Editorial

At the UN Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty , money won out over common sense.

While Pakistan must strive for sovereignty, this agreement marks an important step forward towards this goal.

In his speech, President Zardari indirectly attacked the judiciary, spoke of ‘conspiracies’ against his party.

Khosa is reported to have taken away items worth four million rupees, as he shifted to a private residence.

One could say that fair elections also require a firm writ of the state, which does not seem to exist in Pakistan.

The essential truth is that Pakistanis have a poor track record when it comes to visa applications.

While the world is in favour of the visit, the extreme right-wing elements in India do not want it.

It is impossible to demand more responsible media when our remotes automatically turn to bigots and sensationalists.

Our concern for Burmese Muslims is ironic, they are ethnic Bengalis whom we discriminated against in the past.

SC should look more deeply into the military’s role, not just in 1990 elections, but also in subsequent elections.

What we need then is to create more awareness about better protecting our faunas.

It is sad to see that the Pakistani contingent has little hope of winning an Olympics medal.

Safeguards need to be put in place to ensure no official can hand out fake identification.

Such blatant defiance of the Supreme Court by the FC is aggravating the situation playing out in Balochistan.

We have then another stand-off between the Supreme Court and the government.

He has to answer for his misdeeds and his stonewalling is merely delaying the inevitable.

The new CEC’s promise to give a democratic Pakistan to the new generation is indeed commendable.

Let us hope that we can learn from the example of our neighbour and progress in the fight for preserving democracy.

PML-N chief is a bit of a statesman too, relying on ambiguity to avoid ruffling too many feathers in foreign policy.

Apart from recovering lost artefacts, we still need to do a lot more to appreciate the value of our past.

We need to remove guns from people’s hands, just as should happen in the US, to make society a safer place.

The Supreme Court has taken suo-motu notice of another horrendous panchayat crime in Punjab.

We should be glad that the 2 governments are trying to reduce tension but it should not blind us to dangers ahead.

Allowing any government body to investigate the media may end up inviting the government to launch a witch-hunt.

It is significant that Abdul Qadir won by only 4,096 votes, the PPP now has some things to think about.

CIA would be involved in surveillance, passing information on 'high value' targets to Pakistani forces for action.

Assad’s time is up but he seems not to have realised that.

Ulema of the country need persuade mosque imams in towns, villages, hamlets in the county to work towards unification.

Kaka, your fans know you hate tears but today they cannot stop shedding tears over this sad news.

What is important is that India follows the rules set by Pakistani courts if it wants justice to be done.

The Taliban ruling has led to a suspension of the campaign in the Waziristan area, affecting some 250,000 children.

It looks like the DAG will be the latest victim of the lawyers' crusade to define Pakistan in their own image.

There is nothing that generates quite as much sporting excitement as a cricket contest between Pakistan and India.

We need to do all that we can to push the ISI out of politics so that it can play its designated role fully.

Through sheer force of numbers, the DPC has now made itself an entity that needs to be taken seriously.

Caretaker government talks: The truth is that both parties feel threatened by ‘third parties’.

Instead of blaming our woes on our junk bond status, we need to figure out what we can do to rectify it.

Pro-Taliban, anti-American stance is the political trend in Pakistan today.

The death of the civil servants of yesteryear is to be mourned for their likes are hard to be seen today.

CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry and other members of the bench made it quite clear that they were running out of patience.

By setting NAB on the Sharifs, the PPP is actually helping Imran Khan as the ‘third presence’ in the next legislature.

Surely, the future of the country is more important than an official request typed out on letter-headed paper.

We may know unsavoury characters fronting DPC but we also need to investigate if establishment is working behind it.

An entirely preventable disease has once again mushroomed in Pakistan, simply because of ideological fanaticism.

After a relative lull, it now appears that the Taliban has once again become active in Punjab.

Despite the efforts of the Supreme Court, various govt meetings, situation in Balochistan remains unchanged.

Soon, groups will be targeted not just on the basis of their ethnicity, beliefs but also because of their lifestyle.

Kohistan’s clerics are now on the warpath against NGOs because of their alleged ‘conspiracies against Islam.

US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter’s interview with BBC Urdu has created quite a buzz.

Elections demand transparency, fair play at all stages. Justice Ebrahim can be trusted to ensure that this happens.