Opinion

Diyanet is worth emulating in Pakistan where the clergy, religiopolitical parties have been using religion at will.

Maybe government should hire that 15-year-old to compile a new list, showing all terrorist groups we failed to ban.

Of all the degradation our cultural events have had to face over the years, banning of basant is the most damaging.

While Republicans continue to beat drums of war, Obama is right to caution against advocating this as the only option.

Few realise that PTCL was, before its privatisation, one of the leading telecom players in Asia.

End of winter raised new fears about re-emergence of dengue, possibility of it causing even greater damage this time.

I am dismayed by the barometer with which the Supreme Court appears to gauge the seriousness of events.

Military transcripts reveal that officers wouldn’t bother investigate civilian killings as “it happened all the time”.

Climate change ‘patterns’, instead of being predictable, are now completely unpredictable.

Partition only proves people's capability of doing horrible things, not that Hindus, Muslims are 2 different nations.

Power in Pakistan is constituted by appropriating resources for sharing with other factions in coalition for support.

We need to reclaim glaciers from armies, restore their status as water reservoirs of river systems of India, Pakistan.

PTA must issue list of blocked websites, explain for who, what, why, how long, per which law, they were banned.

One way of moving from extractive to inclusive is to dispense with the control of families over political parties.

The women of Pakistan should assert a particular commitment to the struggle against intolerance and extremism.

What dismay­s me is that caste, religi­on and money play crucia­l roles at the polls.

The feeling I had was that of walking into an old ancestral family home.

KANUPP has tons of radioactive material stored in its core, can wreak destruction if a major accident happens.

If, by next election he is gets enough Dalits, Muslims to add another 5% to Congress’s share, success will be at hand.

Tragic paradox is that Salman Rashid’s own article is generously punctuated with insulting jibes, scornful reproaches.

The Indian generals are more professional; Pakistani ones are ideological — therefore non-professional — and daring.

Imran Khan knows what he promises is not only undoable, but impossible even under the best of circumstances.

Senate elections have taken place, there is agreement on transfer of power via Twentieth Amendment. There is not plot.

It has become fully acceptable for Muslim to slay Muslim — all in the name of a misguided interpretation of faith.

It is our history until we reflect deeply on it, confront culprits, we will remain victims of our own tragic past.

Our esteemed media turned a grave violation of law into a caricature, which has become the routine here.

Railways pleaded with the saint to let them take their line past his home, but he was adamant: they had to go around.

Textbook board editors have no patience with niceties of fiction; state ideological considerations are more valuable.

While funds allocated to legislators are part of development budget, no PC-I is prepared for schemes they identified.

Zardari stands to benefit politically in the run-up to general elections, claiming he stood up to US bullying.

It is time that the brass hats realise time for their shenanigans is over, that they are servants of the country.

Combine results of by-elections, Senate elections, it is a victory for traditional politics, no trace, hint of change.

HEC gave 40% of its ranking points to research, giving a higher rating to those who played its game during the 2000s.

Why cases on presidential corruption are more important than extrajudicial killings, torture, disappearances beats me?

Pakistan has strong reservations about India, but there needs to be introspection on most issues from its perspective

Women are discriminated against in the country at large, but in Balochistan they are discriminated by the state.

Poverty can be reduced by empowering women in communities to find their own answers, organically solve problems.

In order to promote women’s economic empowerment, access to resources becomes a prime driver.

With hostility to foreign forces 'infecting’ Afghan security forces, US claims of progress, lack conviction.

The saddest development of the drone wars is how fragmented we have become over the issue.

Almost 28 per cent of 440 respondents expressed ‘dissatisfaction’ or ‘deep dissatisfaction’ over lawyers...

Wasting resources is a national pastime. It’s just that some people do it better than others.

It is a tragedy that 'siyasat' today has a pejorative aspect and Urdu sometimes uses it as an insult.

All major states, Pakistan, India, China, western powers should ensure Afghanistan will not lapse back into anarchy.

The government should resolve all Baloch issues on an emergency basis, with deeds rather than hollow words.

My major criticism against ranking is that all universities should not be ranked according to the same criteria.

Wonder if Sharmeen's accomplishment will effectively help prevent this form of brutal violence against women.

The country is dealing with what democracy invariably produces in the early stages: poor governance.

A robust Pakistan-Iran relationship too would one day be seen as a factor of peace and prosperity.

Achieving the space for sovereignty requires paradigmatic changes in economic, foreign and security policies.