Editorial

The ‘semi-curfew’ announced by interior minister on January 16 has brought more confusion than results.

Wali Khan Babar, gunned down in Karachi, is the first Pakistani journalist to die in the line of duty in 2011.

The flood victims who poured out of their homes in a panic-stricken sea of humanity have been largely forgotten.

We all know why Shamshad Begum died. Taliban militants had been threatening her for some time.

14 people had been killed in past 24 hours, there was no indication that violence would subside anytime soon.

TTC says extraction takes away only 10 per cent from 'value chain’.

While CII opposed any amendment in blasphemy law, recommendations would undoubtedly solve some of most basic issues.

Biden assures Pakistan that US is not the enemy,appreciates those who practice Islam in US.

Parents found dead day after Justice Iqbal had made some tough comments while hearing the missing person’s case.

Depths of absurdity to which some people will sink in abusing the blasphemy law appear to know no bounds.

Bilawal Bhutto needs to consider: we certainly need people who are willing to take on the fanatics.

The court’s reassurance that over 100 or so persons missing in the country would be recovered in 2011 is encouraging.

What the religious parties are getting wrong is the difference between the law itself and its abuse.

The recent decision by government to ban onion exports to India is unwise, may have already provoked retaliation.

An Imam has directly attacked Sherry Rehman, declaring her ‘non-Muslim’, conductive to death.

There must be some doubts if it is even possible to implement ambitious PML-N agenda within the 45-day period.

Pakistan Railways is horrendously inefficient, runs an operating loss of close to Rs40 billion a year.

Protests have been staged almost daily, blocking GT Road, by residents of towns scattered across Punjab.

Mumbai attacks fundamentally changed nature of the relationship between Pakistan, India.

MQM back in the government only by making some major concessions.

Murder of Salmaan Taseer by policeman deputed to guard him has divided the nation into fragments of varying opinion.

Death of Salmaan Taseer was not bad enough, the process of trial seems to be even more chaotic.

Government has buckled under ‘political consensus’ against raising petrol prices in line with international ones.

Was the heinous act of murder which ended the life of Governor Salman Taseer the act of a single, deranged fanatic?

There is no denying that Salman Butt, Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Amir are in trouble.

Nawaz Sharif has decided to play hardball. The ultimatum he delivered to the PPP has left no doubts on this score.

Member of Punjab elite force, Mumtaz Qadri, kills Governor Salmaan Taseer during his visit to Islamabad.

Pakistan needs politicians who are capable of looking beyond their own interests and at those of the country.

Salmaan Taseer was not a blasphemer and he was not an apostate. He said what needed to be said.

It is tragic that the Hindus of Balochistan should now feel so unsafe in their own homes.

Will the PML-N save the PPP and allow it to run a minority government? And for how long?

Attacking women with acid, horribly disfiguring them seems like legitimate expression in our society today.

Tempers are rising across Punjab over the lack of gas reaching homes and industries.

One wonders whether the headline applies as much as to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani as the Sindh government.

It seems quite obvious that religious groups have more bark than bite.

Ogra’s act should be seen in light of a correction of past policies which caused bankruptcy in the energy sector.

Will the PPP fall in 2011? Any midterm changes will not affect things, not even corruption.

There is agreement among analysts that state is responsible for causing itself to come apart by embrace of jihad.

Australia’s decline seems inevitable. No team can afford loss of giants like Warne, McGrath and Gilchrist.

The stepped up violence at one of the largest institutions of learning in the country is disturbing.

Its conceivable that JUI-f chief is seeking revenge from Gilani on the dismissal of Azam Swati from the cabinet.

The JIT report demands action. Will the govt start action or will the trail fade like that of earlier assassinations?

Clearly the president's talk of imposing discipline on PPP lawmakers has not been enough to satisfy the MQM.

Balance to be found between requirements of coalition and question of offering people the government they voted.

Many rumours surround the killing of Benazir. Some may have been intended to inflict damage on certain individuals...

The Haqqani network marks the line of rift between Washington and Islamabad on policy against militancy.

It is ironic that the grandsons of the late Nawab Bugti should count among nationalists.

Raising victory cries can serve no purpose when defeat of the Taliban and their allies is still a distant dream.

The clerics' coming together could be destabilising for Pakistan, already under pressure to mend its extremist ways.

Legally, there is nothing the American courts can do if Pakistan is not ready to surrender its ISI chief to them.