A little over an hour of heavy rain should not have caused the degree of mayhem we have seen in Peshawar.

Rains have failed for third year in a row and 80% of villages in Thar have yet to receive any precipitation this year.

Chlorination, urgently, may prevent further deaths, and we urge the administration to do that with all speed.

The latest acts of violence in Quetta shows we are still a long way off from overcoming this menace.

Both sides have much to benefit from by way of peace dividend, but neither seem able to agree to make jump together.

The Sindh government needs to step in and the one-day model of launching a massive campaign needs to be applied.

US should know that airstrikes are hardly the answer to rampant militancy, and that Iraq’s troubles are multi-faceted.

Pakistan needs to look after its sons and daughters abroad a lot better than it does at the moment.

August 14 is a time for all democratic political forces to find some common ground.

As soon as govt appoints a new IG, those close to him end up getting appointed at the most profitable police stations.