Editorial

UK-based humanitarian organisation, Plan International, says around 3,000 children vanish from home each year.

The first thing the Indian government must do is use all the resources to identify as many of the bodies as possible.

Nothing has come of Saleem Shahzad case, we do not know what force or forces are behind deaths of other journalists.

The recently released audio recording explains how killing civilians in mosques is acceptable.

The Pakistan Army is busy fighting the terrorists in the tribal areas in battles that remain inconclusive.

The nature of Karachi’s politics dictates that political violence invariably takes an ethnic tinge.

This simply cannot continue and Bashar al-Assad must step aside and allow fresh elections.

What can one say of a country where children bring violent death even as people are at prayer?

In his activism, Hazare has aped the tactics of Gandhi, with his civil obedience and public fasts.

All political parties involved need to adopt a more responsible attitude and play a role in ending the killings.

Sialkot lynching case is inconclusive after a year while Sarfaraz Shah's case concludes in a about two months. Why?

The policy of handing these animals over to Karachi zoo must be reconsidered in light of the death of the cubs.

The danger now is that vital foreign aid programmes will grind to a halt as foreigners fear coming to the country.

The fact is, we simply do not know the truth about what is going on in Balochistan.

The military needs to make sure that all those serving in its ranks fight for the cause of Pakistan.

The changes in the FCR give people the right to appeal against decisions of the political agent.

Jazz album released by a group from Lahore called the Sachal Orchestra has risen to the top of the iTunes jazz charts.

One hopes hat GB's CM will take note of the terrible incident and order action against the trigger-happy policemen.

What will come as a relief to the UK government is the solidarity expressed by the various communities.

Our policemen risk their lives daily to help divert attacks from areas that have a high concentration of civilians.

The fact that Afghanistan and Pakistan repeatedly reinfect each other adds to the complications.

It appears the world expects the bilateral equation to get out of the old rut of repeating irreconcilable positions.

General Kayani does appear to have worked towards ensuring that the military stays out of politics.

It seems our police, which have taken upon itself the kind of role the Taliban reserve for their vigilante squads.

Previous incidents of police brutality have led to condemnation but never descended into such an orgy of violence.

The MQM and ANP are now further apart than they ever were.

In the ongoing tussle between the government and the Supreme Court, neither side is willing to budge an inch.

The Pakistan Railways (PR) is another one of the loss-making giants of the state sector.

A law is only as good as those who are tasked with implementing it.

The MQM and the PPP seem to be on their way to holding hands once again.

Besides, for administrative reasons at least, the creation of more geographical units may make some sense.

Many more buildings may collapse at any time, killing more people, if the KBCA does not get its act together.

Nothing seems to have happened since a retired colonel roughed up a music director in a well-publicised incident.

Perhaps we also need to look a little deeper at our society and the way in which it is evolving.

The sight of Mubarak in the court inside a cage altered forever his image in the eyes of many Egyptians.

Outrage over the deaths of eight of our citizens in Thailand will ring hollow since we follow the same model back home

All institutions indeed must work within the frameworks laid down in the 1973 Constitution.

This incident alone should not be enough to damage our relationship with China but it should teach us to be more wary.

The tragedy is that there was no one to snatch the guns away from the hands of the soldiers.

Something needs to be done to prevent the blatant ripping off. Authorities have waited too long to act.

In the rest of the country, concern over what is happening in our largest province is limited.

The government needs to prioritise its spending, far too much of our budget is eaten up by defence and debt servicing.

The army in Turkey is secular and insists that it has a constitutional duty to keep Turkey on the secular path.

Almost each day it seems a new set of mourners goes about the grim task of burying the dead in Balochistan.

We certainly hope that Ms Khar will remain committed over the future months to this ideal of dialogue with India.

The company must, for the sake of its own business, take great care of the affectees.

The party that he founded and which bears his name is hardly likely to throw up a leadership challenge.

The Taliban may next make ‘moral’ judgments on colour or pattern, especially as far as clothing for women goes.

The current government is faced with a truly independent apex court, as never seen in the past.

Everyone knew going in that these talks were merely a precursor for further negotiation.