Editorial

The incident highlights the dangers and difficulties associated with living in informal housing

The Safoora bus attack that killed more than 40 Ismailis was probably the handiwork of IS proxies or affiliates

England have a mountain to climb as they prepare to take on Pakistan in the UAE

Turkey is now caught in a perfect storm, a storm that is not going to pass in the foreseeable future

The big winners in NA-122 were the 148,247 voters. We live in interesting times

The arrest of Owais Raheel point towards the many different levels and avenues where the plague of extremism exists

That Pakistan is one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists sounds more like a cliche now

The government has conceded that the tax levy, implemented through the budget, will now be cut down to 0.2 per cent

The MQM, despite challenges to its Karachi hegemony, remains by some way the most powerful political group in the city

All to be revealed by the morning of October 12

India should remember extremism will only succeed in preventing it from becoming a global economic power

Whilst a majority of criminals are men, a significant number of women also engage in criminality

The elite of Pakistan have for too long sought to create a government that served only their needs and nobody else’s

The country is forced to adopt a stingy approach in the wake of its budget deficit

Salman Taseer had not been charged or indicted but Mumtaz Qadri decided he was to be judge, jury and executioner

Officials responsible have dodged the questions of media at every juncture or simply rendered themselves invisible

The team management needs to realise that too much experimentation and rotating players meaninglessly can backfire

Around 900 ‘ghost’ schools, 234,000 ‘ghost’ students have been uncovered in Balochistan

Ten years ago on October 8, 2005 at 08:50:39, an earthquake occurred of magnitude 7.6

Pakistan is becoming increasingly Orwellian as the years pass

Kunduz hospital is now closed, but the case of the murder of almost 30 people remains very much open

The most worrying aspect of this ruckus is that this ‘protest culture’ has affected thousands of passengers

The entire month of October, from the 1st to the 31st, is being observed globally as Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The delay in paying wages reflects the lack of seriousness on the part of the provincial government

Reports say government has decided to start a clean-up operation in southern Punjab

It is long overdue that the legislative & executive branches of US implement better policies on who can possess a gun

World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2016 has ranked Pakistan 126th — 14th from the bottom

Men of Dr Iqbal’s stature and calibre are a rarity everywhere, and especially so in our country

The Russians have long had a close relationship with President Assad, who they view as a strategic asset

What is needed is a change in the mindsets of many who refuse to see non-Muslims as equal citizens of this country

The body has a lot to prove in the near future if it is not to become completely — rather than partially — discredited

By all means regulate, but take care not to throw the baby out with the bathwater

There is a perceptible rise in a range of intolerances in both India and Pakistan

Falling oil prices have shaved off import bill, helping reduce current account deficit, but also eroding tax revenue

Never a public speaker of renown, this was one of the prime minister’s more assured public performances

There seems to be some evidence of misuse with respect to the funds meant for assisting artists

As long as medical education had remained in the public sector, the PMDC had served fairly effectively

One of the reasons for granting stay order seems lack of preparation of PTI lawyer when it came to arguing the case

There is an urgent need for policymakers to focus on reforms, and not just numbers that look good only on paper

Peace remains eternally elusive, and for Taliban, currently on a roll, there is little incentive to come to the table

Cleaning up urban Pakistan after sacrifice of animals is a task carried out with a lack of uniformity across country

Criminal justice system is far from being child-friendly & there is paucity of empirical data relative to child abuse

Burdened with debt and driven to the doors of donors, Pakistan has not looked towards its own public to raise revenue

Two released journalists had spent almost two years behind bars for doing nothing more subversive than doing their job

The prime minister has displayed once again his inability to rise to ‘statesman’ standards

We can only wish that the words of the Grand Mufti would be heeded better in our own land and by our own clerics

Greece is the first port of call for the thousands of refugees fleeing the conflicts of the Levant

Individual officers must be taken to task and dismissed if they cannot treat suspects as human beings

It is unwise to rush to judgment as to the causes of the tragedy in the holy city of Makkah on September 24

Why did FBR need to cut out the check digit from the NTNs at a time when deadline to file tax returns is days away