Editorial

The only way out of this crisis is for the government to simultaneously reduce its expenses and raise tax revenues.

Now, more than ever, the country’s political parties need to stand together and put aside their petty differences.

K-P urgently needs a 25-year urban planning programme that carries across changes of government.

Judging by happenings in Karachi, it is clear that the Rangers or police present everywhere can do little.

Local government is often seen as the nursery for those who want to make a life in politics & aspire to higher things.

Girls are not exchangeable commodities, they have a right to live freely, as does every human being.

The disease will always make a return unless preventative measures are conducted year on year.

The cabinet’s decision to steer clear of any “emotional” decisions makes sense.

People will think twice before mistreating their domestic employees, if proper laws are put in place to protect them

Reshma’s voice was, and will remain, one of the best loved voices of our era.

There appears to be no government policy to address the issue of how to combat sectarian conflict.

People are eager to take the law into their own hands because they have little faith in our legal system and police.

The linkage between Syrian polio outbreak and Pakistan would stress more on dire need to eliminate polio from Pakistan

Cutting red tape encourages entrepreneurship, generates economic growth and creates jobs.

Women have as much right to development funding as men and they should not have to fight tooth and nail to get it.

The government should surely be thinking of how best to strike against the Taliban while they remain in some disorder.

Our main concern now should be to ensure the elections go ahead as per a feasible schedule.

A holistic strategy by law-enforcement agencies and the government is needed to end this expanding extortion business.

We ask just who it is that the government is going to talk to when talks about talks.

K-P has taken an important step forward, even if consensus is to some degree missing.

Ordinarily, we view govt’s inability to meet lenders’ covenants with suspicion. In this case, its clearly right.

Given paucity of detailed post-strike investigation, its unlikely we will ever know precisely how many civilians died.

One fails to understand the reason behind the delay in holding the elections for board chairman.

Discussions have been held, but the actual conduct of a meeting is being held back by the approach adopted by India.

As things stand, peace in Afghanistan is the least likely outcome of the imminent drawdown and all players know that.

Gang responsible for these stabbings must be apprehended and such vigilantism must be clamped down upon immediately.

This newspaper supports disqualification of Malik, and of any legislator found holding falsely-claimed qualification.

Fazalur Rehman will need to decide how he is to tackle an entity which consists today of multiple outfits.

Whether his action was deliberate or not, Du Plessis should have been given a commensurate punishment.

There is absolutely no way that any government official should have been able to invest any amount into TIBL.

Balochistan CM will need the support of all institutions and federal government, if he is to succeed in his endeavour.

Organization will work with students and educational institutions, and try to overcome growing culture of violence.

Development of the role of women in society is a key element in the health and wealth of that society.

Government is quick enough to offer to talk to TTP, but less alert to the necessity of talking to the general public.

The decision of APC to talk to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and other terrorist organisations still hangs in the air.

The government should have known how much time it had before they would need the first tranche.

The crises in the energy sector are all interconnected and there is no ‘single button’ solution.

It is going to take a cultural and attitudinal shift to eradicate human trafficking, and neither is on the horizon.

Continuous firing mars ties between two countries and threatening to encroach into other areas, including visa regime.

It is important that the investigation into the RPP affair be conducted openly and transparently.

Government needs to think about how Pakistan can draw benefits from the US, keeping in view the way all the cards lie.

Pakistan is a member of the General Council of UNESCO but a representative has yet to be appointed.

Under the existing law, there are no punitive measures for the parliamentarian who fails to declare their assets.

The government has failed to protect and enforce the rights of victims of drone strikes.

Until strong enforcement against perpetrators of child abuse are introduced, the number of cases will continue to rise

There is a real risk that agencies of all types are now being empowered in ways that are open to abuse.

As Jaffer Express blast shows, it is the ordinary people of Balochistan who are the chief victims of the unrest.

NADRA is rated among the top 50 system integrators according to the Italy-based agency.

Nawaz Administration needs to realise that dithering on cracking down on militancy is bad for business.

Increase in crimes such as abduction for ransom and militancy have become the most pressing problem of our nation.