The main obstacle seems to be the current impasse between the provincial government and the labour ministry

The legal point of whether Mr Sharif is being disloyal to the state is in a sense marginal

Neither the Americans nor the Afghan forces have the wherewithal to dislodge the Taliban from its position of strength

The report highlights a very bleak picture for women and girls in Pakistan.

The debate over gun control is a settled one, and not even the most appalling attack seems to bring any change

The failure to advance literacy, missing a target of 88 per cent and scoring 58 per cent is perhaps the most worrisome

It is a pity that even a disease, hepatitis B, that has a vaccine is found to occur in such high numbers

In some ways the situation in Karachi is not dissimilar to the awkward paralysis seen in the PML-N government

The fact that the fluid was taken under false pretences should leave us fully alert

A little more willingness and a lot less prevarication would have served Pakistan far better