TNS – The News on Sunday

Aversion to secularism emanates from our incorrect understanding of the concept and the fear that it endangers Islamic identity

Every Valentine’s Day reminds us that love is the final nail in the coffin of hatred

There are comparatively more signals of optimism than pessimism after the end of ISAF’s combat mission in Afghanistan

Defusing the deeply-entrenched violence from society necessitates recourse to Bacha Khan’s reformist agenda

Until we win over the militant narrative, just boasting victories on the ground only speaks of a battle half lost

The five factors which gave rise to ISIL in Iraq and its spread to Syria are present here

With a Baloch nationalist party leading a coalition government in Balochistan, it is a historic opportunity to address the Baloch grievances

Deradicalisation necessitates the gradual depoliticisation of religious identities for a peaceful societyp

Until we reform our education system, conservatism and religious extremism will keep haunting the society

Thousands of people have fallen prey in the race for possessing the exclusively true version of Islam. Flexibility in thoughts with rational thinking is the only way out