Editorial

There is expected to be a visit by an American delegation in October and a strategy has already been shaped

Imposing criminal sanctions on those who attempt suicide is inhumane and ineffective

Six out of eight senior positions in the PC are vacant and the commission is dead in the water

The wounds are self-inflicted and state appears willing to tolerate the fiscal blood-loss rather than stem the flow

Education in Pakistan is not making slow or steady progress

Much of what governments do and opposition groups propose is calculated for electoral advantage

There are times when Pakistan does itself no favours

Ankara plans to use all options from economic sanctions to military measures to counter the Kurdish move

In reality terrorism and extremism unpleasant as they are have never presented a truly existential threat to Pakistan

The coming decade as noted before in these columns presents unparalleled opportunities for Pakistan

Rights activists believe the situation is not irredeemable in the wake of sufficient laws and judicial systems

Pakistan drinks a lot of petrol and as vehicle ownership expands the supply chain is of crucial importance

Unsurprisingly, the Indian media have mocked Dr Lodhi for this uncharacteristic mistake

The departure of Afghan refugees from Peshawar and areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province has its drawbacks as well

By next year the number of voters in Pakistan is expected to reach the figure of 100 million

Decisions to charge higher taxes are sound as the proportion of tobacco sales impact the overall health of the country

With the next elections barely a year away, it would be hard to test the applicability of most of the new provisions

One hopes that govt would undertake CPEC in the right earnest and link it up with all important cities of Pakistan

It is time for our authorities to clean up their act and work professionally for the benefit of the people of Pakistan

It seems the country’s political parties are losing ground to religious parties and the country’s politics is changing

Pervez Musharraf pointed a finger at Zardari and held him responsible for the murders of Benazir and brother Murtaza

Sindh High Court restrained private schools from raising their fee by more than five per cent in any academic year

The more immediate task at hand, however, is to ward off attacks on the Muharram processionists

Regional geo-political and geo-economic dynamics are shifting fast and present an unparalleled set of opportunities

The force must continue its work until Karachi no longer requires a paramilitary force

The challenge is to make growth more balanced

Somebody somewhere is either importing or manufacturing the drugs these new-age dealers sell

The ‘Free Balochistan’ posters in the Swiss capital was perhaps timed to coincide with the 72nd session of the UNGA

When both sides of a transaction fail to fulfill their commitments there is something seriously wrong systemically

A pitiful reflection of how bleak some of the younger generation sees their future in the country

The government cannot have its cake and eat it as the saying goes

The Lahore by-election result was wholly unsurprising if anything

A trend resurfaces every five years prior to the election season in Pakistan

Pakistan has again called upon the United States to abandon its “militaristic approach” in Afghanistan

Women have been marginalised, in public sphere by male colleagues, classmates or in private sphere husbands, family

The profligacy of politicians across the land is a well-documented fact

Some of the less optimistic analysts tend towards the view that a war about water is ahead on the subcontinent

Politics makes strange bedfellows and nowhere is it truer than in Pakistan

For banned outfits to gain acceptance politically makes nonsense of banning them in the first place

One of Sindh’s leading lights, Dadi Leelawati Harchandani passed away this week at the age of 101 in Hyderabad

China may be aghast but unlikely to do anything to destabilise the regime in North Korea

The prime minister made an attempt to take responsibility for the injustices suffered by the province in the past

The Sindh judiciary has sent an unequivocal message to politicians — behave

Even members of the treasury benches on the PAC were exasperated by what was playing out in front of them

Social media posts and protest rallies are popular, but they cannot effect change due to their largely passive nature

Ideas and proposals regarding the future of the seven agencies that make up Fata have come and gone over decades

Between 2009 and 2015, the country received $27.483 billion in foreign assistance but paid back $22.111 billion

Pakistani universities have been housing extremist and violent groups of various strands for decades

Pakistan has a truly appalling record when it comes to road safety

More than 500 people are killed in the country over mistaken notions of honour every year