Editorial

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.

Taking on the Haqqani Network may be a good idea, but the question of ability still lingers.

Over the weeks ahead, the biggest challenge is posed by sickness, which so often follows calamity of this nature.

Accepting defeat in Dir is as good as accepting defeat in the entire war against militancy.

His act seems quite ironic, with him coming from a land where rules are, literally, made to be broken.

For a multitude of reasons, the floods that have devastated Sindh have not received the attention they deserve.

The Taliban have taken to killing children because they are getting desperate.

How Pakistan actually played will be anyone’s guess as the tournament was not broadcast in Pakistan.

Dengue has now been with us as a yearly event for more than five years.

Karachi's creaky antiquated drainage system is just not up to the task.

Medical experts say obesity among children is a growing issue.

Promotions and transfers are decided not on merit but are entirely due to political connections.

Al Qaeda is very much around while many institutions of the Pakistani state are struggling to fight it.

During his address, Mr Hussain said many things but most were not relevant or earth-shattering.

Killing enemies has just become politics by other means in Karachi.

Although the Taliban are Pakistani, they no longer care that innocent Pakistanis are suffering.

Pointless to have hordes of policemen or forces on guard if they can do nothing to stop the killers.

Contrary to the advice of politicians, the Supreme Court should cast as wide a net as possible in its hearings.

After months of tension between US and Pakistani agencies, it seems things may finally be coming together again.

This is not the first time the American government has funded journalism activities in Pakistan.

It is time that we learnt to face reality and address the issue before it worsens.

The police can only play a reactive role and try to limit the damage from each militant attack.

Mr Zulfiqar Mirza has always spoken as if he were a loose cannon.

Freedom to information is a basic right of every citizen. It is protected under the law of the land.

Ethnic violence rising in Quetta, we must ask why no outcry from society, media, political parties and clerics.

Questioning the police, is not enough, Until political parties inflaming the violence are also held accountable.

A solution to the Balochistan problem, as we can see, is as distant as ever.

Let us hope that this Eid we use the occasion to reflect on what has become of us, what we can do for a better future.

One lesson the Pakistani Army needs to learn is that it cannot treat different tribal agencies as separate entities.

Allowing US military trainers back into the country needs to be reciprocated.

The AGP, responsible for looking into financial wrongdoing in government needs to be a person who can command respect.

To expect these powers to be used wisely is extremely optimistic, almost to the point of naivety.

Despite the presence of a large number of military personnel, not every location can be kept under constant watch.

There has been a warning that the hours of loadshedding will increase still further after Eid.

One wonders what dehumanisation process the killers must have gone through to be able to engage in such ghastly acts.

UK-based humanitarian organisation, Plan International, says around 3,000 children vanish from home each year.

The first thing the Indian government must do is use all the resources to identify as many of the bodies as possible.

Nothing has come of Saleem Shahzad case, we do not know what force or forces are behind deaths of other journalists.

The recently released audio recording explains how killing civilians in mosques is acceptable.

The Pakistan Army is busy fighting the terrorists in the tribal areas in battles that remain inconclusive.

The nature of Karachi’s politics dictates that political violence invariably takes an ethnic tinge.

This simply cannot continue and Bashar al-Assad must step aside and allow fresh elections.

What can one say of a country where children bring violent death even as people are at prayer?

In his activism, Hazare has aped the tactics of Gandhi, with his civil obedience and public fasts.

All political parties involved need to adopt a more responsible attitude and play a role in ending the killings.

Sialkot lynching case is inconclusive after a year while Sarfaraz Shah's case concludes in a about two months. Why?

The policy of handing these animals over to Karachi zoo must be reconsidered in light of the death of the cubs.

The danger now is that vital foreign aid programmes will grind to a halt as foreigners fear coming to the country.