Opinion

Reading Aminullah Chaudhry's memoir I can say he may have been harmlessly ‘uppity’ but did not deserve to be despised.

Khar is quite adept at surviving through different regime types, a quality that will take her a long way.

Muslim communities living in northern subcontinent came together as a political entity, including non-shurafa castes.

One year Ayub Khan decided enough was enough. Official moon-spotters would decide, guided by military commanders.

There is not a great deal I can say about local government except that the last mayor was known to be a workaholic.

Mir Chakar Khan Rind, the heroic Baloch leader of the 16th century, for the Baloch he is a demigod.

Europe’s mainstream politicians propagate views like those Breivik holds, so long as it keeps them in power.

What is not fair, and downright sexist, is bashing Khar on account of her looks and gender.

Pressure to perform becomes acute when illegitimate political set-up seek legitimacy by improved economic performance.

Implying that India can’t have peace until Pakistan accepts India’s diagnosis will not beget India a viable...

Is it not possible for us to conceive of a world where difference is not the exception but also the norm.

With his revenue numbers for the last fiscal year stripped of their credibility, Shaikh remains inaccessible.

By reveling in the ugliness, we ignored the stark beauty of what made Amy Winehouse unique and great — her music.

Punjab needs to quickly revamp and consolidate its infrastructure development vision.

I am already sounding out paan, snuff and garlic traders to sponsor the spitting match.

Getting India into this arrangement may sound like a stroke of genius, but could turn out to be a huge folly.

According to Indian commentators, a Pakistani must be liberal — a Pakistani secondarily, and accept Indian supremacy.

The real failure of Mumbai is a paucity of the imagination, a pettiness and provincialism in its thinking.

The real problem with Tharoor’s column is how he concludes Pakistani liberals desire to “defenestrate” the...

We continue to give them power to lead us to chaos, disorder and maybe an impending collapse.

The Planning Commission looks to open up a new terrain for policy thinking and public action.

The rich are talking to immigration lawyers while the poor are contemplating ways to feed the hungry at home.

When we give false history of ‘Urdu’, call it a military language, we are wrong, also divisive and anti-peace.

When state becomes shy about regimentation, it raises flag of ‘unity’, a coercive need of scared or aggressive state.

A law doesn’t acquire any significance unless it is backed with the will of the lawmakers to implement it.

Multan takes ridiculous pride in how the people of that city killed Alexander of Macedonia, the conqueror.

The politicians here are too scared, so the onus of formulating a counter narrative has fallen upon civil society.

Waging wars was supposed to be the profession of sword-wielding warlords and not that of religious scholars.

Caution has to be exercised when commenting on the MQM as its reactions tend to be unpredictable.

‘Socially responsible agricultural investment’ is actually transfer of state lands from peasants to foreign companies.

Development budget has flexibility to ensure delivery, thus allowing ministries to have work-around of bans.

America needs to stop interfering in Pakistan’s internal affairs and review its recent postures of high-handedness.

Many fear that this inquiry could lead to changes in British press regulation, stifling the free press.

Pakistan has lawlessness, a growing population, creeping inflation, water shortages and electricity breakdowns.

'Frankly, I’m the best person to clean this mess up': Rupert Murdoch.

It seems that, for the political parties, mass murder was the key to attaining true clarity.

A Pakistani businessman caught in the Kabul crossfire narrates the hatred Afghans have for Pakistanis.

Pillion-riding is symbolic of a sexual freedom widely indulged in by the citizens which gives rise to bloody violence.

People of Kalat did not want to join Pakistan, but wanted to have close and friendly relations with its neighbour.

Black money from India in Swiss banks amounts to as much as $1,456 billion.

The fabulous treasure of Derawar Fort in Cholistan was immense, way beyond the wildest dreams of the richest king.

Karachi needs a high-powered commission with assistance from the bureaucracy and society to produce a master document.

Over the past thirty years we in Pakistan have reinvented who we are and where we came from. Shunning our heritage.

It would be instructive to go back to history to remind ourselves why Pakistan became such a close American ally.

State and powerful interest groups distort textbooks of history to indoctrinate students to support their narrative.

It is important voice of the people, with all its diversity, is not suppressed, and there be an independent judiciary.

A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution.

When people last decided to boycott American goods in 2004/05, it quickly died down.

Mufti duties included giving fatwas to settle disputes and finding religious sanction activities of all kinds.

It would have been impossible to roll out a mass smart card solutions had NADRA not produced 85 million ID cards.