Editorial

The battle that is currently playing out in Karachi is essentially one of demography.

As the power crisis deepens, people clearly feel that they do not have a choice and must act.

Now that it is a fait accompli there is no way of holding the APNS accountable for the Rs 300 million from the govt.

Iran pipeline would allow one billion cubic feet per day, TAPI pipeline would allow import of 10 billion annually.

PTI has begun to move into the heartland areas of Punjab where its threat is perhaps most strongly felt by the PML-N.

What is important about the visit by Sean Penn is that the international community has not forgotten the flood victims

Lasting peace can be achieved only when political parties feel that violence is counterproductive to their interests.

Authorities need the state to stop treating every Baloch as a suspect in his homeland.

If Pakistan negotiates route reopening with more pragmatism, less offended honour, US may apologise for Salala too.

Secret to ending violence against women may lie in altering mindsets, granting women greater security, empowerment.

In recent years, we have faced too many natural disasters. We need to work out a scheme to manage calamities better.

For whipping boys Bangladesh to come so close to beating Sri Lanka, India & Pakistan is a matter of great joy.

It is poorly-designed policies that are holding the economy back. We deserve better and we should demand better.

PM Contempt: The argument centres on the supremacy of parliament and the right of review of the Supreme Court.

Given this state of affairs, the time has come for us to think harder about what March 23 is about.

Pakistan is a ‘revisionist’ buyer, a reactive state nursing the intent of changing the status quo through aggression.

The Supreme Court has decided that the best way to solve the Balochistan problem is by convening a grand jirga.

It is about time that the issue of cruelty to animals is brought to national attention.

Even though it may sound tough in its rhetoric, all the clauses have given the Americans plenty of wiggle room.

It is the immunity clause that the prime minister says he is determined to uphold at all costs.

Has the time not arrived to review the working of the ISI and put it on a better footing.

The best thing would be if parties purged their ranks of the black sheep involving in the extortion rackets.

UK’s Office for National Statistics tells us that that a total of 2,411 Pakistanis applied for asylum in 2011.

Procedure of getting rid of him will be complicated, be overtaken by next elections. That price, he is willing to pay.

The operation of forced conversions is taking place in a far more organised manner than previously thought.

The suicide attack in Peshawar proves that militants remain active and able to strike at will.

There is some hope that perhaps, finally, democracy may be taking root in Pakistan.

4.5 million citizens have used SMS service to verify voter registration details, with the number due to increase.

Much disturbance to our democratic system has been caused over the past decades by actions planned by the agencies.

The kidnapping strategy adopted by the Taliban has been an enormous success, giving them money and publicity.

Pakistan has 82 political parties registered. Handful of parties have any kind of representation in any assembly.

Mehrangate: In Pakistan, financial accountability is undermined by delay of audit, not by secret funds.

The plan of using radio to win over the populace, could have succeeded but it has not because of sheer incompetence.

CJ observes that institutions including Pakistan Steel Mills, Pakistan Railways and PIA have all been ruined.

The Iran-Pakistan pipeline is so vital to the country’s energy needs that the extra cost can be overlooked.

Short of being able to evict the Taliban, there is little the government can do to protect educational institutions.

Soldiers who are fighting a war they know cannot be won and for a cause that now eludes them, are bound to snap.

Abida has simply chosen to tell her reasons for favouring smoking. Is this truly a crime?

To stop such attacks, all agenci­es, all securi­ty force person­nel must demostrate their will, commit­ment.

Only time will tell if new powers granted to the commission have a genuine impact on the lives of women in Pakistan.

The National Commission for Human Rights Bill should not end up being yet another govt body that is ruined by inertia.

Experts are warning that the dengue outbreak this year could be even worse than in 2011.

Fact remains that simply appointing a new head is unlikely to have much of an impact on ISI's activities, performance.

Our current phase has grown directly out of a warlike nationalism etched into the national mind as ideology.

In a team that has been pilloried for its arrogance, no one ever had a bad word to say about the humble Dravid.

Fortunately new rules would prevent controversy like JUI-F’s Maulana Ghafoor Haideri becoming opposition leader.

If we are to function as a state with rules, conform to Constitution, those engaged in such acts need to be controlled

However, two of the five members of the ECP who were hearing her case voted to absolve Ms Shah.

At the founding of Pakistan, Hindus comprised nearly 15 per cent of the country’s population, now barely two per cent.

The party has conceded that it has a lot of thinking to do. Much of it will need to be done by Rahul Gandhi.