Editorial

The new line in Pakistan is that the doctrine of strategic depth is no longer the embraced philosophy.

PAC has sought a report on the alleged misuse of a $61 m WB loan allotted to the bureaucracy for HR development.

Rather than labelling the Somalis strictly as villains, there is a need to take a broader perspective.

We need to convince rulers to do more, to think ahead and to recognise that disaster can strike at any minute.

Britain must not be seen as scapegoating the entire Muslim community because of the actions of a small minority.

Army is loyal to ideology of Pakistan, few officers may be led astray because of their insulation from civil society.

The war against terrorism will be fought in Pakistan whether we like it or not. And Pakistan cannot fight it alone.

The judiciary should be held accountable, much like any other pillar of the state.

Facebook, Twitter are profit-seeking entities which can banish our words into oblivion.

The PAC’s move to take action against retired generals for their involvement in a land lease deal is to be lauded.

Now that India has opened its economy to Pakistani investors, we should reciprocate.

Pakistanis will be fervently praying that its hockey players can snag the country’s first medal since 1992.

Around 2,000 people are fed each day due to the programme which generally seeks only a fistful of flour in donations.

Merely coming up with good ideas is not a solution.

At the UN Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty , money won out over common sense.

While Pakistan must strive for sovereignty, this agreement marks an important step forward towards this goal.

In his speech, President Zardari indirectly attacked the judiciary, spoke of ‘conspiracies’ against his party.

Khosa is reported to have taken away items worth four million rupees, as he shifted to a private residence.

One could say that fair elections also require a firm writ of the state, which does not seem to exist in Pakistan.

The essential truth is that Pakistanis have a poor track record when it comes to visa applications.

While the world is in favour of the visit, the extreme right-wing elements in India do not want it.

It is impossible to demand more responsible media when our remotes automatically turn to bigots and sensationalists.

Our concern for Burmese Muslims is ironic, they are ethnic Bengalis whom we discriminated against in the past.

SC should look more deeply into the military’s role, not just in 1990 elections, but also in subsequent elections.

What we need then is to create more awareness about better protecting our faunas.

It is sad to see that the Pakistani contingent has little hope of winning an Olympics medal.

Safeguards need to be put in place to ensure no official can hand out fake identification.

Such blatant defiance of the Supreme Court by the FC is aggravating the situation playing out in Balochistan.

We have then another stand-off between the Supreme Court and the government.

He has to answer for his misdeeds and his stonewalling is merely delaying the inevitable.

The new CEC’s promise to give a democratic Pakistan to the new generation is indeed commendable.

Let us hope that we can learn from the example of our neighbour and progress in the fight for preserving democracy.

PML-N chief is a bit of a statesman too, relying on ambiguity to avoid ruffling too many feathers in foreign policy.

Apart from recovering lost artefacts, we still need to do a lot more to appreciate the value of our past.

We need to remove guns from people’s hands, just as should happen in the US, to make society a safer place.

The Supreme Court has taken suo-motu notice of another horrendous panchayat crime in Punjab.

We should be glad that the 2 governments are trying to reduce tension but it should not blind us to dangers ahead.

Allowing any government body to investigate the media may end up inviting the government to launch a witch-hunt.

It is significant that Abdul Qadir won by only 4,096 votes, the PPP now has some things to think about.

CIA would be involved in surveillance, passing information on 'high value' targets to Pakistani forces for action.

Assad’s time is up but he seems not to have realised that.

Ulema of the country need persuade mosque imams in towns, villages, hamlets in the county to work towards unification.

Kaka, your fans know you hate tears but today they cannot stop shedding tears over this sad news.

What is important is that India follows the rules set by Pakistani courts if it wants justice to be done.

The Taliban ruling has led to a suspension of the campaign in the Waziristan area, affecting some 250,000 children.

It looks like the DAG will be the latest victim of the lawyers' crusade to define Pakistan in their own image.

There is nothing that generates quite as much sporting excitement as a cricket contest between Pakistan and India.

We need to do all that we can to push the ISI out of politics so that it can play its designated role fully.

Through sheer force of numbers, the DPC has now made itself an entity that needs to be taken seriously.

Caretaker government talks: The truth is that both parties feel threatened by ‘third parties’.