Editorial

It is astonishing just how short-sighted our politicians can be.

The government must have a clear set of goals as to exactly what it wants to get out of the dialogue.

Children & their parents must be educated as to what suspicious devices look like and warned against playing with them

Steps must be taken immediately to control thalassaemia before the numbers of those affected spiral out of control.

Those who plagiarise the work of others are viewed with disdain — unless they live and do their thievery in Pakistan.

The conditions under which children study explain the high number who fail to complete even a basic education.

The use of DDT, ammonia and other toxic chemicals is a common practice in fishing in several districts of K-P.

The officials used a secret counterterrorism fund to buy gifts for relatives of ministers and visiting dignitaries.

We need to invest more in improving our museums, so that the future generations can learn more about their history .

A significant number of Pakistani workers are not regularised and they are now classified as illegal immigrants.

The impoverished fishermen should be given better protection and be respected both in life and in death.

Pakistan needs to re-swing its moral compass and treat its children as something other than portable property.

Access to finance is too important to economic progress to be gutted.

FIA should redouble its efforts to bust gangs of traffickers, whose heartless business, devious means ruin families.

The poor in Pakistan are not looking for a handout. They just want a ladder that they can climb for themselves.

The pilots lacked training, there were procedural errors and the air worthiness of the plane raises questions.

Only those countries will succeed in future that have a desire to do whatever is necessary to grow their economies.

Although Pakistan has made improvements in some areas, these are endangered by our galloping population explosion.

Reviving govt schools, converting them into institutions that offer quality education may hold key to our future.

As result of attacks on anti-polio teams, several parts of country have not been covered in campaigns in recent years.

It is welcome to see the Commonwealth praising Balochistan govt for its holding of local bodies elections.

It was a much-needed result and reminded fans as to why the team continue to be labelled mercurial.

To see 12,000 internally-displaced Bugti families being barred from proceeding to their hometown is heartbreaking.

The new bill is to be warmly welcomed, but it is going to be in its implementation that its efficacy will be judged.

Despite its longevity and citations of excellence, FCE is still affiliated with the University of Punjab (UoP).

This fresh revelation documenting the extent of injustice only goes to heighten the province’s sense of victimhood.

The Nawaz Administration should build a political coalition that would push economic liberalisation forward.

PML-N should not waste its time trying to achieve an impossible goal.

The tunnel — which is not yet fully completed — is a lifeline for Chitralis but it is vulnerable.

It is necessary that the full course be run and the accusations we have heard over and over again be investigated.

Curricula at universities must include his writings and an active effort must be made to salvage his legacy.

Unless we effectively addresses education emergency in next 10 years, it is going to forever trail behind neighbours.

We need to develop mechanisms, which can allow us to keep calm along the boundaries of our two nations.

K-P will only fulfil its own food needs when government devises a food security strategy — and that is a distant dream

In 2013, 54,918 children were denied vaccination by their parents.

The blast also reflects the weakness of the state with respect to the high moral ground given to militant forces.

We may be pleasing our Arab guests, but we are allowing our own ecology and wildlife to be ravaged ruthlessly by them.

The acts of Khetran must not go unexamined and the identities of those helped by him must be uncovered.

Dump trucks seem to be involved in a number of such accidents and steps must be taken to regulate their movement.

Having a person who has bought a company from govt on a board that has final say on sale of companies is problematic.

While it is within its right to shuffle top mandarins, the exercise should be dictated by merit, justifiable needs.

It is unfortunate that the attitude of governments in Lahore and Karachi is preventing the handing down of power.

International flights go in and out of BBIA, and an aircraft coming down may impact a densely-populated urban area.

The administration’s current policies will likely accelerate the pace at which foreign currency leaves the country.

The right has dominated the narrative for too long and concerted efforts must be made to change this.

Nawaz Administration should continue projects that are being run well, even if they do not mesh with its own agenda.

Karachi is a city out of control of both the forces of law and order and civil governance.

There have been reports that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is unhappy with Mr Dar’s performance.

There are people in the country willing to give up their lives to stand up to violent extremists.

The government needs to take a reality check regarding the internet.