Editorial

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.

Pakistan would appear to be an ideal candidate for photovoltaic power generation.

Accounts of honour killings keep coming in from across the country.

A moratorium on price increases which has been in place for 12 years, has driven vital drugs out of pharmacies.

Preventing the disease is better than curing people of it and action must be taken wherever dengue rears its head.

In some ways, the stance seems to insult Gandapur, others who died, suggesting weakness to stand up to killers.

Where Bilawal scored, and it may be scored well, is that he named names, pointed unequivocal finger at the terrorists.

The one thing the team management may still be missing is lack of a quality all-rounder.

The deadline for the completion of the Gaddani and Port Qasim plants must be taken seriously.

Imran Khan has to demonstrate that he is capable of leading from the front.

The training of teachers in Pakistan has never been a priority for any government.

The year 2013 is shaping up to be the worst in a decade or more in terms of notified cases of polio.

It is simply not acceptable that thoughts of attack should mar one of the most holy of days on the Islamic calendar.

The time has come to begin expecting ourselves to pay our own bills.

Most of the trigger-pulling seems to emanate from India; Pakistan has exercised a wise restraint in its response.

The price that Karachi law enforcers have had to pay is definitely great.

Expectations from the national side in the first Test against South Africa will not be too high.

An agreement needs to be reached, at least on stopping exchanges across the LoC.

New ordinance is resource-heavy and will need large amounts of money, time and effort at federal, provincial levels.

We also see, once again, how intolerance is spreading in our society and how it emanates frequently from seminaries.

Tendulkar is rightly considered the most complete batsman of his age.

Something needs to be done urgently against the militants, who demonstrate no desire to end their killing run.

A Nobel laureate Malala Yousufzai is not, but she is a daughter of Pakistan to be proud of.

Indeed, all organisations working on conservation must join hands to save it.

The rise can be attributed to the fact that more women are stepping forward to report rape.

Mr Jilani is a career diplomat who has held a number of important positions before becoming foreign secretary in 2012.

The bond scheme is quite obviously discriminatory and needs to be re-examined by the UK.

Public transport running on CNG is likely to be affected as well.