Editorial

At a time when Pakistan needs stability, trying to remove an elected government from power smacks of irresponsibility.

Today, social applications such as Twitter and Facebook determine more and more of what we know of the world.

Groups in civil society must back the students taking a brave stand against IJT's criminal activities.

Rather than choosing another former cricketer as PCB chairman, we should now look to those with business experience.

Participants in educational institutions should be involved in the process of true and open learning.

The destruction of records in 2007 will badly affect court hearing continuing in Gujrat riot cases and its verdict.

Government provided years of subsidies without developing alternative energy sources, and now abruptly cuts supply.

The 18th Amendment gives provinces more autonomy, but also a great deal of additional responsibility is given to them.

The sense of alienation among the people of Balochistan is high. The reasons for this are quite evident.

Something in our mentality encourages us to leave things to fate, rather than make any effort to protect ourselves.

It is clear is that strict security measures need to be provided to ICRC and other such organisations.

Pakistan’s political horizon tends to change quickly and unpredictably. Things move from one extreme to the other.

Weapons need to be immediately removed from circulation so that safety of life can be restored.

Sardar Atique termed the AJK elections as a dangal between PPP and PML-N, Imran Khan, called it noora kushti.

What PIA needs right now is not another spending splurge; rather it should tighten its belt and cut losses.

Pakistan suffers due to its proximity to Afghanistan, which produces almost 90 per cent of the world’s opium.

The prisoners, both India and Pakistan need to remember, are not pawns in their great game.

The hope for normalised relations from doves on both sides has led to unrealistic expectations.

The fox came out firing from both holsters at BB’s birth anniversary, making it look like the ‘Sindh card’ again.

The issue of how we treat animals has received very little attention.

The piracy issue need to be addressed, otherwise we may see more abductions, with no guarantee of happy endings.

The picture revealed, in a recent poll, is that of a country in denial.

In India and Pakistan, people are convinced of their separate morally correct assumptions to support any real change.

Political parties that should be more sensitive to igniting sectarian tensions have instead been fanning the flames.

What is upsetting is that Brigadier Khan was allegedly hobnobbing with an organisation opposed to democracy.

Commissions have not had a good innings in Pakistan.

The nation has other extremely pressing problems as well, the land we live in and fight for must be tended to.

It is important to remember that ending the de facto ban on women driving is only the start.

Zawihiri is the man who, by his own admission, wants to become the caliph of Pakistan, if not the entire Muslim world.

Pakistan’s loose hold on Bajaur is undermined by a loose hold of Kabul in Kunar, allowing al Qaeda to flourish there.

The pressure Shaikh is under is obvious. Agricultural interests are over-represented in parliament and get their way.

Investigations in to the murders of journalists have seldom been completed let alone reached an end to implicate ISI.

It is time to return the ownership of foreign policy and security matters to the people and their representatives.

Women in Pakistan are exposed to barbaric acts and perverse ‘judgements’.

Law-enforcement and intelligence agencies accused of picking up people and using intimidatory methods against them.

It is ironic, the position that women are accorded in our society as mothers etc, is now used as a weapon against them

Karachi is the shape of future Pakistan as it comes apart at the seams.

Any agreement that is hashed out must keep the needs of Karachi’s citizens as a priority.

Latest figures show a rise in prices of over 13 per cent in May, as compared to the same period last year.

On June 9, Pakistan ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The culture of impunity that governs Rangers’ conduct needs to be examined and remedied.

Several features presented in the 2011-12 budget seem to be populist in nature.

PML-N leader has spoken out in defence of an aspect of democracy that has gone missing in Pakistan.

Environmental samples collected in all provinces indicating that the threat is still present almost everywhere.

The Pakistan Army clearly stands with the people of Pakistan since most of them also seem to dislike America.

We want our intelligence agencies well-funded, with proper parliamentary and judicial oversight.

Police and Rangers need to have instilled in them values that are expected to be upheld by the guardians of the law.

Widening the tax net will not only give Pakistanis a say in the running of the country.

The breach of the Tori Dyke led to large-scale flooding and destruction in Balochistan.

The consensus behind the quantum of what Pakistan spends on its military is wearing thin.