Speaker's corner

You’re silent yourself, minding your own business – so are you not a part of the problem?

Islamabad may perhaps clearly announce to leaving the decision up to the locals

Participants of the strike were growing weary, yet remained positive

Their only fault is to dream to live a life on their own terms

Now, I cannot praise J K Rowling’s genius any more than the world already has,

We may ban honour-killings, but have we dealt with honour itself

In the absence of services such as 3G and 4G, it is all the more important for the SCO to upgrade its services

We need to learn a lesson from Qandeel’s tragic death

Tehreek-e-Insaf was the first political party who started playing motivational songs at its public rallies

A recent report from the Wilson Centre showed that more than half of Pakistan’s eight-year-olds are unable to read

There is a lesson in the failed coup in Turkey for other democratic states across the globe

Those who came out were not in millions, but a few thousands and were enough to foil the coup attempt

This has been my cocoon since I have opened my eyes and my loyalties lie right here within the soil

The change in base year to measure economic growth (GDP) has given the desired result of the numbers game

These bikers are in plain and simple words harassing drivers around them and their ‘bravado’ is extremely irritating

I have personally witnessed many severe accidents that occurred due to a lack of attention by local officials

The boys aren’t getting it any better either with some 65 per cent in the same age group left out of school, too

We need a change in our driving attitude, where the only thing that we care about is ‘me first’

Street harassment has various forms and the most common of them is staring at women

What happens if any Pakistani leader sitting in the current parliament comes to power and is toppled through a coup?

Qandeel’s message was not noble or wise, nor was it one that we would wish to teach our children

There’s a memory associated with everything you like and dislike as an adult

I got an impression that it was kind of a shock for a few of my male colleagues