Editorial

Exchanging little girls for settling family disputes is akin to human trafficking and ought to be outlawed.

Israel’s decision to withdraw from peace talks certainly shows the side which is least interested in achieving peace.

Many of those who blame governments for ‘begging’ donors for loans themselves do not pay their fair share in taxes.

Rubbish collectors, their carts are not going to fade into background, effort needs to be made for integrating them.

Half of 240 ranges will be handed over to Afghan army, but fate of rest, whether they will be cleared, remains unknown

Actions so far taken may be pointers to the government’s sincere resolve to tackle the huge power default problem.

Despite threats, Pakistani press is delivering a vital public service and has fast become a crucial agent of change.

The army chief has voiced the military’s readiness to jump into action against TTP should the dialogue process fail.

The authorities should tackle the matter with a humane approach and keep the worries and woes of the poor in mind

The state needs a two-prong approach to catch the extortionists and re-establish the writ of the state.

The right things have been said and in the future, we may see positive results emerging from the interactions.

The credibility of the religious affairs ministry is once again on the line.

It is high time the government demonstrates that it will do all it can to minimise risks faced by media workers.

By starting with itself, the government is trying to send a message that no one will be spared from paying its dues.

Influx of smuggled tyres are so great that industry is unable to sustain a level of sales that would turn a profit.

Only with transparency through a system of checks and balances can a nation weed out the flaws in its systems.

Setting an age limit on marriages is a step in the right direction in ensuring the rights of young people.

No Pakistani politician, public figure would ever find themselves offering resignation because buck stops with them.

T here is little support and even less money for the people taking part in sports other than cricket.

Prime minister is doing the right thing by visiting Tehran as it would clear doubts and misconceptions.

As has previously been the case, zoo animals have died due to utter negligence and ignorance on the part of the staff.

There is a need to devise and implement a plan to educate the age-relevant populations for AIDS.

If we are ever to see accountability in Pakistan it will have to be fought for.

The district government’s decision to establish the Lyallpur Heritage Foundation, is a step in the right direction.

Inwards investment, stability, developed economy, infrastructure make freeports, we hope that this all materialises.

People cannot constantly live lives dominated by fear; we cannot have blood spattered across our streets so often.

Kabul and Islamabad need to work together to end the militancy which has inflicted so much suffering on the people.

The police department needs to make sure the cases he was pursuing are carried forward so that his work is not wasted.

Until the packages are rolled out we will not know how much 3G or 4G services are going to cost the average user.

We will need to find a way to wipe sectarian intolerance away and that, of course, is not going to be a simple task.

If India elects Modi, it would be what they deserve as in democracy; people get the government they deserve.

Implementation of Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution has been little short of a catastrophe for public health.

The encroachments are as immovable as the mindset of those tasked with their clearance.

More children can die if the immunisation programme does not go ahead.

We would advise the government to fashion a carefully choreographed strategy to tackle the monster called terrorism.

India’s moniker of ‘the world’s largest democracy’ will mean little if its Hindu majority targets its Muslim...

There is a sense that the current government is beginning to get its priorities right vis-a-vis the power sector.

The YouTube ban has become a travesty, and other nations snigger behind their hands at silly little Pakistan.

The least the erratic PCB can do is adopt a policy that does not reek of unreliability.

It is yet another example — there are countless others countrywide — of the failure to invest in education for all.

We must beg the question: what reason do we have to believe that the old sales tax will solve the problem?

Two female police officers have been installed as SHOs of regular police stations in Karachi.

This appears to be the first time that a library has been dedicated to the name of the man who founded al Qaeda.

The tax disclosures does absolutely nothing to actually crack down on people who are not paying any taxes at all.

Terrorism dominates headlines but graveyards are being filled by victims of another losing war — of safety on roads.

If the group has ended the ceasefire, the government should, based on its own words, have ended the talks.

Marquez’s characters exhibit both surprising compassion and unspeakable brutality towards others and themselves.

The price of a single kilogramme of wheat flour in G-B has soared within a short period from eight rupees to 16 rupees

The least government can do is to pay polio workers in a timely manner and increase their wages from mere Rs250 a day.

The HRCP also blamed school syllabi for spreading sectarian hatred and hatred of other faiths.