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  • Continuing terror

    Blasts in official buildings add panic to prevalent uncertainty, can affect the electoral turnout.

  • Protesting drone attacks

    Protesting drone attacks in UN is Pakistan's right but it should not use this as an excuse for lack of action.

  • Death of a war hero

    It is unfortunate that many among the younger generation do not know more about men like Mr Alam.

  • Murdered for a song

    Acts of unprovoked violence in Kohistan video scandal have to be punished, no matter what is said about tribal custom.

  • Derailed relations

    Breaking off people-to-people contact is a surefire way to sow even further hatred and ignorance.

  • Promises and purposes

    A list of repetitive promises does not make up a manifesto.

  • High rewards

    Government spent its last five hours gorging on the national exchequer and did nothing to improve the country.

  • Six months and counting

    What has Pakistan gained in the six months of the ongoing ban on YouTube?

  • Providing justice

    The Supreme Court has now become the first and last avenue of justice in Pakistan.

  • Away with the cane

    The well-entrenched practice of beating up schoolchildren is on its way to becoming illegal.

  • Fate of Balochistan

    The end of governor’s rule in Balochistan is unlikely to bring about any significant change in the province.

  • A true martyr

    Parveen Rehman's crime was to fight on behalf of some of the poorest citizens in our country.

  • Escaped

    People are reluctant to report crimes due to incompetence of police,criminals and murderers can operate with impunity.

  • Unfair pay

    Salary structure of public servants in all categories has become badly distorted.

  • An independent ECP

    The apex court is more powerful now so to have it throw its weight behind the ECP is reassuring.

  • Dilapidated schools

    Honest officials need to be appointed who will take oaths to faithfully fulfill their roles.

  • Containing North Korea

    The problem with sanctions is they end up hurting the people while doing little to dislodge a dictatorial government.

  • Pipeline priority

    The project, which will cost Pakistan $1.5 billion, must be welcomed wholeheartedly.

  • Journey to Ajmer

    Spiritual journeys are performed on hard-earned legitimate earnings, not on taxes collected from the deprived.

  • Policing priorities

    Policing is in disarray and there is a complete lack of public confidence in the abilities of the force.

  • Missing persons

    The Baloch are not about to come to the negotiating table as long as the military refuses to own up to past misdeeds.

  • Shock waves from insanity

    Tragic stories are emerging, a bride saw her dowry plundered and burnt on her wedding day.

  • Safety for sports

    It is better for us to accept the unlikelihood of countries sending their sports persons here.

  • Treating HIV

    We, as a country, have ignored the AIDS epidemic.

  • Abbas Town rehabilitation

    In Pakistan, the government should have a reserve rehabilitation fund to compensate all citizens.

  • The fight against polio

    Militants in Pakistan have killed polio workers this year but it is the afflicted people who are the real victims.

  • Reviving debate

    The Pak Tea House will herald a new era of public debate in Lahore and Pakistan.

  • Tourism in Pakistan

    We should promote domestic tourism and protect tourist sites, so when security situation improves we can cash in.

  • Pay raises

    The government is in no mood to practice austerity, it is far more concerned with its re-election prospects.

  • Magnificent manifestos

    PML-N's Manifesto stays almost silent on the crucial issue of militancy and law and order.

  • Standstill in Karachi

    we must ask if strike calls are the right way to protest or if there is political point scoring in the strike call.

  • International Women’s Day

    If we are to make a difference to the lives of women, we need to move a few steps beyond the March 8 festivities.

  • A tribute in facts

    Best tribute that can be paid to Hugo Chavez, man who changed face of his country and Latin America, comes in facts.

  • Switching sides

    The PML-N has dealt a fatal blow to the PPP in Balochistan, after getting 22 members of the party to defect to it.

  • Curbing terrorism

    Urgent reform of the judicial tackling of terrorism is needed to plug the loopholes allowing terrorists to walk free.

  • Populist decision-making

    Government has been making economically unwise decisions like subsidising power, removing NTN to buy a car and so on.

  • Denying the obvious

    The Shia and Sunni residents of Abbas Town have chosen to stick together while senate remains confused.

  • Another year without Basant

    The ban on kite-flying is symptomatic of a government that prefers quick, superficial fixes.

  • The genocide continues

    Genocide is what we are now facing in our own country, and the Shias are the victims

  • A welcome win

    It is important that the team does not get carried away with this victory.

  • Corporal punishment

    The law should be repealed because no one, including parents, should be allowed to hit their children

  • US politics and the Republicans

    As support base of republicans shrunk, they resorted to thinly-veiled attacks on Obama’s race and “Muslim” heritage.

  • Ordered out of Wardak

    Although President Karzai is widely seen as a US puppet, he has often had strained relations with the Americans.

  • Into thin air

    We must quickly & methodically act to save Balochistan before it disintegrates into further disarray before our eyes.

  • Sorting out the police

    For the police to be effective in Karachi, hiring needs to not only be increased but done on merit alone.

  • Expensive embassies

    It makes no economic sense to maintain lavish diplomatic presence, especially when we have little to show for it.

  • Into the abyss

    Virtually all major parties are willing to talk to a force, which openly says it does not believe in the Constitution.

  • Proof of the pudding

    Military will have learned from Musharraf era that it can still do as much as it used to working behind the scenes.

  • Another journalist falls

    The reason behind killing journalists is almost certainly to prevent accurate information from reaching the people.

  • Life support for PIA

    It makes no sense to keep pumping in money without first ensuring PIA goes through a process of economic cleansing.