Editorial

Whoever succeeds Hagel will have less than 2 years to mend a cracked pot, & few would bet on their chances of success

Given that ECP is the fount from which all things electoral flow, it is obvious that an early resolution is required

Farzana Parveen may not have died in vain, and it is to be hoped that this presages more guilty verdicts

Mass murder creates little but fear and intimidation, & for murderers, sadly, this was another ‘mission accomplished’

The challenge for India and Pakistan at Saarc is to find themselves on the same page

Talking and dreaming about our ‘glorious past’ is not enough, it needs to be preserved for the dream to remain...

It is too soon to call the COAS visit a watershed, but it does allow a cautious optimism to break the horizon

IPR’s findings may have been critical, but they reflected the government’s inefficiency

We need to cleanse our school syllabus of militant subjects and inspire our youth to shun militancy

What happened at Sargodha nursery is a tragedy we must get to the bottom of, so that we can prevent others like it

There is no single national body to organise a coordinated response to slavery in 21st century Pakistan

Doing business with The Bear makes sense at many levels, not only military, and we welcome this agreement

The education department must devise a proper strategy to put an end to the menace of ghost teachers once and for all

The problem of power theft must be tackled so that we can move a few steps closer to tackling power crisis

Operation Zarb-e-Azb is in India’s interests as well, given the expansionist statements of both al Qaeda and IS

Instead of penalising the culprit, we put the victim under scrutiny, at the cost of her physical & intellectual growth

Powerful ECP can play an important role in ensuring that polls in Pakistan are held in a free and fair manner

Army is fighting the war against terrorists in the mountains, but war for hearts & minds has yet to be even sketched

Permits issued to hunt Houbara bustard not only violate international commitments but also breach local hunting laws

IP pipeline project could have only ever been completed and become functional had the sanctions on Iran been lifted

The Saff Championship has reintroduced women football in the country at the highest level

Pakistan government is yet to engage in the battle against the mindset that produces terrorism

A mere setting up of a mass transit authority will do little to resolve the problem of traffic management in Karachi

The donors want to put their money in safe pairs of hands and the govt of Pakistan is not considered sufficiently safe

All in all, Afghan president’s visit is a most positive development in Pakistan-Afghan relations in more than a decade

Let us have, as soon as possible, an honest person of impeccable reputation as our next consensus CEC

It is time now for Misbah's critics to finally acknowledge his achievements and give him the recognition he deserves

Be they hunted or smuggled, any animal or bird that has a rarity value and lives in Pakistan seems to be fair game

rade agreements and energy deals are easy to sign, but to make them see the light of day is another matter

According to the Rescue 1122 Service, some 12,000 lives are lost each year across the country to road accidents

Private sector needs to come up with innovative means to increase exports, as we cannot rely on govt policy alone

There is little evidence that the new Afghan President’s opinion on the issue will vary from that of his predecessors

The presence of a Pakistani at the top rung of the ICC will hopefully help in pursuing objectives laid out by the PCB

Loopholes that enable murderers committing crime in the name of honour to be acquitted needs to be closed at earliest

The reasons behind the KSE’s rise can never be explained fully, as investors consider different factors before trading

Children of today are social capital of tomorrow, & Pakistan has done little to protect the generation that comes next

Failing to conduct privatisation smoothly goes to show how weak the ruling party is at the moment

Educating a future generation of drivers as to the best practices on the road gives some hope for the future

We should also be asking why local people did not act to save the young couple

Pakistan cannot assume that the IS presence is little more than an unpleasant dream

Chinese investment in the power generation shows a considerable vote of confidence on their part

Ghavami has been sentenced for a year for violating the archaic moral code set in place by the orthodox Iranian clergy

Horrible events such as killing of Christian couple only add to the growing perception of Pakistan as a pariah state

The actual primary need is a change in the national psyche towards women not to be seen as the weaker counterpart

Perhaps, what we are doing in our self-interest is being perceived by our accusers as not being in their self-interest

Authorities whose job it is to protect people, uphold tenets of justice should address forced conversions immediately

Barbed-wire handcuffs of culture, faith, history, colonialism lock us together & neither wants to tell where keys are

President Obama can expect a harder battle to get bills through the Senate and to implement his vision

Despite some successes, HEC is currently presiding over a catalogue of either failure to achieve or achieve below par

Billions of rupees were hurled at the polio elephant in last 2 years, yet this year saw worst outbreak for a decade