It is hard to know how seriously to take Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s speech on Balochistan.

One would think that Aasia Bibi had suffered enough but we now hear that she has been subjected to ‘torture’ in jail.

We need to ask questions. Why has so little been done to solve the turmoil in Balochistan?

The thugs who attacked the girls’ school in Rawalpindi have an agenda that includes other ‘corrections’.

Peace in Karachi will only be achieved by political parties that decide to put the city ahead of their interests.

A better strategy might have been a staggered approach in reduction of interest rates, balancing inflation, growth.

Morality demands we find a way to aid the flood victims and also to salvage our reputation as a state.

In the absence of a clearly chalked-out plan, the best citizens can do is protect themselves.

Balochistan needs to be saved; its people won back — and we must hope this task has not already been left too late.

If the ban Sharif proposes is to be fairly enforced, then it would have to include his own party.