Editorial

There is a real risk that agencies of all types are now being empowered in ways that are open to abuse.

As Jaffer Express blast shows, it is the ordinary people of Balochistan who are the chief victims of the unrest.

NADRA is rated among the top 50 system integrators according to the Italy-based agency.

Nawaz Administration needs to realise that dithering on cracking down on militancy is bad for business.

Increase in crimes such as abduction for ransom and militancy have become the most pressing problem of our nation.

Pakistan would appear to be an ideal candidate for photovoltaic power generation.

Accounts of honour killings keep coming in from across the country.

A moratorium on price increases which has been in place for 12 years, has driven vital drugs out of pharmacies.

Preventing the disease is better than curing people of it and action must be taken wherever dengue rears its head.

In some ways, the stance seems to insult Gandapur, others who died, suggesting weakness to stand up to killers.

Where Bilawal scored, and it may be scored well, is that he named names, pointed unequivocal finger at the terrorists.

The one thing the team management may still be missing is lack of a quality all-rounder.

The deadline for the completion of the Gaddani and Port Qasim plants must be taken seriously.

Imran Khan has to demonstrate that he is capable of leading from the front.

The training of teachers in Pakistan has never been a priority for any government.

The year 2013 is shaping up to be the worst in a decade or more in terms of notified cases of polio.

It is simply not acceptable that thoughts of attack should mar one of the most holy of days on the Islamic calendar.

The time has come to begin expecting ourselves to pay our own bills.

Most of the trigger-pulling seems to emanate from India; Pakistan has exercised a wise restraint in its response.

The price that Karachi law enforcers have had to pay is definitely great.

Expectations from the national side in the first Test against South Africa will not be too high.

An agreement needs to be reached, at least on stopping exchanges across the LoC.

New ordinance is resource-heavy and will need large amounts of money, time and effort at federal, provincial levels.

We also see, once again, how intolerance is spreading in our society and how it emanates frequently from seminaries.

Tendulkar is rightly considered the most complete batsman of his age.

Something needs to be done urgently against the militants, who demonstrate no desire to end their killing run.

A Nobel laureate Malala Yousufzai is not, but she is a daughter of Pakistan to be proud of.

Indeed, all organisations working on conservation must join hands to save it.

The rise can be attributed to the fact that more women are stepping forward to report rape.

Mr Jilani is a career diplomat who has held a number of important positions before becoming foreign secretary in 2012.

The bond scheme is quite obviously discriminatory and needs to be re-examined by the UK.

Public transport running on CNG is likely to be affected as well.

The vacancy at the top in NAB has led to a virtual paralysis of the organisation.

All the plaudits being showered on the duo and the Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association are well deserved.

The poll reforms necessary to carry out the checks, put in place before the May 11 election, were a sound move.

Whether or not she wins the Nobel Peace Prize, Malala has become a global phenomenon.

PIA has in the past mentioned its concerns with meeting the high repair costs of the A-310s.

We need to objectively appraise the privatisation experience to date.

General Kayani may look back on his stewardship with a quiet sense of pride, a soldier Pakistan may be proud of.

In Pakistan, we have yet to develop a system wherein doctors are forced to act ethically.

The narrowness of moral policing, this orthodoxy, drives forward militancy.

As the Pakistani passport has come to be less respected, all kinds of problems have arisen for students, travellers.

The scam obviously benefited private contractors most but it should be realised that they did not act independently.

Our economy has so many structural flaws that fixing it is impossible without the nation suffering significant pain.

Balochistan is possibly the most difficult part of the country to deliver help to in the event of a natural disaster.

Despite the emphasis placed on care for the elderly, there is a lack of facilities in Pakistan for this age group.

We do not know how many of the 8,000 convicts currently on death row underwent a fair trial.

We are turning into a repressive state, perhaps also a desperate one, using puny means to tackle a gigantic enemy.

The question of who is to talk to who and under what conditionalities remains unanswered.

The wealthiest Pakistanis simply do not trust the government enough to keep their money within the country.