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  • Should we stop telling the truth?

    We continue to do our job of telling the truth despite fear for our lives.

  • The TB scourge

    Unless the government releases the funding, there is a real risk that National TB Control Programme will collapse.

  • Hanging hiatus

    Let there be no hangings in 2014 and the hanging hiatus be converted into abolition.

  • Souring diplomacy

    Islamabad and Tehran must do everything possible to placate each other’s grievances and suspicions.

  • Sindh’s witness protection law

    Six months later, Sindh Witness Protection Act 2013 is nothing more than a piece of paper.

  • The first step

    Although peace process has made unprecedented progress, government must not let excitement cloud extreme caution.

  • Mapping education

    The devolution of budgets to the provinces has done nothing to improve the national map of education.

  • Just not cricket

    Banning of locals from supporting international teams deserves some sort of rebuke or punitive action by ICC.

  • A worthy proposal

    Sherani needs to understand that parliament is precisely the place where such matters must be discussed.

  • Perks eternal

    No officer transferred out of the Punjab government is permitted to retain either staff or official vehicles.

  • Another polio campaign death

    The murder of a 45-year-old LHW is just another reminder of how vulnerable these essential health workers are.

  • Pursuing civil nuclear energy

    We welcome PM’s address at Hague where he aired Pakistan’s legitimate demand for access to civil nuclear technology.

  • Posts lying vacant

    Bureaucrats are known to watch over their interest and work behind the scenes to influence induction to key posts.

  • Another metro bus

    Nobody doubts that mass-transit in our cities is the need of the hour. Many doubt how we are going about the job.

  • Turkish Twitter ban

    Free speech always finds a way of being heard, whether governments like it or not.

  • Rising costs at Gwadar Port

    In the case of Gwadar Port, it appears that misappropriation of funds have played a key role in rising cost of project

  • Antithetical justice

    Atrocities of jirgas are only addressable by negating the very existence of a parallel judicial system.

  • Social protection at last

    Sindh government appears to be taking a key step towards bringing brick kiln workers into the social safety net.

  • Unrest in Crimea

    Geopolitical tectonics invariably move exceeding slow, but events in Crimea in last 3 months represent seismic shift.

  • About time!

    Welcome as it is, there must be lingering concern about how quickly Punjab government will move to act on the new Bill

  • Coach carnage

    Neither condolences nor an investigation is likely to do anything to mitigate the instances of accidents such as this.

  • Khushwant Singh (1915-2014)

    He will be best remembered as a satirist, lambasting in somewhat ribald terms the society he lived in.

  • Protecting journalists

    The fact is that being a journalist in Pakistan is becoming increasingly difficult by the day.

  • Intelligence sharing

    For now, on the face of it, it seems the prime minister has the military’s support on the formation of NID.

  • Concentration of powers

    Sindh will do well to prove its administration’s democratic credentials by passing on authority to the grassroot units

  • A chappal ain’t just a chappal

    Officials holding portfolios of culture must do more to secure designs of cultural elements.

  • Campaign donors and tax policy

    The government is trying to collect more taxes from an industry it knows it can squeeze.

  • (Lack of) wheat support

    Restricting the wheat support price is not a good way to fix flaws with the government’s agriculture policy.

  • Killing our children

    There is legislation to cover the industrial employment of children, but none to cover ordinary households.

  • Generous donation

    Saudi Arabia had provided $1.5 billion to shore up Pakistan’s fast-depleting foreign exchange reserves.

  • Lift the YouTube ban

    We would warmly welcome filtering so long as filtering process was not a further encroachment on freedom of speech.

  • Hate violence in Sindh

    Whatever the instigation, it does not justify torching of a place of worship or properties owned by Hindus.

  • Monetary policy blues

    Foreign investors are far more likely to invest in the country if interest rates are lowered, not raised.

  • Tall claims on power

    Private Pakistani and non-Chinese investors are investing in expanding power production in Pakistan.

  • Pay the vaccinators

    It is entirely possible that Pakistan is going to find itself quarantined from the rest of the world in coming weeks.

  • Improving law enforcement

    Law-enforcement agencies should focus on improving investigation & gathering evidence which can stand court scrutiny.

  • Barbaric acts

    Only way such acts will stop is if we can persuade people to think differently; accept woman's right to choice.

  • Inching closer to free trade

    There is no confirmation on whether trade in food and industrial goods will be liberalised between the two neighbours.

  • Dam dispute

    Govt cannot afford to be held hostage for the sake of unresolved local disputes over the construction of Bhasha dam.

  • Toxic radio

    The power of radio as a medium should never be under-estimated, neither should be the power of those that misuse it.

  • Rape and fire

    A girl had set herself on fire after hearing that the suspects who had allegedly raped her were granted bail.

  • Afridi, a misogynist?

    Afridi has shown that we still have a long way to go before we can hope to become a truly enlightened society.

  • Bloodshed in Lyari

    For a government that let hundreds die in Thar, killing of a mere 19 in Lyari is hardly going to make any difference.

  • Negotiating for polio immunisation

    In the short term, the government desperately needs to address the issues of security and accessibility.

  • Rupee recovering

    The only way to address the weakness of the rupee is to address the structural weaknesses of the economy.

  • Not so incredible India

    India has not always been as positive in its responses as might have been hoped for.

  • Lyari killings

    Apart from ensuring security to its sportsmen, Sindh government must take steps to encourage sports in Lyari.

  • Asia Cup defeat — lessons to be learnt

    The lack of wicket-taking bowlers cost the team dearly, which should be an eye-opener.

  • Creating sectarian harmony

    Government is planing to introduce a common code of conduct to come to grips with differences among religious sects.

  • Inequitable taxation

    The problem with Pakistan’s tax structure is that it offers far too many exemptions to far too many industries.