The poor in Pakistan are not looking for a handout. They just want a ladder that they can climb for themselves.

The pilots lacked training, there were procedural errors and the air worthiness of the plane raises questions.

Only those countries will succeed in future that have a desire to do whatever is necessary to grow their economies.

Although Pakistan has made improvements in some areas, these are endangered by our galloping population explosion.

Reviving govt schools, converting them into institutions that offer quality education may hold key to our future.

As result of attacks on anti-polio teams, several parts of country have not been covered in campaigns in recent years.

It is welcome to see the Commonwealth praising Balochistan govt for its holding of local bodies elections.

It was a much-needed result and reminded fans as to why the team continue to be labelled mercurial.

To see 12,000 internally-displaced Bugti families being barred from proceeding to their hometown is heartbreaking.

The new bill is to be warmly welcomed, but it is going to be in its implementation that its efficacy will be judged.