Editorial

It is time we made all efforts to ‘normalise’ presence of women in public spaces & in jobs that require public dealing

While criticising Modi & his anti-Pakistan policies, parliamentarians should not indulge in the denigration of Hindus

Furnace oil stocks are going to be depleted as PNSC has refused to supply vessels for transportation of fuel to PSO

With two more Tests to be played, Pakistan are in the driving seat

Karachi is poorly-equipped to cope with extremes of meteorological events, from extreme rainfall to extreme heat

Once again the Afghan Taliban have demonstrated just how far they are from being beaten

Charleston incident is emblematic of two defining American preoccupations of recent years—gun violence & racial hatred

The govt has offered a 30 per cent discount to power defaulters if they clear their dues by July

While Mr Zardari’s speech was a highly ill-advised one, the fact is that Pakistan’s political arena needs the PPP

When it comes to embracing refugees from different corners of the globe, rich and powerful seem to shy away

Incorporating Senate’s non-binding suggestions is an admirable adherence to unwritten constitutional conventions

The Iranian offer of the provision of free oral polio vaccines is to be warmly welcomed

The cast of characters in the provincial capitals is as varied as the nation they represent

12,000 dolphins are killed annually due to the use of large gillnets between Pakistan and Iran’s coasts

Any inequity in CPEC's execution will detract from what should be the great equaliser for Pakistan’s political economy

Improving ties with Russia is part of a more mature foreign policy geared to the needs of a changing world

It is govt’s responsibility to create awareness & make people understand that the helmet drive is for their own safety

The fact that Mr Modi has made what appears to be an effort to restore some normalcy is something to be welcomed

It should be clear to all what is needed at this stage are calm words to help answer questions of national importance

A series win will put Pakistani team in the right frame of mind ahead of the limited-overs matches that follow

Women are used as bargaining chips to settle territorial disputes or as equivalent of ‘blood money’ in cases of murder

Let us see prosecutions and convictions on back of these arrests, as these crooks must not be allowed to wriggle away

It is not in the interests of Pakistan to play into the hands of Mr Modi

The operation is being viewed so positively that there is now talk of moving to battle terrorists in urban areas

300 cases of dengue have been reported in Punjab this year — and this is before the dengue season is fully developed

The mistreatment of women, of transgender people, of differently-abled people points at a scathing lack of empathy

Without evidence, without fleshing out bones of the report, any ‘counterterrorism operations’ are utterly worthless

Pakistanis, particularly Shia Hazaras, like Rohingyas, get on rickety boats everyday in hope for survival elsewhere

The step taken by Apple will help save a language which has faced a consistent threat

Any layman can understand that with a growth rate of 4.24 per cent, job creation is a far-fetched dream

Weapons should not be anywhere near school premises, nor near children, ever

Eleminating polio is going to require a consistency of political will that spans successive govts and constant funding

Failure to eradicate polio has brought us travel ‘difficulties’, failure to control people-trafficking will bring more

With him perched at the helm of ICC, he has a real chance of playing an active role in this regard

Govt should look into the broader implications that collective health of a nation has on a country's economy

What the people of Turkey decided was that they did not want an executive presidency

The sectarian, urban strongholds of militants are still outside the fold of the state’s operations

Prevarication, weakness and a failure of vision are no tools to fight terrorism

The tropical cyclone is forecast to make its impact along the coast of Sindh and Balochistan

The people of G-B still have no parliamentary representation in the federal government in Islamabad

What Fifa is today in need of, is rebuilding, not a cosmetic restructuring

The city has become a ‘heat island’ because of an increase in local atmospheric and surface temperatures

Political parties need to sit together, possibly with the ECP and help work out a system acceptable to all

Of all the whistleblowers of the modern era there are none that have had quite the impact that he has had

Pakistan has a nuclear future but has to convince the world it is a responsible custodian of nuclear technologies

The radical registers of liberal thought in the US continue to propagate a ‘freedom’ which fails in freeing anyone

A paltry sum has been apportioned to education ministry, which is responsible for lives and fortunes of students

Emergency and disaster responses are never quick enough for those affected

This year's budget does not do much in terms of cutting back on the privileges of Pakistan’s wealthy elite

Murdering suspects in their custody is not part of their job. Neither torturing suspects to extract a confession