In Karachi, some other cities, elections are now seen as tussle between 2 forces hanging onto traditional strongholds.

Islamabad’s administrators should have noted rest of country’s power problems and never continued with such a project.

About-turn in this case is by the Asian Development Bank. We will be more environmentally friendly, but at what cost?

Until the gravity of the situation is recognised, Shias will continue to be slaughtered.

Given the current situation, further peace overtures may be impossible, but we should not throw away previous gains.

For the Taliban, negotiations are not simply an end in themselves; they are merely a way to take a breather, regroup.

Beyond issue of ‘ghost’ schools, issue of standards at functioning government schools also needs to be addressed.

After US pullout it's an open question whether Taliban will redouble efforts to dislodge Karzai regime or not.

Workers are justified in demanding they not be deported as they committed no wrong; in fact, they have been cheated.

Disappointing though the cancellations are, they should not detract from efforts to make KLF such a star-studded event