Editorial

Any move to clean up corruption has to be welcomed.

The IMF appears to be quietly lowering the hurdles required for the next few tranches of its bailout package.

One can only be grateful Tendulkar bade farewell at the right time, accorded send-off befitting someone of his stature

Better approach would be for govt to remove itself from role of market participant, instead focus on being regulator.

There is still huge room for improvement as far as taking foolproof security measures are concerned.

Poverty is a major stressor, and with poverty and food insecurity on the rise, we may expect further tragedies.

Wherever these residents have been forced to relocate to, law enforcers should ensure they have secure living spaces.

The need of the hour is to get the military on both sides into dialogue via the DGMOs at an early date.

Their contention is that they are being punished for something that is not their fault — they were born this way.

If non-accredited ‘universities’ are operating without conforming to protocols, this debases entire structure.

The gulf we now see between the army and the JI is unprecedented in our history.

While new players might still struggle, at least initially, they cannot do much worse than the present set of batsmen.

It is time for the government to stop dithering and make the decision to let go of the PSM.

The death of Dr Nasiruddin will undoubtedly weaken the Haqqani Network.

The Philippine government is still in shock and cannot be blamed for any delay in the delivery of assistance — yet.

It is important that the team does not become complacent and works on eliminating its weaknesses.

ISPR's statment correctly points out that the head of JI is not required to determine who is a martyr, and who is not.

Terrorism comes low on the list of concerns, with only 10 per cent of the population seeing it as a core issue.

We must finish off polio before we embarrassingly allow the number of cases this year to supersede last year’s...

If law enforcers are unable to maintain peace during Ashura, city can easily spiral into a vicious cycle of violence.

Government can rightly celebrate an achievement that will allow Pakistan to further expand trade with European Union.

The prime minister has made a good gesture by visiting an area where feelings of neglect and abandonment run high.

Hindus in Pakistan have a right to a marriage law, and it should be presented and passed with due speed.

Given the significance of LG polls for democracy, we should move ahead with it wherever we can as quickly as possible.

Mutiny has always been regarded as the most serious of crimes, attracting the severest of punishments.

The only way out of this crisis is for the government to simultaneously reduce its expenses and raise tax revenues.

Now, more than ever, the country’s political parties need to stand together and put aside their petty differences.

K-P urgently needs a 25-year urban planning programme that carries across changes of government.

Judging by happenings in Karachi, it is clear that the Rangers or police present everywhere can do little.

Local government is often seen as the nursery for those who want to make a life in politics & aspire to higher things.

Girls are not exchangeable commodities, they have a right to live freely, as does every human being.

The disease will always make a return unless preventative measures are conducted year on year.

The cabinet’s decision to steer clear of any “emotional” decisions makes sense.

People will think twice before mistreating their domestic employees, if proper laws are put in place to protect them

Reshma’s voice was, and will remain, one of the best loved voices of our era.

There appears to be no government policy to address the issue of how to combat sectarian conflict.

People are eager to take the law into their own hands because they have little faith in our legal system and police.

The linkage between Syrian polio outbreak and Pakistan would stress more on dire need to eliminate polio from Pakistan

Cutting red tape encourages entrepreneurship, generates economic growth and creates jobs.

Women have as much right to development funding as men and they should not have to fight tooth and nail to get it.

The government should surely be thinking of how best to strike against the Taliban while they remain in some disorder.

Our main concern now should be to ensure the elections go ahead as per a feasible schedule.

A holistic strategy by law-enforcement agencies and the government is needed to end this expanding extortion business.

We ask just who it is that the government is going to talk to when talks about talks.

K-P has taken an important step forward, even if consensus is to some degree missing.

Ordinarily, we view govt’s inability to meet lenders’ covenants with suspicion. In this case, its clearly right.

Given paucity of detailed post-strike investigation, its unlikely we will ever know precisely how many civilians died.

One fails to understand the reason behind the delay in holding the elections for board chairman.

Discussions have been held, but the actual conduct of a meeting is being held back by the approach adopted by India.

As things stand, peace in Afghanistan is the least likely outcome of the imminent drawdown and all players know that.