Editorial

PM's Rs2 billion package is welcome, larger picture is gloomy because of Pakistan’s isolationist foreign policy.

Pakistan should ensure that the postponement of Putin’s visit is not converted into a cancellation.

The best way to ensure public health is by having checks over food suppliers.

ECP's decision to ensure that atleast 10 per cent of women voters ballot is hugely welcome.

Mengal's words indicate just how deep the idea of Baloch autonomy has sunk into the Baloch psyche.

For all intents and purposes, Bilour's bounty call has essentially placed himself in the militant camp.

The offence demonstrated by a video made in California was not an ‘act of civilisation’, but September 21 was.

Fact remains that drones would not be needed if Pakistan did its job and cleared the tribal belt of militants.

Pakistanis need to shed their biases against transgenders, who often end up getting abandoned by their own families.

Zardari's arguments against the anti-Islam film at UNGA need to be considered, but the issue remains more complex.

Cinema owners have been in dire need of government assistance even before their cinemas were destroyed.

Sense of insecurity among Hindus has clearly reached a peak. Question is whether it is too late to turn things around.

It is important to communicate the Muslim viewpoint to the people in the West at an intellectual level.

Politicians, police, courts need to treat false accusers of blasphemy with same toughness reserved for minorities.

Cosmetic steps to shut hydrants will not affect mafias, but residents will suffer significant drop in water pressure.

Bilour deserves to be penalised, though danger following this would be that he will be upheld as a hero by extremists.

The owners of the cinemas in both Peshawar and Karachi had nothing to do with the making of this short video.

A culture of truth needs to be created, especially expectant of those holding public office.

By allowing the publication of the cartoons, France has shown that it is home to a glaring double standard.

Pakistan and India appear to be going about the task of building relations stone by stone and brick by brick.

September 21 manifested the alienation of Muslims of Pakistan from the state they live in.

Decision to observe holiday seems to have galvanised elements who express love for Prophet (pbuh) via destruction.

Refusal of senior officials to meet UN team gives impression that some sections of govt are working at cross-purposes.

It should partially be government’s responsibility to help poorer families obtain education for their children.

Solution to target killing can be found with participation of political parties that wield influence in Karachi.

It is an open secret that there are some in the lower ranks of the military who may be sympathetic to the militant.

One of the most disturbing aspects of this story is that the jirga which ordered swara took place at a police station.

The Bohra community has been unwillingly drawn into the net of sectarian violence

Sindh government tribunal, set up to inquire into reasons for the blaze has not come any closer to the truth thus far.

We must ask if more could have been done to prevent the disaster on the scale on which it occurred.

Pakistan also needs to set safety standards for imports that match those that other countries have placed on us.

Was blocking Youtube the best way to handle the situation? Did Youtube make the film?

Pakistan will still have to play out of their skins to have a shot at dethroning the defending champions, England.

The controversial film, Innocence of Muslims will create further distrust among nations.

Lehri’s death also brings to an end far better times for cinema in the country.

If convention of resigning was to become binding today, most provinces would have to function without ministers.

The fear without which perpetrators of Dasht killings run amok in the province, is a serious affront to authorities.

It is going to be tough to get to the end of this trial due to the highly politicised judicial process in the country.

Australia needs to refrain from shipping out diseased sheep and other sub-standard items to poorer countries.

Local governments must wake up to the fact that they are equally culpable.

Time and again the West has allowed certain figures to ridicule Islam and play with the feeling of its followers.

Unlike most developed countries, Pakistan has little or no concept of fire safety.

How did the right wing US TV organisation land an interview with someone incarcerated in Peshawar?

Aseem Trivedi arrested in Mumbai on charge of sedition for cartoons, which allegedly mocked the Indian Constitution.

There may be such incidents in the future and the MSA should learn its lesson from the Ibrahim Hyderi disaster.

We need to put better flood control systems in place. In this age of technology, this is not an impossible task.

Zardari must take a stronger and more proactive position for the betterment of the lives of our minority communities.

The crisis in Balochistan cannot be resolved unless the agencies are plucked away.

This progress comes about by turning a blind eye to the many outstanding issues Pakistan and India still have.

The fate of 500,000 internally displaced persons (IDP) in the country has largely been forgotten.