The reality is that Karachi has turned into a territory run by ruthless mafias.

IDPs in Kurram Agency and Orakzai need humanitarian help.

The new government should be focusing on public issues and not get involved in meaningless confrontation.

Preventing political groups from making their grievances heard is undemocratic.

The provision of quality education has not been on any government’s priority list.

Mr Sharif’s ascension to power comes at the right moment.

The new government is faced by a host of challenges.

Most observers, both foreign and local, have termed the 2013 elections to be largely non-violent and fair.

While Sindh will stay with the PPP, it is in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa that the most complications arise.

Families hoped against hope for a miracle which did not come, and according to some reports, neither did officials.