Editorial

We welcome the news that the government has shut down 254 registered and unregistered madrassas

The night of February 23 at the Dubai International Stadium was a celebration of Pakistan cricket

Discovering the how and the why of their deaths has been a tortuous process

Announcement that Pakistan is to host direct talks between Afghan government and the Afghan Taliban is welcome

The UK has been on the margins of the EU both literally and metaphorically from the outset

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has made his personal position in respect of honour killing crystal clear

The question here is why the Privatisation Commission was kept in the dark over this

With fewer and fewer cremation sites, problem of conducting funeral rites remains a big one for the Hindu community

The tensions within the Indian caste system are never far from the surface

It appears the upcoming census, scheduled for next month, is going to be delayed yet again

Formation of commission to probe the cause of deaths & assign responsibility is not working for benefit of the people

The SDGs are aspirational, even more so than their predecessors

The federal government has asked the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) to justify the retention of its employees

Filing of FIR is allegedly a condition set by Indians as essential to the resumption of foreign secretary-level talks

Mere threat of attacks by Taliban was enough to prompt the closure of all schools in Punjab for three days

Pakistan ranks an abysmal 131 out of 141 countries on the Global Innovation Index Report of 2015

The package was announced supposedly to support low-income farmers bear the wrath of falling commodity prices

Few politicians anywhere in the world welcome their affairs being scrutinised

Questions and yet more questions — and a ringing silence in the answers’ department

Once again, Turkey has been the target of bombers operating in the overspill both from purely internal conflicts

Given PIA’s balance sheet, no prospective bidder would show an ounce of interest if govt does not wipe the slate clean

It is safe to say that education has never been much of a priority

The Sindh Assembly passed the Hindu Marriage Bill on February 15 and in doing so has taken a landmark decision

The tendrils of suspicion always begin to advance when any government seeks to limit its own watchdogs

The new mayor of Islamabad, Sheikh Ansar Aziz, elected on February 15, is set to take charge in the coming days

The fate of the IP pipeline project continues to hang in the balance

Indian diplomat's statement that recommencement of talks is not linked to Pathankot incident is welcome & encouraging

Death of PPP worker in Kotli district of AJK is another that violence and politics go together in Pakistan

For over a year, there has been mounting evidence of the presence of the Islamic State (IS) in Pakistan

Not a truce as such, but a pause for humanitarian efforts to relieve some of the worst of the civilian suffering

One area that needs urgent attention of the authorities is the underground economy

Without space for anonymity, even those with genuine complaints will hesitate in reaching out to the commission

CCI is meant to meet every 90 days but its last meeting was held on March 18, 2015

Since the beginning of the year there has been a steady increase in low-level attacks in Karachi

With Bajia’s departure on February 10, a glorious chapter in Pakistani drama has come to a close

The president of the World Bank, Dr Jim Yong Kim, has paid Pakistan a visit, and his words bear close attention

A new found that 53 per cent of teenage girls in both countries believe that domestic violence is justified

$16 billion dollar LNG deal signed between Pakistan and Qatar is being hailed by analysts and industry representatives

It has taken DG IB to finally give the politicians a salutary reality check regarding the presence of IS in Pakistan

PTA provided ISPs with a list of over 400,000 domains that needed to be blocked for pornographic content

Imran Khan has clarified that no privatisation was under way when it came to the province’s hospitals

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is gradually going to resume what passes for normal operations

The 18th Amendment decrees that access to information held by government bodies is a right of every citizen

What to do with illegal immigrants has become an issue within an issue

Standing Committee on Law and Justice have adopted the Hindu Marriage Bill 2015 unanimously

Assault came barely two days after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the Rs13 billion Gwadar-Turbat-Hoshab Road

It would be fair to say that there is considerable scepticism about the chances of success for this quartet

Team investigating Pathankot attack has reported it can find no linkage to suggest Masood Azhar had ordered the attack

Women the world over, especially poorly paid women, are routinely exploited by their employers

All the talk of arming teachers and staging mock exercises are not the solution