Editorial

The process of bringing the ISI under civilian control will be a long and arduous one, with many false starts.

The greatest worry is state adopts these tactics, not due to lack of resources, but for a larger ideological game.

The law was literally thrust through parliament with a barge pole and no time was spent on discussing it.

The rally of the killers, Al-Badr Mujahideen, sends signals that will be absorbed equally by politicians in Pakistan.

It is unfortunate that our institutions have struggled so much to work together smoothly.

The simple truth is that the US does not trust us.

We are losing our national treasures It is slowly — but definitely — being taken away from us.

Many would agree that the reputation of PIA is plummeting, with the possibility of a complete collapse.

Nato route terrorism in the coming days will decide where Pakistan will land next.

The military’s role in Balochistan needs to be curtailed, replaced with a policy of negotiation by the civilian govt.

the spree of murders will simply not be stopped until weapons are removed from the hands of the general public.

People like Afridi may be doing some vital work and for that they deserve the best protection government can give.

The whole matter has been kept in the open and not hidden behind screens as has been the case in the past.

Gaddafi might have been a friend of Pakistan’s but acceding to Libya's request would be a goodwill gesture.

The stand-off between the Supreme Court and the government could threaten our system of checks and balances.

The Bahawalpur incident incident stems from growing intolerance, hysteria over blasphemy & the failure to amend laws.

So, is Mortenson a hero or a villain? We still do not know.

Is there a lesson in all this for Pakistan? Yes, three lessons.

Non-Muslim Pakistanis contributing to the society have been pushed aside completely — out of thought and out of...

The CCP must be more proactive rather than acting against cartels long after.

Point of setting up commission was to make public security, intelligence lapses leading to the raid, not to cover up.

Al Qaeda is looking for a state that it could run with enough internal revenue to launch its global jihad.

Five Pakistanis were arrested in Uganda for being members of the al Qaeda-affiliated Al Shaabab rebel group.

It is crucial that the person who presides over the general election, due by early 2013, is an unbiased one.

Educate masses about gender sensitivity, not through billboards that hint towards operating within strictures of Islam

With the failure of the negotiations in Qatar, now might be a good time to rethink our policy towards Afghanistan.

Judges will do well to study majority opinion in Affordable Care Act, see what role of judiciary is meant to be.

The war to fight is the war inside Pakistan — with the help of the outside world we are being taught to hate.

The Greenshirts have not brought home a gold medal since Los Angeles, in 1984.

An ECP that is not scrupulously fair will ensure that the reforms are not worth the paper they are written on.

If Ashraf follows Gilani’s lead and refuses to write letter, he too could be rendered ineligible from office.

Killing Sarabjeet Singh or letting him rot in jail till he dies will not serve the interest of the state.

The role of journalists in reporting critically on the Taliban is too important for them to be left exposed.

Pakistan continued their less-than-satisfactory sojourn to Sri Lanka, falling to a 209-run defeat in the first Test.

The govt, military should realise that they need to continue to pressurise the Taliban and launch an operation in Dir.

At present, a shocking 48 per cent of the pollution in the Indus comes from the Ravi, despite its small size.

The biggest challenge he faces is that of uniting the disparate political forces in Egypt to keep the military at bay.

India's green toilet initiative needs to be replicated, expanded even if that means giving up a missile or two.

US blamed the Haqqani Network for the attack. The Pakistan military has repeatedly refused to take action against it.

Pakistan has no shortage of people for whom ‘sorry’ is a dirty word. Salman Butt is only latest addition to the list.

The omens are not good for Egypt and it risks falling under authoritarian rule again.

We have to realise that the real enemy is in our guts. It is the Taliban and its master, al Qaeda.

Ashraf did try to sound all the right notes in his inaugural PM speech despite not being the ideal candidate.

Even today, language deeply divides Pakistani where many barely-known dialects are spoken, some with no script.

Gilani may claim that he almost completed his tenure, but he left behind the same uncertainty that was there in 1990s.

It would be tragic if we lose what limited means of entertainment we have left in Pakistan due to power crisis

The legal fraternity, it seems, would prefer not to extend constitutional rights to those it disagrees with.

Ever since Shakil Afridi episode, Western aid workers have found it even more difficult to gain the trust of locals

The new state of instability that has been created, post removal of Yousaf Raza Gilani, will not help us at all.

The ODI series loss against an opponent that Pakistan had dominated in the recent past is a worrying sign.