Editorial

The reality is that in Pakistan, it is the military which — still — calls the shots on policies related to India.

The Ahmadi population remains under what is a constant state of attack.

Between the military and the IMF, it seems, there is little room in the budget for the people of Pakistan.

Pakistan is now realising that there is a limit to how much it can go on playing the “frontline state” card.

In its haste, government may have ended up passing a law that has too many loopholes to be truly effective.

To spend bulk of resources on defence, debt serving is close to calamitous, shame that no effort made to change this.

The issue of children suicides needs to be explored, not ignored.

It should come as no surprise that the govt missed most of the macroeconomic targets it had set for 2011-12.

The world is duty-bound to ensure that the wishes of the Syrian people translate into reality.

Time for posturing on both sides is over. Only through constant meetings, dialogue will trust between them increase.

A six-member committee set up to initiate a process of dialogue with Baloch dissidents is an important step forward.

Pakistan’s obsession with India is tearing apart basic fabric of former’s society, leading to self-destructive phase.

The question of whether the speaker made the correct decision should be decided by parliament, not through litigation.

The SCBA conference on Balochistan emphasised that the solution to its multi-faceted problems must be a political one.

In essence, jirga is a kangaroo court, in which local influentials satisfy their instinct of vengeance and avarice.

Abductions at hospitals must be stopped and every child taken to them must be kept safe.

No steps have been taken to reform security institutions on the lines recommended by the judicial commission.

Justice should be done across the board, will shed the perception that Ms Ispahani is perhaps being singled out.

Sindhi nationalists have been seen as pacifists but the latest incident of violence might have opened a new phase.

Whatever reservations one has about Muslim Brotherhood, it is incumbent on the world to respect results of polls.

No better way to foster healthier relations between people on both sides than easier travel to each other’s countries.

Events we have witnessed in recent months can help establish lines of division, why its crucial to prevent such.

Simply blaming the government alone is pointless given the nature of the Balochistan problem.

Why he was tried and sentenced in Khyber Agency when the crime took place in Abbottabad - which is under PHC.

It is time for government help to be made available to artistes with no strings attached.

The wave of kidnappings that has hit the country is not confined to a particular area and is spread all over.

The question, of course, is how to stop it. Hatred and anger flows in streams through the streets of Karachi.

Turkey is not yet a shining example of the country we need to emulate.

Pakistan recoiled to the position that the Nato supply route will reopen only after the US has apologised.

It would be unrealistic to expect the Cambridge-system schools to follow the Sindh government’s last-minute decision.

The message to Pakistan is clear: either open the Nato supply routes immediately or prepare to face the consequences.

All the government can achieve is making itself look ridiculous by censoring the internet.

It seems violence never goes away entirely, it just ebbs and flows with no discernible pattern.

Share price barely budged from its opening price of $38, ending up just a few pennies above that price.

We appear to be raising a generation of depressed children, turning to drastic measures in order to find respite

The CII seeks to organise a movement against the sweeping threat of sectarian violence in the country.

With such a patchy safety record at present, servicemen will be filled with doubts when using aircraft in PAF’s fleet.

Bringing Abbottabad raid, Memogate inquiry under television spotlight, as it was in Leveson Inquiry, may speed them.

Given strained relations between PPP & PML-N, latter will certainly cry victimisation, its why past efforts failed.

People need to be made aware of how to prevent animal bites. Approaching or teasing stray dogs is asking for trouble.

A caricature of Maulana Fazlur Rehman was removed from display at the Nishtar Hall in Peshawar.

One slight to our honour should not be enough for us to take emotional decisions that we eventually come to regret.

Dr Chisty's case is a symbol of hope for those prisoners who await trial in either country.

Parliament, military should step back and see what they did and how they could have done things differently.

Conviction of 9 men for committing sex crimes in Britain has once again thrown Muslim community abroad into spotlight.

Prevalent situation in N Waziristan is indication of impact ongoing conflict is having on lives of ordinary people.

No matter how convoluted or unnecessary the process, at least in the end the right decision was made.

The problem can be addressed only if we make it a priority as far as relations with India are concerned.

Bangladesh is divided down the middle over what kind of state it wants to be.

The notion that the hunting of endangered species is acceptable must be eradicated.