Opinion

Asma Jahangir’s criticism must be understood in the political context that she is referring to.

Judges are supposed to and should always decide all matters without fear or favour.

If Taliban aren’t using negotiation as a ruse,then what made them change their minds about a deal with US?

The fact is all agencies such as CIA, RAW, are the same, except for interfering in politics, which only the ISI does.

Where US failed most notably was in its inability to recognise that its actions left Pakistan army hurt, humiliated.

Many political analysts concur that existing feudal landowning system makes election process largely meaningless.

It’s a call to arms for our doctor­s to tell our engine­ers, innova­tors about the tools that will help save lives.

Low gas pricing has made us accustomed to view gas as cheap, abundant fuel, while it’s a precious, scarce resource.

A new political realignment, it seems, is playing out in Central Asia by US and Russia.

Muslims of Egypt are called Egyptians, uniting them with the Copts, but recent violence threatens their unity.

The question that remains unattended, that Salmaan Taseer died trying to address, is the validity of blasphemy law.

I obviously disagree with Asma’s views but I certainly believe in her right to express them as freely as she wants.

If military is relying on the legal, the Court shall stick to the legal too instead of escalatingas Ms Jahangir wants.

One year on, the judge who sentenced Qadri, the cleric who led Taseer's funeral prayers have fled the country.

In spite of Mr Gilani, Mr Zardari & some vacuous aristocrats under their wing, the PPP will be hard to dislodge.

One of the biggest environmental problems facing this country is the spectre of water scarcity.

Hats off to people like Dr Isa Daudpota and Dr Abdullah Sadiq for exposing fraudulent journals.

When you ask what’s wrong with Pakistan, realise that the sickness is within ourselves. Each and every one of us.

Without some agreed form of control, Pakistan shall sink ever deeper into religious anarchy and fanaticism.

PTI is the only party that can give Pakistan the chance of climbing out of the deep hole through the ballot.

The international context in which Pakistan operates does not brook delays in resolving its fundamental problems.

Since the ISI is an inter-services department, it is heavily populated by uniformed people.

Imran Khan’s current platform is revolutionary but what is to follow still remains uncertain and ambiguous.

As far as Shahbaz Sharif is concerned, revolution has to be bloody, otherwise Zardari will not be scared by it.

I maintain that the singular most influential and depressing event of 2011 was the fiasco of Salmaan Taseer's murder.

Elders from both Shia & Sunni tribes say sectarian discord in Kurram was stoked, exploited by Taliban.

I dream of a 2012 in which Pakistan is a better place than it was in 2011. Is all this asking for too much? Perhaps.

No nation can prosper by halving its development budget, but Pakistanis approve of this. Let us try & understand why.

Clearly, the fact that Daman wrote in Punjabi instead of Urdu is a key reason why his poetry is not that cherished.

Awan is an educated, astute lawyer, good orator, TV presenter par excellence, and who speaks language of our masters.

People’s voice must be factored in both design & working of political systems, their capacity to deliver results.

US plus the army chief himself were involved in the taking of the extensions with Gilani playing a yes-man.

Mehr Gul predated Islam and came from Central Asia, not a Pakhtun as is common perception.

General Statistics (Reorganisation) Act 2011, this single act contradicts the claims of ensuring autonomy of PBS.

Previously only those having soft corner for India, opposing jihadist policies were labelled as ghaddar, kafirs.

It’s shocking that no Pakistani journalist covers India properly.

Parties and numbers, the two facets of electoral politics which are considered indispensable, are also invidious.

Watching the emergence of Imran Khan, I am reminded a little of Nawaz Sharif’s rise to power

In 2012 tens of millions of Pakistan’s poor will be direct victims of squabbling for personal gains among the elite.

Mr Clean will set up an entirely new cabinet with huddling hordes of Reformed Crusaders turned Retro-fit Carpenters.

The fact is that Balochistan wanted to hear the PTI leadership clearly acknowledge that Balochistan is suffering.

2011 was a year directed like a bad Hollywood disaster movie with explosions and plot-twists.

Contradictory signals from US polity, military have left stakeholders, within Afghanistan & the region, confused.

Besides its temples, lights and exquisite saris, Banaras is also famous for being home to Agha Hashar Kashmiri.

When Taliban ruled most of Afghanistan, they were seen as dependent on Pakistan & we discovered limits of influence.

What is different this time is that government incompetence is likely to be punished by an alternate party than coup.

Anna’s firm ‘no’ to the Lokpal Bill indicates that the battle may go to the streets.

She persevered and struggled to make Pakistan a peaceful, progressive and tolerant, educated society.

It seems that Imran Khan is falling victim to the very change he is fighting for: the love of the kursi.

Kim Jong I had no option but to adopt a tough ‘military-first policy’ around which the whole country gravitated.