The author is a senior columnist and Secretary General Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).
Politics by clichés might be described as one of the main reasons for Pakistan’s downhill slide
All issues arising in a debate on terrorism and counter-terrorism cannot be disposed of with legal half-truths. The war against terrorism is already...
The emphasis should shift from the misplaced faith in the effectiveness of the policy to resume hangings to a sincere search for non-military...
The militants have a narrative that has a strong appeal for a large number of citizens. Does the government have an equally powerful narrative? Is a...
It is not good that PTV’s contribution to literature and culture should be part of history and not a feature of contemporary experience
The attempts in Pakistan to malign Malala and her supporters justify her selection for the signal honour. More than a celebration of her courage and...
As the political contest has been largely personalised, political speech is being drained of elementary decency
The tussle between forces that stand for parliament’s supremacy and the forces advocating progress through one-man absolute rule continues to this...
Gen. Zia’s greatest disservice was an almost complete transformation of the state into a controversial, theocratic entity
The sufferings of the Ahmadis are not confined to killings and destruction of their property. Whole generations of their young men and women have...
Rashid Rehman’s brutal killing -- for doing his duty as a lawyer -- must be viewed along with the assassinations of Justice Arif Iqbal...
The trial court’s decision to award death sentence to Sawan Masih of Lahore’s Joseph Colony case must have caused disappointment to all...
While offering denials of any change in the country’s policy on Syria, the official spokespersons have succeeded in confirming that a change...
Collect the clippings of all the news items about Balochistan carried by the national dailies circulating in Punjab over the last few weeks and see...
The execution of Abdul Quader Molla in Bangladesh and the reaction in Pakistan show how deeply rooted the tradition of defying reason is in this...
The more Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry asserts that there will be no change in the judiciary’s working -- by which he probably...
