What we need beyond raising awareness is more effective policies to protect forest areas, protect natural habitats.

The phone-hacking scandal should also come as a wake-up call to the sensationalist tabloid media.

Government — particularly NDMC — still has time to prepare for torrential rains, but it remains to be seen if it does.

Only in Pakistan would a speech by the army chief, reiterating his commitment to democracy, be seen as major news.

Behind the erosion of internal sovereignty stands the figure of dead Bin Laden threatening state's very foundations.

Every foreigner in Pakistan, no matter what work he is involved in, knows that there is a mark on his or her head.

For political parties to disassociate themselves from the armed gangs that roam the city is the only way out.

The decline of the labour movement in Pakistan is a huge loss.

Many IDPs need to travel far away to gain access to healthcare while shortages of other vital items are commonplace.

One of the most abysmal performances has been in achieving education for all.