Editorial

With a little over half of the total $6.6-billion loan already been utilised, the road ahead is the toughest yet

System based on barbarity and a degenerate ideology will find it difficult to sustain itself for an indefinite period

Govt must realise beside amnesty schemes, grievances of the Baloch people also need to be addressed politically

Re-nationalisation of K-Electric will not make life better for anyone in Pakistan

There is a national lack of preparedness for events such as both Dir and the ongoing tragedy in Karachi

While in broad terms, it has to be welcomed, there are questions whether its application is going to be equitable

Both countries need to realise that the opportunities created by the recent warming of relations must not be wasted

Greece is not going to expire in existential terms, but Tsipras may find himself joining the unemployed before long

The answer lies in improving K-Electric’s performance and investigating its current poor show

MQM is a major party with huge following in Karachi. It needs to explain its position given seriousness of allegations

It is essential that Israel be prevented from moving ahead with further atrocities against the Palestinians

When sending millions of people back to Afghanistan, compassion must not be lost

PMD is outdated in its methodology and lacks the tools required to track weather conditions as they develop

It is time we made all efforts to ‘normalise’ presence of women in public spaces & in jobs that require public dealing

While criticising Modi & his anti-Pakistan policies, parliamentarians should not indulge in the denigration of Hindus

Furnace oil stocks are going to be depleted as PNSC has refused to supply vessels for transportation of fuel to PSO

With two more Tests to be played, Pakistan are in the driving seat

Karachi is poorly-equipped to cope with extremes of meteorological events, from extreme rainfall to extreme heat

Once again the Afghan Taliban have demonstrated just how far they are from being beaten

Charleston incident is emblematic of two defining American preoccupations of recent years—gun violence & racial hatred

The govt has offered a 30 per cent discount to power defaulters if they clear their dues by July

While Mr Zardari’s speech was a highly ill-advised one, the fact is that Pakistan’s political arena needs the PPP

When it comes to embracing refugees from different corners of the globe, rich and powerful seem to shy away

Incorporating Senate’s non-binding suggestions is an admirable adherence to unwritten constitutional conventions

The Iranian offer of the provision of free oral polio vaccines is to be warmly welcomed

The cast of characters in the provincial capitals is as varied as the nation they represent

12,000 dolphins are killed annually due to the use of large gillnets between Pakistan and Iran’s coasts

Any inequity in CPEC's execution will detract from what should be the great equaliser for Pakistan’s political economy

Improving ties with Russia is part of a more mature foreign policy geared to the needs of a changing world

It is govt’s responsibility to create awareness & make people understand that the helmet drive is for their own safety

The fact that Mr Modi has made what appears to be an effort to restore some normalcy is something to be welcomed

It should be clear to all what is needed at this stage are calm words to help answer questions of national importance

A series win will put Pakistani team in the right frame of mind ahead of the limited-overs matches that follow

Women are used as bargaining chips to settle territorial disputes or as equivalent of ‘blood money’ in cases of murder

Let us see prosecutions and convictions on back of these arrests, as these crooks must not be allowed to wriggle away

It is not in the interests of Pakistan to play into the hands of Mr Modi

The operation is being viewed so positively that there is now talk of moving to battle terrorists in urban areas

300 cases of dengue have been reported in Punjab this year — and this is before the dengue season is fully developed

The mistreatment of women, of transgender people, of differently-abled people points at a scathing lack of empathy

Without evidence, without fleshing out bones of the report, any ‘counterterrorism operations’ are utterly worthless

Pakistanis, particularly Shia Hazaras, like Rohingyas, get on rickety boats everyday in hope for survival elsewhere

The step taken by Apple will help save a language which has faced a consistent threat

Any layman can understand that with a growth rate of 4.24 per cent, job creation is a far-fetched dream

Weapons should not be anywhere near school premises, nor near children, ever

Eleminating polio is going to require a consistency of political will that spans successive govts and constant funding

Failure to eradicate polio has brought us travel ‘difficulties’, failure to control people-trafficking will bring more

With him perched at the helm of ICC, he has a real chance of playing an active role in this regard

Govt should look into the broader implications that collective health of a nation has on a country's economy

What the people of Turkey decided was that they did not want an executive presidency

The sectarian, urban strongholds of militants are still outside the fold of the state’s operations