Editorial

At a time when cooperation is essential, both Pakistan and the US seem hell bent on confrontation.

IDPs deserve all the support they can get. Government needs to mobilise funds ensuring their misery is not prolonged.

The only people who will win as result of such attacks are the hawks on both sides of the border.

Better safety standards could have quite possibly saved the lives of those aboard the bus.

The fact that the bomber was stopped by police marks an improvement in security arrangements.

PPP, MQM and ANP forget their principles when it comes to power in the industrial capital of the country.

Thailand has a long history of military intervention since it became a democracy in 1932.

There seems as yet to be no end to the thinking that spurs on militancy and extremism in Pakistani society.

Despite an infrastructure for the disabled in Pakistan, the Pakistani contingent at the Special Olympics won laurels.

Lack of preparedness means groups of people, including flood victims of last year remain in a vulnerable position.

No matter how hard they try, successive governments are unable to keep disgraced nuclear scientist AQ Khan quiet.

One can only hope that an otherwise well-intentioned measure is implemented in letter and spirit.

Karachi has been used as a theatre to play out political power games; people have been reduced mere pawns.

The PML-N and MQM should remember that they need to play the role of a loyal opposition.

Since the 2002 abduction and murder of Daniel Pearl, 15 Pakistani journalists have died because of their work.

There seems little we can do to convince the authorities to provide some relief from the constant loadshedding.

JI head's irresponsible interview will further exacerbate the problem by discouraging women from speaking up.

Latest set of developments in the ongoing National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) saga is disturbing.

At a time when Pakistan needs stability, trying to remove an elected government from power smacks of irresponsibility.

Today, social applications such as Twitter and Facebook determine more and more of what we know of the world.

Groups in civil society must back the students taking a brave stand against IJT's criminal activities.

Rather than choosing another former cricketer as PCB chairman, we should now look to those with business experience.

Participants in educational institutions should be involved in the process of true and open learning.

The destruction of records in 2007 will badly affect court hearing continuing in Gujrat riot cases and its verdict.

Government provided years of subsidies without developing alternative energy sources, and now abruptly cuts supply.

The 18th Amendment gives provinces more autonomy, but also a great deal of additional responsibility is given to them.

The sense of alienation among the people of Balochistan is high. The reasons for this are quite evident.

Something in our mentality encourages us to leave things to fate, rather than make any effort to protect ourselves.

It is clear is that strict security measures need to be provided to ICRC and other such organisations.

Pakistan’s political horizon tends to change quickly and unpredictably. Things move from one extreme to the other.

Weapons need to be immediately removed from circulation so that safety of life can be restored.

Sardar Atique termed the AJK elections as a dangal between PPP and PML-N, Imran Khan, called it noora kushti.

What PIA needs right now is not another spending splurge; rather it should tighten its belt and cut losses.

Pakistan suffers due to its proximity to Afghanistan, which produces almost 90 per cent of the world’s opium.

The prisoners, both India and Pakistan need to remember, are not pawns in their great game.

The hope for normalised relations from doves on both sides has led to unrealistic expectations.

The fox came out firing from both holsters at BB’s birth anniversary, making it look like the ‘Sindh card’ again.

The issue of how we treat animals has received very little attention.

The piracy issue need to be addressed, otherwise we may see more abductions, with no guarantee of happy endings.

The picture revealed, in a recent poll, is that of a country in denial.

In India and Pakistan, people are convinced of their separate morally correct assumptions to support any real change.

Political parties that should be more sensitive to igniting sectarian tensions have instead been fanning the flames.

What is upsetting is that Brigadier Khan was allegedly hobnobbing with an organisation opposed to democracy.

Commissions have not had a good innings in Pakistan.

The nation has other extremely pressing problems as well, the land we live in and fight for must be tended to.

It is important to remember that ending the de facto ban on women driving is only the start.

Zawihiri is the man who, by his own admission, wants to become the caliph of Pakistan, if not the entire Muslim world.

Pakistan’s loose hold on Bajaur is undermined by a loose hold of Kabul in Kunar, allowing al Qaeda to flourish there.

The pressure Shaikh is under is obvious. Agricultural interests are over-represented in parliament and get their way.

Investigations in to the murders of journalists have seldom been completed let alone reached an end to implicate ISI.