Editorial

It is now almost a year since elections that brought Ghani to a fragile & fractious power, and Karzai is back in Kabul

Now that govt has averted a balance of payments crisis , it can get down to increasing the export base

Any attempts made towards lowering tensions and rhetoric between India and Pakistan will be most welcome & much needed

Being an immediate neighbour, Pakistan is to benefit from the re-entry of a sanction-free Iran into the world markets

The Indian court’s verdict provides an acid test for the ICC’s zero-tolerance policy towards corruption in the game

IMF wants debt relief and restructuring rather than more debt, which on past performances is unlikely to be paid

The political geography of Afghanistan is now once again turgid, stirred by the entry of the IS to the scene

The federal government has for the first time provided a cover for health for the poor in the country

If Iran and the US can do a deal, reach a compromise, then so can India and Pakistan

There is a need for KE to upgrade its infrastructure, fix the distribution network

The kind of vitriolic statement that Altaf Hussain has given will do little to ease the party’s plight

In reality, not a single issue has been resolved between Pakistan and India since Partition

We need to develop language policies to protect our lingual diversity

The very people who are against the withholding tax are the biggest undocumented segments of the economy

There is a need to revamp the entire system instead of playing blame games over shortcomings of Rescue 1122 in Karachi

A deal between Iran and P5+1 could help assuage the Arab world’s nuclear fears

This is going to need resources and political support, as well as a group of police who buck the trend

With the foreign invader fast disappearing as a target option, a return to internecine warfare seems inevitable

Countries of SCO bloc are where Pakistan has economic opportunity, something no country on Arabian Peninsula can offer

The provincial governments should be held liable for the 767 child tragedies reported last year

The arrest of a serving minister indicates that as per PTI’s promise, the Ehtesab Commission is working independently

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Russia provided a timely opportunity for some large-scale housekeeping

Inciting hatred & violence against particular communities should be considered akin to being an act against the state

The US refusal to recognise China’s rise is what persuaded Beijing to create its own global economic institutions

The fact that it has reached this sorry position is the fault of nobody but the Sindh government itself

Pakistan’s Test fortunes have taken a U-turn since 0-2 whitewash at the hands of the same Sri Lankan outfit last year

NAB's failure to deter corruption has added to our continuing difficulties in battling the corruption

Pakistan has a major stake in the outcome of any peace process in Afghanistan

National players shouldn’t be earning a measly allowance of $20 &should be able to earn a decent living from the sport

Greece is a case study on the risks the Pakistani financial system is built upon

As with so much else that ails the nation, the drug problem lacks a policy framework and supporting legislation

Mr Hussain will live on in his writings and his greatness will not be forgotten

SC has pointed a finger at the wake-up call that never was, and the interior ministry is clean out of fig leaves

The recent report on the quality of life for children by National Commissioner for Children makes miserable reading

It seems that the only way the govt might introduce the substantial tax reforms is if IMF insists on this being done

The rocks in the path of better relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan are inconvenient but not immovable

There are limits to what military can achieve and at some point the civil administration has to step up to the plate

This is a reflection of how indifferent we are to the physical, psychological trauma that countless people go through

There is a depth of competency about IS operations that speak of a sophisticated organisational infrastructure

Why PTI wasted the public’s time over a claim which cannot be substantiated in a court of law is difficult to fathom

In 2007 it was decided to repair the 159 ‘most fragile’ bridges, a project that apparently has yet to come to fruition

There is a need for more transparency regarding the information available on tribal regions & the repatriation process

Nothing is forever and the PPP is currently in decline, the dynastic engine having run out of steam

PM came to shed what many would term crocodile tears at the “grief and sorrow” over the loss of lives in Karachi

Child marriage is an oppressive trend on many levels and impacts at least more than one generation

The killers of Dr Farooq must be found and the circumstances surrounding his death made clear

Exactly what needs to happen before the govt realises that the tax collection structure needs a revamp is beyond us

Pakistan is a frontline state in terms of the downside of climate change, and action cannot be deferred

The Afghan Taliban will fight hard to keep what they have in both territorial and material terms

The parliamentarians will do well not to stand in the way of the democratic process. Let the polls proceed