Editorial

The chronic failure to coordinate, curses any number of developments vital to the national economy.

The trust of the Baloch insurgents needs to be won if any progress is to be made.

One hopes that it will be as packed and well attended as it was last year.

We welcome the premier’s fresh call for dialogue to India and sincerely hope that the ice will finally be broken.

It is time to reclaim initiative from the land grabbers, others who make life for commuters and pedestrians a misery.

If India really wants to lower temperature of bilateral relations, it needs realise not all Pakistanis are terrorists.

Our foremost problem is one of timing: the government seems to be in far too much of a hurry to complete the process.

In this situation, the police force needs a leader who unites the groups into one and gives the entire force hope.

It is imperative that timely preparations be made ahead of any earthquake to prevent loss of life.

Statesmen willing to take on corrupt elite will be hailed. Unwilling politicians will find themselves unemployed.

It is important that the truth is ascertained as to how these unfortunate souls died and who killed them and why?

The extension of the metro bus project is, therefore, a welcome step, with important implications for people.

The actions in Aleppo on February 2 have only added to the concerns about future events in this region.

If the state is serious about economic growth, it should invest in the education sector to get the desired results.

A strong and disciplined, and indeed tolerant, lawyers’ community is pivotal for the progression of democracy.

While this newspaper is sceptical of energy policy so reliant on coal, we feel coal is necessary component of solution

A staggering one-third of all children under 5 in Pakistan are underweight — pointing to widespread food insecurity.

PCB chairman needs to formulate a strategy along with Sri Lanka and South Africa to counter the Big Three’s...

As a democracy still struggling to put down firm roots, it is necessary we devise ways to make system run effectively.

There are aspects of so-called ‘traditions’ which should be abhorrent in any state that professes to be civilised.

Development initiatives should complement and back up this effort at peace-building.

Our population is suffering from chronic ill health while health services are underfunded and under-resourced.

It is in the interest of both New Delhi and Islamabad to work towards gaining energy security through this key project

The government needs to be more forthcoming about the committee’s mandate and the agenda that the talks will follow.

It is astonishing just how short-sighted our politicians can be.

The government must have a clear set of goals as to exactly what it wants to get out of the dialogue.

Children & their parents must be educated as to what suspicious devices look like and warned against playing with them

Steps must be taken immediately to control thalassaemia before the numbers of those affected spiral out of control.

Those who plagiarise the work of others are viewed with disdain — unless they live and do their thievery in Pakistan.

The conditions under which children study explain the high number who fail to complete even a basic education.

The use of DDT, ammonia and other toxic chemicals is a common practice in fishing in several districts of K-P.

The officials used a secret counterterrorism fund to buy gifts for relatives of ministers and visiting dignitaries.

We need to invest more in improving our museums, so that the future generations can learn more about their history .

A significant number of Pakistani workers are not regularised and they are now classified as illegal immigrants.

The impoverished fishermen should be given better protection and be respected both in life and in death.

Pakistan needs to re-swing its moral compass and treat its children as something other than portable property.

Access to finance is too important to economic progress to be gutted.

FIA should redouble its efforts to bust gangs of traffickers, whose heartless business, devious means ruin families.

The poor in Pakistan are not looking for a handout. They just want a ladder that they can climb for themselves.

The pilots lacked training, there were procedural errors and the air worthiness of the plane raises questions.

Only those countries will succeed in future that have a desire to do whatever is necessary to grow their economies.

Although Pakistan has made improvements in some areas, these are endangered by our galloping population explosion.

Reviving govt schools, converting them into institutions that offer quality education may hold key to our future.

As result of attacks on anti-polio teams, several parts of country have not been covered in campaigns in recent years.

It is welcome to see the Commonwealth praising Balochistan govt for its holding of local bodies elections.

It was a much-needed result and reminded fans as to why the team continue to be labelled mercurial.

To see 12,000 internally-displaced Bugti families being barred from proceeding to their hometown is heartbreaking.

The new bill is to be warmly welcomed, but it is going to be in its implementation that its efficacy will be judged.

Despite its longevity and citations of excellence, FCE is still affiliated with the University of Punjab (UoP).

This fresh revelation documenting the extent of injustice only goes to heighten the province’s sense of victimhood.