Editorial

Persistent power outages have been a permanent feature of life in Pakistan for the best part of a decade

There is a widespread acceptance that the police forces across the country are corrupt and inept

The thing about the Panama Papers is that nobody named and shamed therein has cried ‘foul’

The JuD is careful to call the arrangement an “arbitration service” but this fools nobody

A group of criminals based in Rajanpur has killed six and seized 15 policemen

There are ambiguities regarding whether it aims to stomp down on terrorism & hate speech or curb right to free speech

The PILDAT survey finds that the quality of governance has improved in the second year of the PML-N government

Nearly 1,900 people — over 300 families — were forced to leave the Torkham area this week

A leading member of the CII has recently gone on record to state that it has the right to issue fatwas on all issues

The PTI protest is said to be the “culmination of our movement against corruption”.

The CPEC is a better future for all. Make it so

Parliament has approved a bill to convert PIA into a public limited company

A government school teacher was fined Rs900,000 by a jirga in Larkana for raping and impregnating his student

There is heavy rain forecast for northern parts of the country on April 12-13 and a heavier spell between April 16-21

The evidence of wrongdoing may appear upon inquiry but at the moment, the prime minister is clean

There are approximately 450 illegal blood banks that operate in Punjab

The doors to the EU are closing, and unlikely to open again in the foreseeable future

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has declared that the country no longer needs the IMF’s financial support

In a first, three Christian women have been appointed police officers in Khyber Agency

Government claims no matter which formula is used, poverty in Pakistan is on decline

There is a matter of public interest in the Panama Papers that at the very least requires close scrutiny

The MQM cruised to an easy victory in the by-polls held in the NA-245 and PS-115 constituencies of Karachi

Seven children belonging to two villages in Hyderabad died this week after suffering from measles for nearly two weeks

The bilateral dialogue process between India and Pakistan has shuddered to a halt

The National Accountability Bureau has its hands full. Pakistan is among the most corrupt countries in the world

Capital punishment is rising globally with Pakistan among the leaders in those judicially killed

Health insurance plan launched four months ago by prime minister seems to be failing already because of poor planning

The Karachi-born 29-year-old takes over the mantle from Shahid Afridi who failed to deliver while at the helm

Iceland PM Sigmundur Davio Gunnlaugsson has ‘stepped aside’ from his office amidst a storm of public outrage

Atrocious weather across the north of the country has produced a number of difficulties and some tragedy

There is too much reliance on temporary solutions and big-ticket, highly visible projects

Pakistan is a country awash with reports about just how bad things are for some people

Over 200 people of Pakistani origin are on the Panama Papers list and there are some very big names indeed

West Indies downed England in the final of the World Twenty20 after a pulsating finish

Sadaf Batool Assadi has been appointed as the first female field assistant commissioner in the province

On April 3, the military said the writ of state had been successfully restored in the entire tribal region

Possibility of a terrorist group obtaining a nuclear device is today one of the greatest threats to global security

An excellent example of modern policing in action as Evidence-Based Policing (EBP) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

The IMF has admitted that Pakistan’s multi-billion dollar privatisation programme has “faced setbacks”

One can only hope that the new & improved Myanmar will also provide justice & equal rights for its minorities as well

4,600 Pakistanis died in violent incidents in 2015, says HRCP

Pakistan as an international tourist destination is not as far fetched an idea as it may sound

Bill recovery remains one of the biggest problem areas for all power companies in the country

Army Chief General Raheel Sharif has ordered a Punjab-wide operation against suspected militants

Preparation and prevention are key to mitigating loss of human life due to heatstroke

Two demonstrations with very different outcomes, neither of them satisfactory or indeed desirable

The civil war in Syria is now in its sixth year and almost five million Syrians have fled the conflict

The Ministry of National Food Security and Research is reported to have taken “serious notice” of nepotism in PARC

Pakistan has received half of the $9.2 billion it expects to get in foreign economic assistance during the year

Commissioner Tasneem Noorani is said to have quit because he wanted elections to be held for all party positions