Editorial

In essence, jirga is a kangaroo court, in which local influentials satisfy their instinct of vengeance and avarice.

Abductions at hospitals must be stopped and every child taken to them must be kept safe.

No steps have been taken to reform security institutions on the lines recommended by the judicial commission.

Justice should be done across the board, will shed the perception that Ms Ispahani is perhaps being singled out.

Sindhi nationalists have been seen as pacifists but the latest incident of violence might have opened a new phase.

Whatever reservations one has about Muslim Brotherhood, it is incumbent on the world to respect results of polls.

No better way to foster healthier relations between people on both sides than easier travel to each other’s countries.

Events we have witnessed in recent months can help establish lines of division, why its crucial to prevent such.

Simply blaming the government alone is pointless given the nature of the Balochistan problem.

Why he was tried and sentenced in Khyber Agency when the crime took place in Abbottabad - which is under PHC.

It is time for government help to be made available to artistes with no strings attached.

The wave of kidnappings that has hit the country is not confined to a particular area and is spread all over.

The question, of course, is how to stop it. Hatred and anger flows in streams through the streets of Karachi.

Turkey is not yet a shining example of the country we need to emulate.

Pakistan recoiled to the position that the Nato supply route will reopen only after the US has apologised.

It would be unrealistic to expect the Cambridge-system schools to follow the Sindh government’s last-minute decision.

The message to Pakistan is clear: either open the Nato supply routes immediately or prepare to face the consequences.

All the government can achieve is making itself look ridiculous by censoring the internet.

It seems violence never goes away entirely, it just ebbs and flows with no discernible pattern.

Share price barely budged from its opening price of $38, ending up just a few pennies above that price.

We appear to be raising a generation of depressed children, turning to drastic measures in order to find respite

The CII seeks to organise a movement against the sweeping threat of sectarian violence in the country.

With such a patchy safety record at present, servicemen will be filled with doubts when using aircraft in PAF’s fleet.

Bringing Abbottabad raid, Memogate inquiry under television spotlight, as it was in Leveson Inquiry, may speed them.

Given strained relations between PPP & PML-N, latter will certainly cry victimisation, its why past efforts failed.

People need to be made aware of how to prevent animal bites. Approaching or teasing stray dogs is asking for trouble.

A caricature of Maulana Fazlur Rehman was removed from display at the Nishtar Hall in Peshawar.

One slight to our honour should not be enough for us to take emotional decisions that we eventually come to regret.

Dr Chisty's case is a symbol of hope for those prisoners who await trial in either country.

Parliament, military should step back and see what they did and how they could have done things differently.

Conviction of 9 men for committing sex crimes in Britain has once again thrown Muslim community abroad into spotlight.

Prevalent situation in N Waziristan is indication of impact ongoing conflict is having on lives of ordinary people.

No matter how convoluted or unnecessary the process, at least in the end the right decision was made.

The problem can be addressed only if we make it a priority as far as relations with India are concerned.

Bangladesh is divided down the middle over what kind of state it wants to be.

The notion that the hunting of endangered species is acceptable must be eradicated.

The pleas of the Christian community have gone unheeded in the Narang Mandi graveyard land dispute.

What is most frightening is that even as the hearings continue, the pattern of disappearances has also continued.

Civil rights activists claim that excessive security searches violate the constitutional rights of American citizens.

Pakistan must attend the Chicago Summit and be persuasive with its position, which is still unclear to everyone.

Pakistan is effectively being turned into a no-go area by militants.

Releasing each others’ prisoners will engender massive amounts of goodwill.

The government needs to prevent the situation from turning into an even uglier one.

A reforms of the system is needed where taxpayers’ money is casually divided up by greedy government workers.

The truth is that more than any other writer of Urdu, he has a message that hasn’t died after a 100 years.

The trend of taking commercial organisations of every kind to consumer courts is on the rise.

It is sometimes easy to forget that a full-fledged civil war is currently raging on in North Waziristan.

For the PCNS to simply state that it will deal with the intelligence agencies will not be enough.

The responsibility is on us to root out militants that have found it all too easy to hide in our country.

Once mistrust is minimised, governments can get around to discussing thorny, seemingly unsolvable issues like Kashmir.