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  • The moral confusion on Yemen

    Battles we fight at home are crucial to our future & we cannot afford the ‘luxury’ of going off to fight...

  • Ending child labour

    Other provinces need to follow K-P and Punjab in introducing legislation to protect child labourers

  • Taking fright and flight

    In two years alone, 51,500 people have fled Pakistan

  • The Karachi operation

    Action should be taken against all criminal and militant elements because cutting out half of the tumour is no cure

  • Breaking through barriers

    The constant struggle faced by transgenders needs to be recognised and seen with the empathy that it deserves

  • Unwanted and objectionable

    Once again fig-leaf of ‘the national interest’ is being used to cover the advance of limitations to freedom of speech

  • Flying higher

    In order to encourage investment & competition in the aviation sector, the new policy features zero tax on investments

  • Misbah & Afridi

    Both may not be the greatest Pakistan have produced, but their services remain invaluable for many reasons.

  • Cultivating ties with Qatar

    Given Pakistan’s less-than-easy relations with its neighbours, Qatar is a safe & attractive relationship to cultivate

  • A positive step forward

    We need to resolve problems within our voting system &any inquiry carried out by the commission will help achieve this

  • A beacon of the Left

    Tahira Mazhar Ali brought a splash of political red to the table and more courage than most political men ever muster

  • Battling the militants

    In terms of evaluating how successful the various operations are, we remain largely in the dark.

  • Mobs and murder

    The brave response of Afghan women may be indicative of changes in their lives since the fall of the Taliban

  • Mass transit for Karachi

    There are at least four large players looking to develop the BRT system and they are not all on the same page

  • The state of civil-military relations

    While speculating about the state of civil-military relations, one should keep in mind that we are in a state of war

  • Targeting polio workers

    For the sake of our children’s health & our international standing, serious efforts need be made to eradicate polio

  • Looking back, looking forward

    The dream of the dedicated leaders behind the plan laid out for a new nation in 1940 must not be allowed to fade away

  • Karachi bombings

    Bombings and shootings can happen in any neighbourhood, and no community can regard itself as safe

  • Solution in sight

    It is a victory for whole country which now gets an opportunity to bring matters out into the open, settle the doubts

  • Of rape apologists

    Pakistanis need to learn from India when it comes to how that country’s citizens have stood up for the rights of women

  • Mosques on encroached land

    There are 492 mosques within the municipal limits of the CDA and 233 of them, 47 per cent, are unauthorised

  • A vital investigation

    The timing of broadcast of Mirza's video & any linkage to this with Nine-Zero raid all need to come into the open

  • Homeward bound

    200 families, displaced almost six years ago, are on their way back to their ancestral lands in South Waziristan

  • A welcome delay

    Why it has taken so many years for the material facts to emerge in Shafqat Hussain's case is something of a mystery

  • Census at last

    If the 2016 census takes place and if the results are published it will be a momentous moment

  • Not Netanyahu again

    Netanyahu’s election is likely to further destabilise a region perennially teetering on the brink

  • Another miserable summer

    The shortsightedness of the govt when it comes to addressing energy crisis is so pervasive as to become maddening

  • Language of the privileged

    The acts of a few must not be used to demonise an entire community or ignore the injustices it has long faced

  • Spring cleaning Karachi

    We await an operation targeting any of the other political parties, without which MQM might have cause for complaint

  • The roads that bind us

    While the motorway system is important, it is incomplete since it all but excludes most parts of Balochistan and K-P

  • Good show, Pakistan!

    Pakistan have gone through a see-saw campaign but seem to be peaking at the perfect time

  • Dirty drinking water

    Nearly 75 per cent of drinking water resources in the country are contaminated and unfit for human us

  • Boiling over

    The government needs to stop shilly-shallying and move against those who bomb churches and other places of worship

  • Controlling deforestation

    The area under forests in G-B has decreased more than 50 per cent in the last 20 years

  • Talking about AIDS

    It is important to initiate debate on safe sex and ensure that people are aware enough not to reuse syringes

  • Church bombings in Lahore

    Once again a minority group has been targeted and once again the state failed in its duty to protect it

  • A drone of our own

    Will Pakistan-owned, operated drones armed with Pakistan-developed missiles take over from US drones

  • A futile blame game

    One would hope that after having registered its protest, India would get on with the dialogue process

  • Good luck, Pakistan

    It is crucial for Pakistan’s match-winners to rise to the occasion with a berth in the knockout stages beckoning

  • Stop Shafqat’s execution

    No one should die at the gallows at the hands of the state when there are doubts about investigation and trial process

  • At the helm

    It is good to see Senate being led by a person of competence backed by all political groups

  • Weeding out ghost employees

    There is a need to initiate a meaningful process of weeding out ghost employees in all departments of Sindh government

  • No toilets

    Authorities need to prioritise the building of sanitation facilities& must create awareness regarding personal hygiene

  • Honesty on trade deal

    Pakistan can do a lot to improve the competitiveness of Pakistani businesses seeking to compete in global market share

  • A noose too far

    In the interests of natural justice, the moratorium on non-terror related executions must be preserved

  • The weaving of peace

    The weaving of a durable peace must continue — and Mr Karzai needs to keep his meddling fingers to himself

  • Calming Karachi

    Right now, it is crucial that all parties recognise the need to maintain peace in Karachi

  • The right message

    By upholding the sentence given to Qadri under Section 302 of the Penal Code, IHC has stood on the side of order

  • For the greater good

    The PML-N has made a magnanimous gesture by not contesting the post of Senate chairman

  • Skating on thin ice

    The possibility of a backlash inside Pakistan if we went to fight alongside Saudi Arabia is considerable