Editorial

Peace in Yemen seems as distant a possibility as it has ever been

The negative financial impact of political dirt slinging must be realised

If Pakistan is going to thrive in the future the Diamer-Bhasha dam is a vital determinant

It is easier, however,to examine the devastating impact of not having either an agriculture or youth policy

Justice Iqbal asserted that the missing were handed over to the Americans in exchange for money

Tayyaba is a child who has been cruelly abused

FIA has slowly started plugging the gaps through which would-be migrants often manage to slip into European countries

With attempts being made to create protocols, there are independent players who have no interest in peace

Latest in the chain of bad-news transport stories is the Abdul Sattar Edhi Bus Line

Greater efforts must be made to turn it into a public policy and governance framework

Children of Tharparkar deserve better

Intricate network that carried out, covered up murder has been exposed

Looking ahead, India needs to show reciprocity

The mainstreaming of Fata really does matter

Syria is a grotesque theatre, the world the paying audience

School children and other high-risk groups should be prioritised for inoculation

A line is drawn, the markers are down and ruthless as it is the SC has created a space for honest politics

Karachi, the country’s largest city, has been at the thick end of the environmental stick

Despite legislation children are abused daily and right across the country

A reliable indicator of development is the opening, anywhere, of an airport

The world community, although aware of the Rohingya genocide, has barely acted

We no longer live in the Stasi or KGB age. We live in the age of Facebook

The success in Dir should be replicable. Do it.

Most children do not report the crime because they are afraid of what will happen to them

The vulnerabilities are almost innumerable

Reality is that there will have been a swapping of masks and elective feudalism will still rule beneath

Investment in aquaculture and shrimp farming ought to be promoted at all levels

Women make up a staggering 90 per cent of the cases reported to the Cybercrime circle in Lahore

The continuation of Saarc has to be weighed against its cost and effectiveness

Terms should be settled quickly so that operations can resume

The panel created a smaller sub-panel headed by the PML-N’s firebrand Daniyal Aziz

Official identity documents such as identity cards and passports have been issued to questionable persons

SBP in a circular says it has not authorised or licensed any individual or entity in respect of cryptocurrency trading

There has been a lapse of spatial awareness regarding the recently announced ‘radical reform package’

Almost without exception these communities are poor and eke out a very marginal living

There are just too few women pilots out there

There has been no attempt to nurture or allow to grow a ‘next generation’ of political youngsters

Experts count antibiotic resistance as among the biggest threats to global health

The numbers in our rotten prisons is only set to rise, and prison reform can no longer be deferred

Pakistan has few friends that are going to come out in support of its claims regarding Kashmir

For fledgling nations like Pakistan, the disease has been nothing less than an unending national nightmare

During the court investigations, it must be ensured that anyone found engaged in foul play be penalised

Pakistan appears on any number of lists issued by global entities and very rarely for good behaviour

An amnesty scheme is only good if it successfully repatriates cash back into the national treasury

There is an almost complete absence of any efficient waste disposable system

Remittances from migrant workers are a significant element of the Pakistan economy

Central government has adopted double standards in dealing with the victims of the massacre

The impact of the reduced water supply for the seasonal harvest in Pakistan will be manifold

No government has been able to bite the bullet and tax the rich at the top end of those tax-liable

In a talk with students at IBA, Dr Ishrat talked about decline of institutions like civil service