Editorial

If we are so bad at completing projects, why do aid and donor agencies persist in continuing to fund us?

For the ANP to campaign freely under these circumstances is not just difficult but nearly impossible.

Given desire of Pakistanis living overseas to vote, we must hope ECP, NADRA, govt can make this possible.

Security concerns or distance from polling stations cannot be used as excuses for not having women cast their votes.

What will happen in the coming two weeks as we approach balloting is not known. But the signs are not good.

If our politicians want to earn the trust and respect of the masses, they must not indulge in unlawful practices.

The deceptions and the attempts to fool the Court by NAB in the handling of RPP case seems completely underhand.

The effectiveness of future negotiations in the region hinges upon better relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The rise in thousands of cases of measles indicates that vaccination coverage is declining.

Recent blasts represent a true threat to what we had all hoped would be a free, fair and peaceful electoral process.

The role of the interim set-up is only to conduct a fair poll and hand over power.

Jail authorities aren't concerned about providing humane conditions for the prisoners to live in.

The Ahmadis need to be mainstreamed; no organ or individual has the right to determine the faith of a citizen.

A group of Republican senators have argued that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be treated as an 'enemy combatant'.

Mr Kakakhel should be relieved of his duties if he is found guilty of committing any wrongdoing.

To enable democracy to function smoothly, it is important that each institution stay within its own sphere of work.

It is justified to say that an emergency should be declared to remove the high number of children from our streets.

These men should be caught, and if found guilty put on trial, be severely punished, indeed be made an example out of.

Unless Afghanistan and Pakistan can cooperate, we will never see an end to militancy.

Breaking clan lines can happen again and all parties need to consider why this is not proving to be the case.

Many families lost their primary breadwinners that day, but the airline has yet to own up to responsibility for that.

The kind of nefarious activity taking place at passport offices across the country needs to be taken urgent notice of.

Preserving heritage sites has always posed an enormous challenge for each government in Pakistan.

There seems to be no end in sight to the difficulties in administering polio vaccinations.

The bribery of media persons raises all kinds of questions and obviously places their integrity under great doubt.

We tend to have a “victim complex”, believing that Pakistanis are targeted or the entire world is out to get us.

It is our government and other organisations within the country which will need to come up with solutions.

Law finally seems to be catching up with former army chief, in a step towards holding him accountable for his actions.

To avoid the mass panic seen after this quake, we need regular drills to be ready for any emergency.

PTI has broken new grounds by awarding as many as 80% of party tickets to newcomers.

No democracy can survive the constant curse of violent death.

Fingers should not be pointed before ascertaining what the facts are.

Pakistan should try and improve skill base of its workers, tap more developed economies like Malaysia and Singapore.

The inconsistency in the tribunal decisions will leave a stain over the electoral process.

The issue is far too vital to be put on the backburner by fearful or uninterested politicians.

In this current climate, the results of elections in K-P will have to be swallowed with a spoonful of salt.

We must hope the ECP will succeed in enforcing its code, thereby making the election a more equitable one.

The lack of internet freedom in this country is symbolic of how we are falling behind.

Brutal treatment of women in our country has been going on throughout generations.

The balloting from distant lands will obviously be an experimental exercise.

The Taliban's fallback plan is to try and disrupt the elections through violence and the threat of violence.

Things are not as bad as ADB report projects them to be & it should be looked at in comparison with other indicators.

Many Hazaras want to seek asylum in Australia, at whatever the cost; 300 Hazara have died trying to get there.

It seems the SBP is seeing some success as a result of the fiscal tightening it introduced in 2011.

Ripples of the military offensive have been felt in parts of Peshawar, particularly Hayatabad.

We, as a nation, need to appreciate the work of polio vaccination teams and provide them greater security.

There are flaws in the scholarship programme and its selection process.

All Baloch political parties need to be brought together to ensure that polls can go ahead in the province.

There is no reason to allow people who have indulged in financial impropriety to control the national purse string.

The world we live in today is one that Margaret Thatcher played an important role in creating.