Editorial

The new US approach seeks greater and deeper cooperation with India while relegating Pakistan’s role

America cannot carry on using Pakistan as both fig-leaf & whipping boy for its chronic serial failures in Afghanistan

It appears that the matter has receded in importance

Central Asia is a dynamic and fast-changing region

Yet another interesting debate on the jurisdiction and competency of Pindi vs Isloo boys has been initiated

Continuity of the CPEC plan will be a clear advantage to Pakistan

Muzaffargarh family of 17 falling deathly ill upon consuming suspicious food at lunch is flabbergasting

There should be less focus on rote learning and more emphasis instead on developing the knowledge base

There is no immediately available figure for number of women that are registered voters in NA-4 constituency

Pakistan is the beneficiary of both the US’s GSP programme and the EU’s GSP+

How can Pakistan survive with a corrupt dynastic political leadership on both sides? The moral of the story: it cannot

The multiple conflicts and deprivations plaguing our world today demonstrate an evident crisis of multilateralism

Over the years, growth in involuntary disappearances has troubled each successive government in Pakistan

Realistically this is unlikely to happen and the people of Thar are likely to be as poor tomorrow as they are today

It is a highly despicable act to try to halt humanitarian work through illegal means

The real impact can be seen by looking at the share of net federal revenues devoted to defence

It is unacceptable to look at people through the narrow prism of religion, ethnicity or caste

Petulance is increasingly becoming a fixture of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s politics

Kasur’s child sex ring diverted significant attention to the child sex abuse problem

The Quaid-e-Azam University administration has rusticated some of the students

It was quite a climbdown for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to agree to hold negotiation

Common sense finally prevailed on the issue of marriageable age for women

Events have not gone in favour of Nawaz Sharif since the Panama Papers

Political leaders fail to recognise that their responses in adversity reflect their character and leadership qualities

Canada and Pakistan fall within the First World and the Third World, respectively

Pakistan’s education crisis is no breaking news

Man is the sole creature on earth endowed with the capacity to laugh

Amendment to turn to law after passage by the assembly that only a woman would be appointed as a dean of KGMC

There can be few needs more pressing than those of a woman in the throes of childbirth

There must be a genuine, robust effort to take the country out of a state of perpetual anarchy

Pakistan has begun to feel the pressure of Donald Trump’s arrival in Washington

International charities have argued instead for the voluntary repatriation of the refugees to their place of origin

There are too many instances of people toying with the lives of those with lesser authority

The gemstone and jewelry sector is arguably one of the country’s most untapped sources of revenue

Political parties have grown like mushrooms in the autumn

We are thankful that Sarfraz did the right thing for himself and for the national game

Children, like adults, need to be taught lessons for transgression of rules but perhaps through different techniques

Modernization of security agencies needed to curtail criminal activity

Chronic lack of vision endemic among trade mission, policy makers

Foreign funding; ideology needs to be countered to defeat Taliban

Increase in parliamentary seats on the horizon

US urges any future Palestinian unity government to recognize Israel

Focus should be on promoting local languages

A far more effective policy can be found to cut imports

It doesn't appear as a serious attempt at hindering or even stopping the activities of banned groups

The Sindh government has sparked an outcry among literary figures, scholars and journalists with its new proposed law

Granting status to Rohingyas, Biharis, and Bengalis would be synonymous with bestowing them with basic human rights

If Taliban were to capture power in Afghanistan it would strengthen the hand of the TTP and other militant groups

Court wants land allocated to the legal heirs of the deceased lawyers to be transferred to the Balochistan Bar Council

Pharmaceuticals — drugs for prescription primarily — are big business