Editorial

The series win also confirms that Pakistan’s iron-cast grip on their adopted home of the UAE is as firm as ever

Few would even know what biodiversity was, and it barely gets a mention anywhere in the national school curriculum

The election of Narendra Modi has been a disaster from the human rights perspective

She has been selected for the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for 2015

80 per cent of disputes in the country are settled by the unregulated informal justice sector

The incident will fade from the headlines within days at most, and therein lies the rub

Only 1.2 million people in the city possess driving licences, whereas 3.8 million vehicles are registered

If the government wants to really ban these organisations, then it needs to do a lot more in concrete terms

At present, the local government system appears to be out of its depth

The government plans a change in policy to push Pakistan’s population growth rate down to 1.6 per cent

The AKP has reversed the result of June 2015 election in which it lost its parliamentary majority

THe next phase of Karachi operation needs to target infrastructures that support criminal and terrorist activity

What divine message can possibly come of a divorce that the media is spending so much time and energy mulling over it

A deadly power struggle is going on within the group and there is a long history of settling disputes by force of arms

Stranglehold of elected feudalism and dynastic politics has again trumped change

Needed are provisions for safer homes and limination of unregulated housing in ghettos that lack basic facilities

According to research, since 2001, 71 journalists and media workers have lost their lives while pursuing their duties

We urge Misbah to rethink any plans of retirement he might have contemplated

A meeting in Vienna on Syria went on longer than expected and had an outcome that was as unexpected as it was welcome

False appointment letters were issued to anybody who chose to apply to what appears to be a “huge gang” within police

The Senate committee on finance seems to have worked strenuously to defang the legislation before waving it through

A clip of a policeman striking a woman across her face was posted on a popular short-form social media website

Issues such as education, food security and farm subsidies have been relegated with the onset of LG polls

The country has slid further in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index ending up at 138th position

Dr Abdul Malik Baloch is widely credited with bringing a semblance of stability to the volatile region

Iran, Pakistan and India have much to gain by being drawn closer by developments such as those at Chabahar

Volunteers trekked to K-2’s Concordia Base Camp to collect 2,750kgs of waste over a stretch of 100km

Supreme Court on October 27 issued a defining order in respect of the blasphemy laws

The trust between neighbours has worn away leaving a state of mutual animosity

Overall though the match was dominated by Pakistan, especially after Riaz’s sensational burst on the third morning

Once the dust has settled and the rescue phase is over, the primary responsible agency will be the NDMA

This year, terrorists struck on the ninth of Muharram in Jacobabad, killing at least 26 during a procession

The National Security Committee has met just four times since the PML-N was elected in 2013

This was the largest quake to hit the country since the 2005 earthquake

Laws against corporal punishment ban various forms of physical violence against children, yet their breach is frequent

The objective of the deal is to transport the LNG imported in the country to terminals in Lahore

Taking proceeds of crimes from tax evaders, corrupt public officials is one of the best ways to stop criminals

we must also caution against NAB running away with itself and embarking on a witch hunt

Vanilla though it was, the visit to the US by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was not entirely without benefit

He is Justin Trudeau, highly telegenic son of Pierre Trudeau, one of the all-time greats of Canadian politics

The PSM is plagued with inefficient management and needs an overhaul

The judiciary is getting exasperated at the actions of the PTI and its supporters

There is evidence that law-enforcement agencies have worked towards eliminating the terror threat in recent days

The presence of people of Chinese origin in this region dates back to the 1949 Cultural Revolution

Sometimes the evidence of a ‘lack of seriousness’ is so stark as to be astonishing — and truly reprehensible

There have been 2,424 cases of dengue registered from different parts of Karachi this year

Shiv Sena activists were able to force their way inside BCCI office where Pakistani officials were supposed to gather

Balochistan, despite a downturn in violent incidents in recent times, remains the terrorist’s grisly playground

After four largely drab days, the first Test between Pakistan and England took a cataclysmic turn for the hosts

It would be unsurprising if the houbara bustard was found to have its own quarters somewhere in the Foreign Office