Editorial

SBP Governor is not the malleable sort but will he release reports of financial malfeasance at NBP & Bank of Punjab?

the hawks led by Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and the lone moderate Nawaz Sharif — that of Chaudhry Nisar won the day.

We need to do much more to draw our minority communities back into the mainstream from which they have been sidelined.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan under Iftikhar Chaudhry has regained much of its lost prestige.

The obvious question that needs to be asked is if we can actually afford so many ministers.

WikiLeaks announced October 25 that they would suspend operations due to what they called a “financial blockade”.

The thought of an epidemic which is even more severe simply makes the heart stand still.

We must realise that an economic revival in Swat is vital to bring any kind of lasting peace to the valley.

Khan's suicide gives a stark message and reflects the plight faced by the majority of the population in the country.

Reported leak of heavy water from KANUPP should make us all think a little harder about just how safe we are.

There are flaws in our examination system but the intermediate exam fiasco in Punjab takes the cake.

The speedy resolution to the chopper incident can only help build trust and enable the process to inch forward.

The government stops spending on necessary programmes, without coming up with better alternatives.

Even if Elahi is indeed not guilty as he has said, there are others who are.

Nusrat Bhutto will be fondly remembered not only by the PPP but by all Pakistanis.

When lawmakers consider themselves above the law, it makes a mockery of our democratic system.

US has changed its stance, but would ‘conditionalities’ imposed from Taliban and Pakistani sides yield fruitful talks?

The future is for the Libyan people to sort out for themselves and any meddling must be kept to a minimum.

The precedent that would be set if Afridi rushed back into the team would be harmful for long-term health of the game.

Noman and Amir should be held up as exemplars of what citizens can do to contribute in the fight against militancy.

A bill granting inheritance rights to women was blocked by male legislators for the second time in two weeks.

No one can be happy over the confrontation Pakistan is embarking upon with the US and its Nato allies.

Minister Railways insistence that his plan, which has been deemed inadequate, is nothing short of irresponsible.

Unless the Pakistan and the US governments can work out a quid pro quo, Fazlullah will continue to gain in strength.

We ask once again — what is happening to our society? What are we coming to; why has life lost all worth?

The state is failing miserably in its duty to hand down justice to those who have thrown the country into anarchy.

Time has come for Mr Gilani to stand within the party camp and confront the coming street agitation in Punjab.

The number of cases reported from our nation are the highest anywhere in the world.

Tensions within PPP because of Dr Zulfiqar Mirza have begin to reach a rather dangerous point.

It would be premature to call the movement a success. Sheer numbers alone do not constitute achievement.

The visa relaxation, once implemented, could promote greater trade between the two neighbours.

Raising tariffs will not solve inefficiencies given government’s poor management of GENCOs finances, operations.

Two boys kidnapped by the Taliban on September 1 from Bajaur Agency have been able to return home after escaping.

Reports of terrible mine accidents, notably in the Balochistan province, have become an almost regular event.

Despite the mistrust on both sides, both countries have too much at stake to simply go their separate ways.

The view expressed by the committee that military men visit parliament and not the other way round, is a valid one.

Over the longer run, however, the government needs to fundamentally reform the power sector.

It is hard to know how seriously to take Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s speech on Balochistan.

One would think that Aasia Bibi had suffered enough but we now hear that she has been subjected to ‘torture’ in jail.

We need to ask questions. Why has so little been done to solve the turmoil in Balochistan?

The thugs who attacked the girls’ school in Rawalpindi have an agenda that includes other ‘corrections’.

Peace in Karachi will only be achieved by political parties that decide to put the city ahead of their interests.

A better strategy might have been a staggered approach in reduction of interest rates, balancing inflation, growth.

Morality demands we find a way to aid the flood victims and also to salvage our reputation as a state.

In the absence of a clearly chalked-out plan, the best citizens can do is protect themselves.

Balochistan needs to be saved; its people won back — and we must hope this task has not already been left too late.

If the ban Sharif proposes is to be fairly enforced, then it would have to include his own party.

If one were to look closely, Pakistan is the only loser from the Afghan war. And it shows.

The region of South Asia can be stable if its states develop economic synergies instead of military confrontation.

President Asif Ali Zardari was able to achieve just what he wanted, holding firmly MQM and PML-Q.