Brining the fiscal deficit under control will be a challenge in fiscal year 2011-12.

The ban in not backed by Saudi law, rather, it has crept in thanks to fatwas.

If Afridi’s retirement is indeed final, let us remember him, warts and all.

We must hope that the commission succeeds in uncovering at least some of the mysteries that still surround the issue.

This incident must not be allowed to become just another number on the list of dead journalists.

North Waziristan has done more to destroy Pakistan and create the psychology of defeat in its population.

The war on terror which we remain caught up in, can only be won if there is cooperation between the two agencies.

In all likelihood, the two teams discussing the stand-off will walk away from the table mouthing separate positions.

The theft of deer from in Bahawalpur raises issues about how seriously we take conservation of animals.

The strike by doctors in Quetta is approaching a month and it is becoming easier to quantify the human toll of this.