Editorial

Needless to say, attacks like the one on the foreign firm’s franchise are counterproductive.

The military, which is more trained to fighting a conventional war, faces a guerilla-like insurgency.

After 7-year closure, Al-Falah Cinema, under new management, hopes to begin playing movies once more by early 2012.

The national consensus against the PPP defies the rule of majority embedded in the Constitution.

No evidence that provincial government has been complicit in the assault on Hindus but is surely guilty of negligence.

Unless the GHQ in Rawalpindi relents, the spiral of escalation of hatred will continue and lead to more incidents.

As anti-government as the sentiment among many in the country may be, a military coup is the last thing anyone wants.

Prime Minister said many of the things that need to be said at this stage, by the country’s elected chief executive.

The SBP annual report itself revealed no surprises. The verdict delivered by the central bank is damning.

The recent Pakistan Defence Council rally in Lahore organised by some religious parties was ‘mammoth’.

The military always escapes accountability but brings down all its force on civilians who have displeased it.

Khan has been forced to modify his position by saying that he cannot find angels in Pakistani politics.

There are two actors at fault: PIA itself & the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which is supposed to regulate PIA.

We know for a fact that President Zardari is a fighter — he has, after all, spent over a decade in jail.

Kim was a menace, not just to his own people but to the world. His death should be met with with relief not mourning.

WikiLeaks affair has resulted in 22 criminal charges against Bradley Manning, a US army intelligence analyst.

Fact is the government actually has no choice in this matter, as there is simply not enough gas to go around at all.

Appears to have whipped the cable operators into a kind of nationalistic passion, motivating them to act on their own.

The effect of all this may well be that the ruling PPP becomes mere putty in the hands of the army than ever before.

In this age of specialisation, all-rounders such as Air Marshal Nur Khan can be hard to find.

Women in Fata are much worse off than the average Pakistani woman since she is a victim of double discrimination.

In Pakistan, when there is a terrorist threat to one’s life, it should be taken seriously.

War in East Pakistan was an intra-state conflict that has once again become familiar in Pakistan: unequal development.

Gilani accused anti-democratic forces of being behind the memogate scandal.

Neither country can eliminate the scourge of terrorism on its own, so it is in both their interests to work together.

Two historic bills passed by the Senate may make life just a little safer for the women of the country.

Real measures to combat carbon emissions will not become legally binding on countries until 2020.

We must base our policy on considerations of Pakistan’s economy, there is nothing more dishonourable than being poor.

The recovery of 45 people held captive at a Karachi seminary , highlights the failure of madrassa reform.

For PML-N to have a shot at competing in Sindh, it will require months of campaigning and organising on the ground.

The value of life has little meaning to those operating public transport services across the country.

If talks are taking place, it would imply that we now consider the US to be a far greater threat than the Taliban.

If new airlines can actually get an operation in place, then this would obviously be excellent news.

No one really seems to hear the desperate pitch in voices from Balochistan or shrieks which rise higher and higher.

The PPP government’s mode of survival, given these circumstances, is to blindly follow the lead of the military.

One of the first things both countries can do is keep plain-speaking military men far away from microphones.

It should not lie beyond the capacity of our security network, intelligence agencies to infiltrate the groups at work.

Pakistan would be on stronger ground if it first gives the inquiry a chance before pulling out in anger.

Press conference by Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, seemed to confirm that he is interested violation of sovereignty .

The rise of both these bowlers is good for the national team’s fortunes.

Putting our Kashmir policy under military control has not achieved much tangibly.

The time for expressing anger against the present regime will be next year at the polls.

A review of the regulations concerning installation of CNG kits needs to be done by the provincial governments.

LeJ's involvement in the attack hints at an ominous alliance between the terror group, either the Taliban or al Qaeda.

Ultimately, the Bonn conference ended up being about empty platitudes, not serious policy decisions.

As long as the US is in Afghanistan, they will try to smooth things over by occasionally sweet-talking us.

From Karachi to Kurram, from Quetta to Gilgit-Baltistan, Shia communities walk in fear during 10 days of Muharram.

Drastic action is required. We are seeing the complete collapse of a highly prestigious organisation.

Just how effective are CCTV cameras, and how many are functional?

Pakistan was expected to have moral high ground at Bonn, standing better chance of pushing its proposals on peace.