According to NGO figures, 46 per cent of victims are women, 36 per cent men and the remainder children.

With a literacy rate of just 51 per cent, Pakistan slips lower on the list of countries with attainments in education.

There are few cities that have been spared the wrath of the extremists.Until yesterday, Faisalabad was one of those.

The trouble in Balochistan is deeper than most people think.

March 8, International Women’s Day, has, since 1909, brought women from across the world together.

Our obsession with matters of morality is increasing.

It has long been an open secret that intelligence agencies have been holding sway in Balochistan.

Malik is far from the only politician unwilling to consider resignation for dereliction of duty.

Any thoughts that violence could be receding have been shattered over the past few days.

Public focus on the ‘independence’ of the judiciary has politicised the conduct of the Supreme Court.