What Pakistan require is for Misbah to return to form & for batting line-up to stop completely freezing under pressure

Our rulers need to realise that there is a reason why the protest movement has caught such mass attention

There is a mental health crisis in the country and the federal and provincial governments need to prioritise the issue

Poverty may not drive people in the direction of militancy, but it may drive them to desperate anti-state actions

Malik was a victim of culture of exceptionalism no matter what ‘justification’ is offered in defence of the shooting

It is time for both countries to move on and allow the politics of peace a place in the limelight

It is unlikely that lessons will have been learned, but it is to be hoped that all concerned take note

The phenomenon of doctors delaying deliveries without reason needs to be questioned

If the blood-and-guts war is won in North Waziristan, it has to be followed by a win in the hearts-and-minds war

For Malala Yousufzai, her life and its goals are still a work-in-progress, and she has much to achieve in the future