Editorial

Being first of its kind in history of Pakistan, commission’s findings would hopefully strengthen democratic process

On the World Press Freedom Day, we should be thinking clearly and deeply about the ability of the media to speak out

Karachi has a low flashpoint & it takes only the tiniest spark to start a fire, with destruction the inevitable result

Yemen conflict has provided us an opportunity to recalibrate our relations with Arab world

To say that the census is going to be politically sensitive understates the matter by several orders of magnitude

Zimbabwe have confirmed a tour of Pakistan next month

Consensus must also be built for deciding the future of Fata so that it can be ruled according to the Constitution

The recent ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative by China is a golden opportunity for Pakistan to truly move forward

The fault lines which have divided US since the Civil War are still there

For the first nine months of fiscal year 2015, the deficit has widened by over 15 per cent

Rangers claimed that violence had gone down in the city by 50 per cent since the launch of operation in September 2013

PPP is in need of a re-boot of its hard drive, but on the evidence of the April 26 rally, that is a distant prospect

Of equal weight is question not only of legitimacy of US drone strikes, but rules of engagement surrounding them

The provincial disaster management authority issued a weather alert after the storm had already swept through Peshawar

The possibilities of how and where the Sikh family may have gone missing are many and the situation is very sensitive

It is in our interest that the trade Corridor is completed in time without letting it become a hub of controversies

It has been a long and bumpy road, but Pakistan is beginning to find its democratic feet

Landlocked, mountainous, with poor infrastructure, Nepal is going to need all the help it can get in the coming weeks

Sabeen Mahmud was one of those who rose above the crowd, who may well have been afraid for her life but was undeterred

There are 11.2 million male primary school-age children in the country and 2.6 million of them do not attend school

oining a fighting coalition in Yemen crisis would compromise some of our other interests and positions internationally

There was a clear ‘win’ for the democratic process on April 23 in Karachi, which is a very good sign for our democracy

The dengue prevention centre must also seek help from researchers to identify the source of larvae growth

Afghan Taliban have formally announced that their “spring offensive” is to begin on April 24

It is true that solar and wind energy are costly today, but they will not always remain so

The guise of ‘honour’ given to murders stemming from want of power over another person’s life needs to be obliterated

Execution should not proceed until matter regarding Hussain's age at the time of sentencing is conclusively determined

It is beginning to look like the govt has scored a foreign policy success by the deployment of masterly inactivity

As many as 218,000 are thought to have crossed from Africa to Europe in 2014, and at least 3,500 have died

Of the 53 agreements signed on April 20, a total of 31 are private sector agreements in the energy sector

The return of an undercooked Saeed Ajmal, however, once again exposed the weakness of PCB coaching and selection staff

Unlike other terrorist organisations, the IS has a proven capacity to take and then hold and administer large areas

HRCP report says Pakistan's human rights record remains almost as dismal as it was the year before

If India wants to resolve the Kashmir problem, it would have to seek Pakistan’s cooperation

The Sindh apex committee decided to move against those who are the financiers of terrorist groups in the province

The Bill is a loosely worded catch-all that has the potential to criminalise a large swathe of online population

The current conditions of institutions for handicapped children are inhumane and violate human rights

The complacency in certain government circles that the IS has little or no presence in Pakistan needs to be revisited

The government must avoid becoming embroiled in any situation which could lead us into deeper and deeper complexities

All eyes would be on master off-spinner Saeed Ajmal who returns to international cricket after an eight-month hiatus

The need of the hour for Balochistan is for both civil and military leaderships to be reading off the same page

Now it is turn of government of Nawaz Sharif to tackle the woes and grievances of the many and varied peoples of G-B

Pakistan’s economic growth is projected to stand at a moderate 4.4 per cent for the ongoing fiscal year

There was a distinct lack of surprise that Hillary Clinton is to be a Democratic Party's presidential candidate

Despite the diligence of HEC in identifying plagiarists many are still working as faculty in different institutions

By going ahead with the HBL transaction, the government has helped restore some confidence in their economic plan.

More than six and a half decades after Partition, India seems to have failed to overcome its religious differences

The lawmakers have paid 88.3 per cent more taxes in the fiscal year 2014 than they did in 2013

If there is any role for Pakistan in Yemen crisis it is that of negotiator and facilitator

Hate crime in Europe and the US appears to be on the rise, which should be a wake-up call