Editorial

Islamabad at a time when it faces many internal perils, needs friends ready to stand by its side

The nuclear flashpoint remains in the Middle East, and Mr Netanyahu has done none of us any favours

A closer analysis, however, suggests that there are still some kinks that need to be ironed out

The press statement released by Chaudhry was as anodyne as the press conference, but it got the bullet points out

Rapists must be punished in exemplary manner and Singh should never walk among us again.

Denial of polio drops to their children by parents, have emerged as a major factor in our tale of polio-related woes

Irregularities and poor management aside, we wish this project well and hope that it now proceeds with all speed

Inability of Pakistan to find the right combination half-way through group stage should be enough of a reality check

The regional churn triggered by the American withdrawal from Afghanistan is proving to have some positive outcomes

Pakistan is to propose a new series of CBM in the hope of breathing life into the mummified peace process

Nadra has allegedly issued more than 40,000 CNICs to unregistered Afghan refugees in the last 10 years

For the first time there will be a coalition at govt level in IHK between people of the valley and the people of Jammu

Things do not change overnight and until there are focused and sustained efforts with respect to changing mindsets

It is time the government dragged its bureaucrats — kicking and screaming, if necessary — into the 21st century

The stillborn child of political reform was quietly kicked into the long grass, there to quickly fade from memory

We urgently need to put up a legal barrier that can protect people against abuse inflicted on cyber-spac

Digital divide between Punjab and the other provinces is widening by the month & this needs to be recognised federally

Within the welter of data one figure stands out — there was not a single parental refusal in the whole of G-B

Pakistan and America are unwilling bedfellows in a marriage of convenience but divorce is not an option

The authorities need to ensure the restaurant remains shut otherwise lives of countless people could be at risk

Far better time, effort is spent tracking those who mean harm to Pakistan and let Sharbat Bibi go back to her life

There is scant recourse to law for those who are harassed and many thousands suffer in silence

The state cannot abdicate their responsibility and hand over guns to children and tell them to act as guards

The latest report by Amnesty International (AI) says bluntly that 2014 was a “dark year for human rights in...

The getting of wisdom may be free to the end user, but making it happen takes hard cash

Anything that clean up the cesspit that is party politics in the country is to be welcomed

Given Pakistan’s recent history, accepting possibility that IS may aim to make inroads would seem to be a logical one

Justice Bhagwandas was among the judges who refused to take oath under General (retd) Musharraf’s PCO in 2007

Although the new rape bill approved by Senate is a welcome development, there is still much room for adding to the law

It makes more sense to develop our wind and solar resources than it does to pull poor-quality Thar coal out of ground

Many of Pakistan’s child domestic servants work under debt bondage, toiling to pay off debts accrued by their parents

The report seemingly makes no mention of the intelligence failure that allowed the APS attack to happen

What is needed is an effective counter-narrative to the one being propounded by extremists

The win has put their World Cup hopes back on track while Pakistan are left in a do-or-die situation

It is time our male-dominated ruling elite realise that Pakistan cannot progress if its women are left behind

ECP rejected nomination papers of almost two dozen candidates seeking a seat in Senate in the forthcoming elections

To ‘win at all costs’ Pakistan needs to activate the sectarian kill-switch, and that is years away

FBR not only lost taxpayers’ money, but also never actually achieved its downward revised revenue collection targets

The minister was right to be embarrassed when he admitted that govt doesn't have complete data on banned organisations

There is still no precise detail as to who was on the boat, what they were doing in Indian waters & where it came from

The murder of polio workers across the country has held back the polio campaign

There are no axes to grind with Turkey, no simmering animosities and a common interest in fighting extremism

Freedom in the Pakistani media is hard won, and there is much still to fight for

It is high time the government started viewing economic development with the same urgency it views national security.

At least eight were killed & an unknown number injured in an explosion that took place near the Police Lines in Lahore

Pakistan need to somehow galvanise their energies now and improve their performance in the upcoming matches

More than 40 per cent of Pakistani brides are under 18

Pakistan as a whole has to take on the spectre of sectarianism not only with guns but in school classroom, in madrassa

Chiniot’s iron ore reserves are a happy discovery, welcome development, but hardly a panacea for all our economic woes

Capacity for retrospective corruption in a country as corrupt as Pakistan is vast, Shah just added a new page to it