Editorial

Pakistan tends to be towards the bottom of ‘ranking’ lists that get issued by a range of international organisations

With the re-election of Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, political life appears to be returning to what passes for ‘normal’

The loss in Bihar means that he may not be able to push forward economic reforms

This is no small matter because last year 90,000 people have been returned to Pakistan under these protocols

Pakistan is already under a net external debt of $65 billion, which will increase

Despite the new regime, the country’s exports have been unable to register a notable increase

The local government laws for each province, in their current form, provide limited autonomy to the local councils

Maldives is reportedly a focus for jihadi recruitment to the many conflicts in the Maghrib and the Levant

The Chinese play the long game, are far seeing and have their eyes on the prize — business

To secure the next loan tranche, the government will introduce another mini-budget

The series win also confirms that Pakistan’s iron-cast grip on their adopted home of the UAE is as firm as ever

Few would even know what biodiversity was, and it barely gets a mention anywhere in the national school curriculum

The election of Narendra Modi has been a disaster from the human rights perspective

She has been selected for the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for 2015

80 per cent of disputes in the country are settled by the unregulated informal justice sector

The incident will fade from the headlines within days at most, and therein lies the rub

Only 1.2 million people in the city possess driving licences, whereas 3.8 million vehicles are registered

If the government wants to really ban these organisations, then it needs to do a lot more in concrete terms

At present, the local government system appears to be out of its depth

The government plans a change in policy to push Pakistan’s population growth rate down to 1.6 per cent

The AKP has reversed the result of June 2015 election in which it lost its parliamentary majority

THe next phase of Karachi operation needs to target infrastructures that support criminal and terrorist activity

What divine message can possibly come of a divorce that the media is spending so much time and energy mulling over it

A deadly power struggle is going on within the group and there is a long history of settling disputes by force of arms

Stranglehold of elected feudalism and dynastic politics has again trumped change

Needed are provisions for safer homes and limination of unregulated housing in ghettos that lack basic facilities

According to research, since 2001, 71 journalists and media workers have lost their lives while pursuing their duties

We urge Misbah to rethink any plans of retirement he might have contemplated

A meeting in Vienna on Syria went on longer than expected and had an outcome that was as unexpected as it was welcome

False appointment letters were issued to anybody who chose to apply to what appears to be a “huge gang” within police

The Senate committee on finance seems to have worked strenuously to defang the legislation before waving it through

A clip of a policeman striking a woman across her face was posted on a popular short-form social media website

Issues such as education, food security and farm subsidies have been relegated with the onset of LG polls

The country has slid further in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index ending up at 138th position

Dr Abdul Malik Baloch is widely credited with bringing a semblance of stability to the volatile region

Iran, Pakistan and India have much to gain by being drawn closer by developments such as those at Chabahar

Volunteers trekked to K-2’s Concordia Base Camp to collect 2,750kgs of waste over a stretch of 100km

Supreme Court on October 27 issued a defining order in respect of the blasphemy laws

The trust between neighbours has worn away leaving a state of mutual animosity

Overall though the match was dominated by Pakistan, especially after Riaz’s sensational burst on the third morning

Once the dust has settled and the rescue phase is over, the primary responsible agency will be the NDMA

This year, terrorists struck on the ninth of Muharram in Jacobabad, killing at least 26 during a procession

The National Security Committee has met just four times since the PML-N was elected in 2013

This was the largest quake to hit the country since the 2005 earthquake

Laws against corporal punishment ban various forms of physical violence against children, yet their breach is frequent

The objective of the deal is to transport the LNG imported in the country to terminals in Lahore

Taking proceeds of crimes from tax evaders, corrupt public officials is one of the best ways to stop criminals

we must also caution against NAB running away with itself and embarking on a witch hunt

Vanilla though it was, the visit to the US by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was not entirely without benefit

He is Justin Trudeau, highly telegenic son of Pierre Trudeau, one of the all-time greats of Canadian politics