Editorial

The clerical establishment can no longer expect to operate without greater transparency and accountability

Pakistan would need to play out of their skins to break the jinx of never beating India in a World Cup encounter

Govt should consider a public awareness campaign on ‘keeping children safe’ and how to minimise the risks to children

Decision eventually reached in Lakhvi's case could have far-reaching repercussions given the sensitivity of the case

Obama Administration's decision to allow US companies to start oil export is a game-changer for the global oil market

We need to ensure that in our quest for quick decisions on cases, justice is not compromised in any way

Civil society activists in wake of Peshawar massacre are beginning to show some grit in support of their many causes

While India says it is keen to initiate talks, it has not demonstrated this in anything that goes beyond statements

Why SSP Junejo should be singled out to make an example of by the government is, therefore, something of a puzzle.

Media is not a robot to automatically change its tack just because war has been launched against all kinds of Taliban

Civil society must rediscover its voice and raise it against those that would drag us all backwards in time

No matter climate of disclosure, it does nothing to help this child who died alone apart from his murderers

The fear is that courts run by military officers could lead to a violation of basic human rights

Dramatic rise in the number of fires in Karachi in recent days has exposed the poor state of city’s fire department

The Modi government needs to rein in the hotheads that are stoking the fires, because symbols really do matter

Govt needs to focus on how to neutralise the perceptions that are allowing polio to have a stranglehold on Pakistan

The telling of truth to power always carries a risk. And power in Pakistan is often expressed in the form of a bullet

The fact is that we badly need calm to prevail so that the process of building bilateral relations can go ahead

Fog is a killer, but it does not have to be and a little education can go a long way

Govt's move to increase GST should serve as a reminder of the FBR’s inefficiency to meet its tax collection target

Given the situation we find ourselves in today, we can only look towards the future of our country with trepidation

Until safety legislation is enforced & building codes are observed, fires are going to occur at regular intervals

Unfortunately, 2014 finished on a major down with the terrorist attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar

Unfortunate as the fire in the timber market was, it was also an accident waiting to happen

What the Americans and others were fighting was a set of ideas and ideals, neither of which has been much affected

Rawal Lake has become poisoned because of the chronic long-term ineptitude of the bodies charged with its stewardship

Winter is now upon us, the hope that IDPs would soon be repatriated has been dashed by appalling events of December 16

We badly need a breakthrough. A stalemate under present situation would be disastrous.

The PTI is perhaps, the only political party in the entire subcontinent to have held intra-party elections

Poverty and food insecurity go together, and contribute to other problems such as militancy and crime

While NAP seems like a positive attempt at countering terrosim, it still needs to be turned into an executable plan

Extremism is growing everywhere, and is closely linked to societies becoming less tolerant of ‘the other’.

The government has assured IMF that no new SROs will be issued while also promising more autonomy for the SBP

A durable security foundation that is jointly owned is likely to produce positive results for Pakistan & Afghanistan

People of the occupied land came out in droves to stop the BJP’s political onslaught with their votes

If Jinnah was alive today, he would have been shocked at the way he has been portrayed in our history books

With Afridi's retirement, Pakistan will lose a true superstar of the ODI format

The time is ripe for the country and its businesses across major sectors to eye an expansion

The fact that a few hundred ordinary men & women forced Abdul Aziz into an apology speaks of chinks in his armour

Expelling Afghan refugees is going to do little to reduce the terrorist threat

PTI should accept the government offer of a judicial commission to look into the 2013 elections

Let the Dies Irae be focused on real change, and not just on short-term measures that the interior minister has talked

Many militants have indeed escaped as IDPs but the automatic reaction should not be to assume every IDP a terrorist

Expeditious disposal of cases linked to Mumbai attacks will certainly help in reducing tension between India& Pakistan

Now only 2 ODIs against New Zealand in their own backyard will be a final chance to shape the squade

What is needed to be undertaken with all earnestness at our command is a campaign designed to change polluted mindset

The move is going to benefit the region and Cuban medical teams are ever welcome to Pakistan in our times of need

AIDS prevention will remain impossible till moral caution associated with discourse on its victims is not relinquished

Hanging of these men who are likely to welcome death anyway is unlikely to alter the security paradigm as a whole

Lindt cafe incident brought out some of the best in Australians and Sydneysiders as there was no anti-Muslim backlash