Editorial

The state is failing miserably in its duty to hand down justice to those who have thrown the country into anarchy.

Time has come for Mr Gilani to stand within the party camp and confront the coming street agitation in Punjab.

The number of cases reported from our nation are the highest anywhere in the world.

Tensions within PPP because of Dr Zulfiqar Mirza have begin to reach a rather dangerous point.

It would be premature to call the movement a success. Sheer numbers alone do not constitute achievement.

The visa relaxation, once implemented, could promote greater trade between the two neighbours.

Raising tariffs will not solve inefficiencies given government’s poor management of GENCOs finances, operations.

Two boys kidnapped by the Taliban on September 1 from Bajaur Agency have been able to return home after escaping.

Reports of terrible mine accidents, notably in the Balochistan province, have become an almost regular event.

Despite the mistrust on both sides, both countries have too much at stake to simply go their separate ways.

The view expressed by the committee that military men visit parliament and not the other way round, is a valid one.

Over the longer run, however, the government needs to fundamentally reform the power sector.

It is hard to know how seriously to take Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s speech on Balochistan.

One would think that Aasia Bibi had suffered enough but we now hear that she has been subjected to ‘torture’ in jail.

We need to ask questions. Why has so little been done to solve the turmoil in Balochistan?

The thugs who attacked the girls’ school in Rawalpindi have an agenda that includes other ‘corrections’.

Peace in Karachi will only be achieved by political parties that decide to put the city ahead of their interests.

A better strategy might have been a staggered approach in reduction of interest rates, balancing inflation, growth.

Morality demands we find a way to aid the flood victims and also to salvage our reputation as a state.

In the absence of a clearly chalked-out plan, the best citizens can do is protect themselves.

Balochistan needs to be saved; its people won back — and we must hope this task has not already been left too late.

If the ban Sharif proposes is to be fairly enforced, then it would have to include his own party.

If one were to look closely, Pakistan is the only loser from the Afghan war. And it shows.

The region of South Asia can be stable if its states develop economic synergies instead of military confrontation.

President Asif Ali Zardari was able to achieve just what he wanted, holding firmly MQM and PML-Q.

While addressing Stanford University’s graduating class of 2005, Jobs said: “Stay hungry, stay foolish.”

The solution to Karachi’s woes lies in political compromise, not court hearings.

The accord means some of the worst fears of at least some elements in Pakistan have now changed into reality.

Our intelligence agencies are failing in tracking militants' activities and plans.

Pakistan needs to wake up and tackle the problem of the Taliban

The government needs to urgently come up with solutions that bridge the gap between power demand and supply.

Kabul has to meditate whether it suited Pakistan to get rid of Rabbani and how his death has benefited Islamabad.

The Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement survey for 2011 shows that families spending less on education.

Mr Sharif’s response to the calamity is praiseworthy, given his disadvantages.

Regular high-level meetings and strengthening of economic ties will lay the foundation for peace.

The royal decree only goes into effect in 2015. Activists will have to be vigilant to ensure the implementation.

Challenge lies in areas where extremists have managed to convince parents that children are at risk from the vaccine.

Pemra to send notices to television channels asking to stop airing programmes that make fun of the country’s...

Laws barring overcrowding to be enforced, schools penalised for violating safety rules while taking children on trips

Class eight girl blasphemy case: We are turning into a nation of rabid persons, succumbed to the fever of fanaticism.

From their climb down a steep ladder, Pakistan-America relations have gone into a chaotic slide down a rocky cliff.

The whale could have offered students an opportunity to learn more about the biggest mammal on our planet.

The days of the Taliban are far from being over; their capacity to scar lives remains intact.

It doesn’t matter whether it was suicide bombing or not, what matters is that eight lives were lost.

Biggest problem in the dengue outbreak is public panic. Calming the public could help manage the problem rationally.

It does not seem that keeping Malik Ishaq under house arrest for a temporary period will serve any purpose.

Had the lynch mob and the policemen not been caught on video, is unlikely the case would have been brought to court.

SSP Aslam said that he would continue the fight against militants and teach them a lesson.

Lankan doctors found eggs in flower pots, outside the office of the medical superintendant at the Ganga Ram Hospital.

Pakistan cannot claim sovereignty of decision-making in foreign policy if it harbours terrorists on its soil.