Editorial

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

Core concepts of constitutionalism, federalism and parliamentary institutions are absent from school textbooks

Quetta has experienced an alarming drop in the water table that some say could be as much as 3.5 feet every year

Successive governments have had an uneasy relationship with the media in all its formats

There is much unfinished business that is going to act as a storage battery for trouble in the future

Afghanistan lost one of its earnest chroniclers who spent five decades preserving the country’s history this week

Once again the government has promised to end power load-shedding in the country

It all began with an innocent request from two youths who wanted to take one last dip

For a country to improve its record, it must build its capacity to reduce the anti-money laundering

The initiative to end gas theft is positive in two ways

PTI is willing to spend Rs10 million on lawyers’ fees in pursuit of the reinstatement of Akhtar Ayub

Annual growth rates in Bangladesh have been above 7 per cent in the last two years

The requirement for a national education policy was necessitated since the birth of this nation

For the first time in decades a set of opportunities are opening up and the trigger is President Trump

We are living in exciting times

Mr Sharif is struggling to keep a grip of the party with a wife ailing in London

'We cannot fight Afghanistan’s war in Pakistan'

Qatar shipping company set to launch what it claims to be the quickest direct service between Doha and Karachi

When there is struggling system, intelligent minds investigate challenges and determine how to bring efficiency

To any observer of the climate inside universities, radicalisation has been obvious for many years

As other cricketers too have noted, world cricket will benefit from the return of international cricket in Pakistan

The people of Pakistan are willing to travel almost anywhere in search of a job or a better life

For the BRICS states this was the equivalent of a repeat of the American ‘must do more’ mantra