Editorial

Most deaths are said to be occurring because of diarrhoea, pneumonia and other water-borne diseases

US president is correct in saying that Pakistan needs to be more decisive when it comes to crushing extremist elements

Added to the power breakdowns is the perennial problem of regular power outages

The Oxfam report titled “An economy for the 1%” says global crisis of inequality is reaching ever greater heights

Pakistan team needs to do some serious reinventing before the World Twenty20 to have a decent shot at the title

Every time democrats are rewarded with a significant majority in parliament, they tend to behave more like dictators

The districts of Khanewal and Vehari have been asked to provide the relevant data within an improbably short 24 hours

In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, parents have been keeping their children away from school since the attack

Pakistan’s power sector is afflicted by corruption at all levels and of all sorts

The modus operandi of the attackers was virtually identical to that of those who attacked the APS in Peshawar

The 21-year-old failed to stop when policemen asked him to, enough reason for them to shoot at him

Pakistan is the worst country in the world in which to be pregnant

Terrorists have been able to exploit gaps and weaknesses in the security infrastructure

One wonders how the Leader of the House approves and signs on bills that he knows so little about

This is an attempt to maintain sectarian harmony, says Sindh Chief Minister’s Adviser Abdul Qayyum Soomro

Bugti family said after acquittal that they accept apology of nobody, least of all that of General (retd) Musharraf

There are no precedents for a joint investigation and both sides are quite literally making it up as they go along

America has now imposed further sanctions on Iran by way of castigation for a ballistic missile test

Over the last couple of years, the Pakistani film industry has witnessed a much-needed revival

Pakistan is a long way away from taking advantage of the digital world

Sindh Assembly passed a law on January 15, which allows prosecutors to withdraw cases against any suspect

Given existing provincial disparities, with Punjab having lion’s share of most, other provinces were going to cry foul

Parliamentary committee rejected the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill 2014 after CII dubbed it “anti-Islamic”

National Assembly has decided to expand parliamentary outreach in the age of e-parliaments

These attacks represent a dangerous development not so much for damage to lives and property but for security services

A major reason behind the plunge appear to be the investigations being carried out regarding the activities of brokers

Limited-overs tour to New Zealand that begins today provides the squad with the opportunity to rectify this weakness

Indonesia needs to purge itself of Islamic State before it takes hold

A further spur to some rather more assertive anti-terrorist activity has been the Pathankot attack

The suicide bomber who detonated in heart of Turkish tourism industry has done damage far beyond the radius of blast

With the PECB set to power through, the launch of YouTube should not be looked at in isolation

This is one of the deadliest attacks on the polio programme which has been making considerable headway nationally

One hopes that the government heeds the call of the opposition parties to pursue the project in a transparent manner

This integration also aims at inviting a strategic investor to take up 40 per cent of the stock exchange

The direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban may be expected to resume within days

It is alleged that millions of rupees have been milked from the Rs17 billion DHA City scheme in Lahore

There are reports that Pakistan is willing to provide its good offices to heal the rift between Saudi Arabia and Iran

Schools and universities have been popular locations in the past for deranged gunmen to strike

Nacta was originally set up in 2009, but remained largely inert

In its latest report, Global Economic Prospects 2016, the World Bank has warned of threats to developing economies

Signing of eight MoUs during the recent visit of PM Nawaz Sharif to Sri Lanka is very welcome

No national plan can be expected to realise its goals in the absence of an up-to-date national head-count estimate

The lives of at least 400 prisoners may be at risk in District Jail Mansehra for no reason other than sheer negligence

Pakistan and Bangladesh need to draw a line across the miserable history they were forced into sharing

The creation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is having an effect on the status of Gilgit-Baltistan region

One can only hope that the Sindh govt will not wait for deaths to go into double digits before taking action

In worsening Saudi-Iran relations, a modicum of vagueness and a soupcon of ambiguity are the default position today

As things stand, it appears that Punjab stands to benefit a lot from CPEC projects & K-P, in comparison, a lot less

Authorities need to implement laws concerning the maintenance of marine life

Polio cases declined from the 306 recorded in 2014 to 51 in 2015