Editorial

Nawaz Sharif’s vow to bring military courts to Karachi, if he comes into power, is doubly disappointing.

The National Polio Emergency, declared early this year, seems to have had very little impact in stopping the spread.

Even if their word is to be trusted, this means that fighting will continue, peace deal or not.

Instead of making Taseer emblem of our righteous objection to a controversial law, we allowed murder to go by default.

The reality is that now we have little choice but to look abroad to meet our energy needs.

At the Sialkot rescue centre, up to 5,000 calls are received. However, more than 90 per cent are false.

Pakistan may have laws regulating organ trade, the government has not been entirely successful in enforcing them.

At least four doctors have been killed in the year that has just passed.

Violence has become pervasive in our society and the easy availability of illegal weapons has compounded the problem.

By resorting to such barbaric tactics, BLA will end up hurting the legitimacy of the Baloch struggle.

Gilani 's remarks on OBL, in the mind of Chaudhry Nisar, was tantamount to a “charge sheet” against the military.

Shah’s brutal murder is a very grim reminder of the dangers one faces in Pakistan for speaking the truth.

The year 2011 must rank as one of the worst years in the nation’s life.

Today, the perception index of corruption is, in fact, an index of how well the state is holding up.

Many will now consider authority and sovereignty of parliament is limited by the apex court, acting on a petition.

The Budgeting for Rights report compiled by the HRCP seems to indicate that in Pakistan, there is a tilt towards guns.

It looks like the much-talked about Jan Lokpal bill may fail at the final hurdle.

We must think about creating greater awareness about laws protecting women's rights.

President Zardari’s speech itself was less combative than the addresses given by Gilani in recent days.

India is likely to once again ask Pakistan to join in agreeing to no-first-use policy with regard to nuclear weapons.

Coalition forces will surely be gone one day but Pakistan will continue to be a player in the region.

At the fourth anniversary of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination in Rawalpindi, all questions remain unanswered.

The Christmas Day jalsa in Karachi was the PTI's coronation.

Needless to say, attacks like the one on the foreign firm’s franchise are counterproductive.

The military, which is more trained to fighting a conventional war, faces a guerilla-like insurgency.

After 7-year closure, Al-Falah Cinema, under new management, hopes to begin playing movies once more by early 2012.

The national consensus against the PPP defies the rule of majority embedded in the Constitution.

No evidence that provincial government has been complicit in the assault on Hindus but is surely guilty of negligence.

Unless the GHQ in Rawalpindi relents, the spiral of escalation of hatred will continue and lead to more incidents.

As anti-government as the sentiment among many in the country may be, a military coup is the last thing anyone wants.

Prime Minister said many of the things that need to be said at this stage, by the country’s elected chief executive.

The SBP annual report itself revealed no surprises. The verdict delivered by the central bank is damning.

The recent Pakistan Defence Council rally in Lahore organised by some religious parties was ‘mammoth’.

The military always escapes accountability but brings down all its force on civilians who have displeased it.

Khan has been forced to modify his position by saying that he cannot find angels in Pakistani politics.

There are two actors at fault: PIA itself & the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which is supposed to regulate PIA.

We know for a fact that President Zardari is a fighter — he has, after all, spent over a decade in jail.

Kim was a menace, not just to his own people but to the world. His death should be met with with relief not mourning.

WikiLeaks affair has resulted in 22 criminal charges against Bradley Manning, a US army intelligence analyst.

Fact is the government actually has no choice in this matter, as there is simply not enough gas to go around at all.

Appears to have whipped the cable operators into a kind of nationalistic passion, motivating them to act on their own.

The effect of all this may well be that the ruling PPP becomes mere putty in the hands of the army than ever before.

In this age of specialisation, all-rounders such as Air Marshal Nur Khan can be hard to find.

Women in Fata are much worse off than the average Pakistani woman since she is a victim of double discrimination.

In Pakistan, when there is a terrorist threat to one’s life, it should be taken seriously.

War in East Pakistan was an intra-state conflict that has once again become familiar in Pakistan: unequal development.

Gilani accused anti-democratic forces of being behind the memogate scandal.

Neither country can eliminate the scourge of terrorism on its own, so it is in both their interests to work together.

Two historic bills passed by the Senate may make life just a little safer for the women of the country.

Real measures to combat carbon emissions will not become legally binding on countries until 2020.