Two boys kidnapped by the Taliban on September 1 from Bajaur Agency have been able to return home after escaping.

Reports of terrible mine accidents, notably in the Balochistan province, have become an almost regular event.

Despite the mistrust on both sides, both countries have too much at stake to simply go their separate ways.

The view expressed by the committee that military men visit parliament and not the other way round, is a valid one.

Pakistan has announced that it has agreed “in principle” to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN)status to India.

Over the longer run, however, the government needs to fundamentally reform the power sector.

The change does allow for some hope, in that perhaps these issues will be addressed by the new PCB chief.

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?