On the face of it, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif’s 25-year plan is unobjectionable.

This a welcome step in our relationship with Afghanistan beyond the national security paradigm.

That the Sindh government is fighting tooth-and-nail against Napa shows that arts and culture are not a priority.

Asma Jahangir is a figure the conservatives hate and the liberals love.

The approach should be changed from an emphasis on insecticide fogging to community-based approaches.

The commonly held notion that the Taliban problem may be solved if the US pulls out is not necessarily true.

The prime minister also has some explaining to do: Why were so many rules violated in the grant of plots?

The will to fight militants and to end the process of dividing them into ‘good’ and ‘bad’ guys is imperative.

The PPP should be careful; the new deal may help shore up a government but it will polarise a divided party.

The tone adopted by the State Bank of Pakistan in its annual report is cause for optimism in itself.