married urban men.

While attacks by militants adversely affect business climate, natural disasters have taken a big toll.

Plainly put, Imran has got some facts on the war on terror wrong.

It would be fair to say that Pakistan is slowly, but surely, moving towards constitutional rule.

Mansoor Ijaz plans to be in Pakistan only from before dawn to early afternoon, will that be enough to question him?

Seeing the man, who shook the foundation of our govt, in a video featuring semi-nude female warriors was bizarre.

Thanks to the military’s misguided stewardship, Jinnah’s Pakistan has already been cut into two.

Introducing new sewage treatment practices and providing sewage treatment can transform the lives of residents.

Education reform must be emphasised, as it is today’s youth that will determine the state of tomorrow’s Pakistan.

When it comes to removing the sitting Government, us Pakistanis want a veritable menu of choices.

I hope Their Lordships are duly noting the irony in much that is going on in the country vis-a-vis themselves.

We should give opport­unity to those who want to study both mathem­atics & biolog­y in grade 11.

“Their ideology is completely different from ours. Such ideology is alien to all that is Afghan."

The Supreme Court may be the only constitutional check on the voracious appetite of those voted into power.

US remains unconvinced of Pakistan sincerity in war against militants, nor trusting of our nuclear non-proliferation.

It took Prime Minister Gilani some time to find his voice. But now that he has, I stand by him.

US defence strategy focusing on China, is bound to complicate the situation, add another element to Pakistan-US ties.

Populist & pecuniary gains seem to be the driving force behind so-called development plans launched by governments.

We must stop the supply of gas to industries which have alternative fuel systems.

In 1948 Karachi was a wholly remote town and to the modern denizen would have appeared a totally unrecognisable place.