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  • The economy beyond the numbers

    The voters will be judging the government’s performance not on numbers, but on the reality that they live every day.

  • Pakistan’s hope at Sochi

    Karim is only the second Pakistani ever to compete in the Winter Olympics and we wish him well.

  • Exploding CNG cylinders

    According to a report released last year as many as 2,000 people had died because of CNG cylinder explosions in 2011.

  • Outsmarted by criminals

    We need to build an agile and innovative force capable of nabbing the evil geniuses by getting the better of them.

  • Preserving culture

    Unesco project will hopefully plant seeds in young minds to grow into a desire to protect, preserve cultural diversity

  • Sindh Festival: A welcome initiative

    It serves purpose of: sending loud & clear reminder about merits of Sindhi culture, reaffirms waning Sindhi identity.

  • Dead fishermen

    Pakistan, India need to discuss the problem once more, examine why past agreements have not been adhered to.

  • Failure to pay up

    RBISE needs to wake up to the reality that teachers are a valuable resource whom they can ill-afford to alienate.

  • Educating girls

    Only 43 per cent of all children in grade five can read a simple English text.

  • Dam difficulties

    The chronic failure to coordinate, curses any number of developments vital to the national economy.

  • Talks in Balochistan

    The trust of the Baloch insurgents needs to be won if any progress is to be made.

  • Karachi Literature Festival

    One hopes that it will be as packed and well attended as it was last year.

  • Meaningful dialogue with India

    We welcome the premier’s fresh call for dialogue to India and sincerely hope that the ice will finally be broken.

  • Encroachments in Lahore

    It is time to reclaim initiative from the land grabbers, others who make life for commuters and pedestrians a misery.

  • The wrong message

    If India really wants to lower temperature of bilateral relations, it needs realise not all Pakistanis are terrorists.

  • Privatisation: Managing the pain

    Our foremost problem is one of timing: the government seems to be in far too much of a hurry to complete the process.

  • Fighting in the ranks

    In this situation, the police force needs a leader who unites the groups into one and gives the entire force hope.

  • Imminent disaster

    It is imperative that timely preparations be made ahead of any earthquake to prevent loss of life.

  • Above the law

    Statesmen willing to take on corrupt elite will be hailed. Unwilling politicians will find themselves unemployed.

  • Grave concern

    It is important that the truth is ascertained as to how these unfortunate souls died and who killed them and why?

  • Public transport options

    The extension of the metro bus project is, therefore, a welcome step, with important implications for people.

  • Syrian horrors

    The actions in Aleppo on February 2 have only added to the concerns about future events in this region.

  • Crisis of education

    If the state is serious about economic growth, it should invest in the education sector to get the desired results.

  • Conduct of lawyers

    A strong and disciplined, and indeed tolerant, lawyers’ community is pivotal for the progression of democracy.

  • Moving forward on Thar Coal

    While this newspaper is sceptical of energy policy so reliant on coal, we feel coal is necessary component of solution

  • State of our children

    A staggering one-third of all children under 5 in Pakistan are underweight — pointing to widespread food insecurity.

  • No to oligarchy in cricket

    PCB chairman needs to formulate a strategy along with Sri Lanka and South Africa to counter the Big Three’s...

  • Justice denied

    As a democracy still struggling to put down firm roots, it is necessary we devise ways to make system run effectively.

  • Barbaric and unacceptable

    There are aspects of so-called ‘traditions’ which should be abhorrent in any state that professes to be civilised.

  • Healing Balochistan

    Development initiatives should complement and back up this effort at peace-building.

  • Immunise or die

    Our population is suffering from chronic ill health while health services are underfunded and under-resourced.

  • Light at the end of the pipeline

    It is in the interest of both New Delhi and Islamabad to work towards gaining energy security through this key project

  • Talking peace

    The government needs to be more forthcoming about the committee’s mandate and the agenda that the talks will follow.

  • Keeping promises

    It is astonishing just how short-sighted our politicians can be.

  • The value of strategic dialogue

    The government must have a clear set of goals as to exactly what it wants to get out of the dialogue.

  • Lethal toys

    Children & their parents must be educated as to what suspicious devices look like and warned against playing with them

  • Fighting thalassaemia

    Steps must be taken immediately to control thalassaemia before the numbers of those affected spiral out of control.

  • Stolen words

    Those who plagiarise the work of others are viewed with disdain — unless they live and do their thievery in Pakistan.

  • The state of schools

    The conditions under which children study explain the high number who fail to complete even a basic education.

  • Preserving our natural habitat

    The use of DDT, ammonia and other toxic chemicals is a common practice in fishing in several districts of K-P.

  • Misuse of funds

    The officials used a secret counterterrorism fund to buy gifts for relatives of ministers and visiting dignitaries.

  • A flash of red

    We need to invest more in improving our museums, so that the future generations can learn more about their history .

  • Migrant workers

    A significant number of Pakistani workers are not regularised and they are now classified as illegal immigrants.

  • Counting bodies

    The impoverished fishermen should be given better protection and be respected both in life and in death.

  • Abuse of maids

    Pakistan needs to re-swing its moral compass and treat its children as something other than portable property.

  • Gutting the foreclosure law

    Access to finance is too important to economic progress to be gutted.

  • Human trafficking & illegal migration

    FIA should redouble its efforts to bust gangs of traffickers, whose heartless business, devious means ruin families.

  • Harsh reality of poverty

    The poor in Pakistan are not looking for a handout. They just want a ladder that they can climb for themselves.

  • Bhoja air crash report

    The pilots lacked training, there were procedural errors and the air worthiness of the plane raises questions.

  • The rich list

    Only those countries will succeed in future that have a desire to do whatever is necessary to grow their economies.