Editorial

Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is taking on what may be his greatest challenge yet: the might of the military.

Taking guns out of hands of extortionists would be a more viable policy than putting them into the hands of traders.

Of course, all of this is not to say that Yousaf Raza Gilani or the PPP is without blame.

Here was a middle class woman, defiantly and proudly taking centre stage in an arena that was dominated by rich men.

Ahmadis are lambs silently going to their slaughter, its ethnic cleansing that recalls the pogroms of Hitler’s...

Shifting to democracy was never going to be easy but the people of Egypt are now finding out it may well be impossible

The reliability of the news we hear and the integrity of those who present it is coming under serious scrutiny.

Despite possessing the nuclear bomb, we are hardly better off than the non-nuclear neighbours of India.

It is quite obvious that emergency measures need to be put in place immediately.

Can attorney general, in his investigation of the matter, be expected to re-visit alleged link between Riaz and CJP?

Hopefully, this will lead to measures by media itself to subject journalist activities to rules, regulations.

Simple apology, few words either written or spoken, over what happened at Salala should not be so difficult after all

It is imperative that we get to the bottom of the matter and discover the whole truth.

Order advises media to ensure that it is not used by elements acting against the state or the Constitution.

A withdrawal from Siachen would free some of that money to be spent on more worthwhile endeavours.

Some would also say that the commission’s commentary on Haqqani’s loyalties was unnecessary.

Today, we must ask ourselves if we will ever be able to produce new singers of the same calibre.

Talent and ambition exist aplenty, but the misguided hands behind them result in agony.

What is good is that we seem to be heading towards a reality where there will not be any holy cows in the country.

Regardless of who these women were, it was the duty of the security forces to ensure that they were kept safe.

Around 2,000 cases of persons coerced into matrimony since January 2011 in England.

Pakistan has acquired a reputation as a country where terrorists strike at will with no one there to stop them.

The PAC objects to some persons walking away with multiple plots of lands, not to the idea of their getting plots.

Given the state of the electoral system in Pakistan, mandatory voting may be unenforceable at this time.

We need a strategy to make fire safety a compulsory measure at all sites and government institutions.

Government wants to be the sole authority on what we can watch and listen to and which websites we can visit.

Our narrow interest in having more influence than India in Afghanistan should not trump greater interests of the world

Act of self-immolation is unusual; unlike others, it does not involve a very poor man unable to put food on the table.

Those who issued murder verdicts against Kohistani women must be given exemplary punishment.

What we need today is more voices to speak out against such abhorrent actions.

EU advised Pakistan to work on key human rights issues to improve its standing in the eyes of international world.

Current economy crisis should lead to some introspection, temporary moratorium on military showing off its new toys.

We need to devise mechanism to regulate buses and vans, ensure these are not converted into killing machines.

Prime minister is trying to deflect blame for situation in Balochistan on outside forces and foreigners.

Matters of dual nationality should be investigated by the Election Commission, and not the Supreme Court.

With Kohistan video incident, we are not becoming a more civilised race, but rather more backward.

The reality is that in Pakistan, it is the military which — still — calls the shots on policies related to India.

The Ahmadi population remains under what is a constant state of attack.

Between the military and the IMF, it seems, there is little room in the budget for the people of Pakistan.

Pakistan is now realising that there is a limit to how much it can go on playing the “frontline state” card.

In its haste, government may have ended up passing a law that has too many loopholes to be truly effective.

To spend bulk of resources on defence, debt serving is close to calamitous, shame that no effort made to change this.

The issue of children suicides needs to be explored, not ignored.

It should come as no surprise that the govt missed most of the macroeconomic targets it had set for 2011-12.

The world is duty-bound to ensure that the wishes of the Syrian people translate into reality.

Time for posturing on both sides is over. Only through constant meetings, dialogue will trust between them increase.

A six-member committee set up to initiate a process of dialogue with Baloch dissidents is an important step forward.

Pakistan’s obsession with India is tearing apart basic fabric of former’s society, leading to self-destructive phase.

The question of whether the speaker made the correct decision should be decided by parliament, not through litigation.

The SCBA conference on Balochistan emphasised that the solution to its multi-faceted problems must be a political one.