Editorial

Despite averting a jailbreak, security at the Hyderabad jail still remains vulnerable

The possibility now has to be admitted that Donald Trump could be the next president of the United States

A spanner has been thrown into the works in the form of some distinctly unhelpful comments by Indian Defence Minister

Petrol, CNG consumers were provided with much-needed and much-deserved relief as prices were slashed across the board

Interior Ministry cleared the introduction of new restrictions relating to suspects involved in terrorist acts

The decision to defer the planned and imminent census indefinitely may prove to be one of the worst decisions

Circular debt issue took another ugly turn as a central bank official confirmed SBP cleared Rs342bn worth of debt

The man who murdered the governor of Punjab in Kohsar market, Islamabad in 2011 met his end in Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has now distinguished herself and Pakistan by winning a second Oscar

More than 24 million children out of school in Pakistan

PML-N has become a closely guarded party of the Sharif family — one of the richest in the country

The 97 fighting groups in Syria as of midnight local time on February 26 have agreed to “a cessation of hostilities”

The need for a mass transit system in Karachi has been evident for at least a quarter of a century

There may finally be some respite for women who have long been subjected to domestic violence

A student at the government Boys Higher Secondary School in Faisalabad exploded crackers soon after assembly ended

In its annual report, Amnesty International has pointed out Indian government’s failure to uphold personal freedoms

Only 128 traders have so far availed the ‘tax amnesty scheme’

The elections scheduled to be held in Iran today will select a new parliament as well as the apex clerical body

The weather is expected to be very unkind come the summer months and the meteorological office has issued a warning

We welcome the news that the government has shut down 254 registered and unregistered madrassas

The night of February 23 at the Dubai International Stadium was a celebration of Pakistan cricket

Discovering the how and the why of their deaths has been a tortuous process

Announcement that Pakistan is to host direct talks between Afghan government and the Afghan Taliban is welcome

The UK has been on the margins of the EU both literally and metaphorically from the outset

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has made his personal position in respect of honour killing crystal clear

The question here is why the Privatisation Commission was kept in the dark over this

With fewer and fewer cremation sites, problem of conducting funeral rites remains a big one for the Hindu community

The tensions within the Indian caste system are never far from the surface

It appears the upcoming census, scheduled for next month, is going to be delayed yet again

Formation of commission to probe the cause of deaths & assign responsibility is not working for benefit of the people

The SDGs are aspirational, even more so than their predecessors

The federal government has asked the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) to justify the retention of its employees

Filing of FIR is allegedly a condition set by Indians as essential to the resumption of foreign secretary-level talks

Mere threat of attacks by Taliban was enough to prompt the closure of all schools in Punjab for three days

Pakistan ranks an abysmal 131 out of 141 countries on the Global Innovation Index Report of 2015

The package was announced supposedly to support low-income farmers bear the wrath of falling commodity prices

Few politicians anywhere in the world welcome their affairs being scrutinised

Questions and yet more questions — and a ringing silence in the answers’ department

Once again, Turkey has been the target of bombers operating in the overspill both from purely internal conflicts

Given PIA’s balance sheet, no prospective bidder would show an ounce of interest if govt does not wipe the slate clean

It is safe to say that education has never been much of a priority

The Sindh Assembly passed the Hindu Marriage Bill on February 15 and in doing so has taken a landmark decision

The tendrils of suspicion always begin to advance when any government seeks to limit its own watchdogs

The new mayor of Islamabad, Sheikh Ansar Aziz, elected on February 15, is set to take charge in the coming days

The fate of the IP pipeline project continues to hang in the balance

Indian diplomat's statement that recommencement of talks is not linked to Pathankot incident is welcome & encouraging

Death of PPP worker in Kotli district of AJK is another that violence and politics go together in Pakistan

For over a year, there has been mounting evidence of the presence of the Islamic State (IS) in Pakistan

Not a truce as such, but a pause for humanitarian efforts to relieve some of the worst of the civilian suffering

One area that needs urgent attention of the authorities is the underground economy