If democracy is worth anything other than a deception, the policies of those who the people authorize to rule over them should be crystal clear and above reproach: Prove to us that you are clean and we have no interest in the secrets of the details of how you implement them.

It is a pity that the Common Wealth Games pictures emerged on the very week when the country made headlines for the stock index topping 20,000 and for a single house in Carmichael road selling for Rs.300 crores. Without the pesky games, Dr. Singh would ha

Pakistan’s 64th birthday brings with it the usual litany of bad news: floods, power outages, crime, terrorism, the list gets longer, it seems, by the day.

Pakistan and Waziristan were not always like this. How we have come to this pass is crucial to analyse, but even more urgent is to assess that are we prepared enough to win this battle?

The US has the least efficient healthcare system which spends most for getting the least results. So, America, come join the civilized world and save some money.

Despite the fact that constitution of Pakistan recognises the access to public information, various laws on the statutory books, such as Official Secret Act of 1923, promote the culture of secrecy.

Do we need? The question on their lips The hatred in their hearts As they died in the stampede Of our failures and demise!

While government does away with the ban on student unions, can that alone suffice to address the campus realities?

That boy perishing away in hospital due to the fake medicines could have been another Allama Iqbal. That girl who died because no one attended her in time could have been the next prime minister of this nation and rebuilt it.

In times of war, governments create lexicon of new words to justify the war and to make it more palatable.