Editorial

The chances of Osama bin Laden’s followers lashing out after his death were all about certain.

The ISI chief is reported to have admitted that the agency had failed in its duty.

The inability to protect our few allies will only hasten our descent to the status of an international pariah.

There seems to be some hope now of an improved economic order.

As a nation, we need to rethink the national security paradigm we have based policy around.

The government is planning an energy summit at the end of this month to discuss the energy crisis.

The people of this hapless land need some answers, and it would help if they were close to the truth.

The demonstration by students from Parachinar has drawn attention to an issued of crucial significance.

The prime minister went a little overboard defending the army.

The annual mothers’ index, prepared by the respected US-based NGO Save the Children ranked Pakistan 77th.

There is a larger factory of emotional splurge asking the government and the army to take revenge against America.

Osama may have been given away by his deputy, Egyptian doctor Ayman alZawahiri.

One must laud the CPLC for having accomplished the Herculean task of digitising Karachi’s crime records.

Has bin Laden’s death registered in the Islamic world? Barring Pakistan, not at all.

The jirga and panchayat systems continue to wield power only because too many Pakistanis seek quick justice from them.

Chapters telling the story of violence in Balochistan seem to be growing longer and longer with each passing day.

If Pakistan is internationally isolated, any proud assertion of sovereignty will be of no use.

The rape victim faces a mixture of pity, scorn and being ostracised.

After a series of intense meetings in Karachi and Islamabad, MQM has decided to step back into the federal cabinet.

One doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry in response to Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir’s press conference of May 5.

Consumer courts set up under Punjab Consumer Act of 2005, have dramatically altered life for people across Punjab.

It seems we are either unwilling, or unable, to take action against these organisations.

The Abbottabad operation has left Pakistan looking somewhat foolish.

Significant issues have risen even before the new ministers walk into their office or assume other trappings of power.

It is sad when those who claim to want to protect us, cannot refrain from violence themselves.

Osama bin Laden’s death will be good for Pakistan in the long run.

For those who are not British, the charm in the royal wedding lay in its opulence and, perhaps, order.

The workers will pass each May Day without seeing any improvement in the standard of their working conditions.

Smoke rises from burnt tyres. But does anyone see it? Is anything being done to deal with the ruin people face?

Allying itself with the PPP represents the PML-Q’s only hope for staying relevant.

Third successful bomb attack in Karachi makes one wonder what our intelligence agencies are doing.

Violence against women is not an issue only for women, but for every responsible member of society.

The proposal by the petroleum ministry makes a great deal of sense and could benefit both countries.

Such blasts can only be prevented when agencies know when they are going to take place and who is planning them.

Just as the Americans equate ISI with Hamas, Pakistani o
ffcials have accused CIA of working with Mossad and RAW.

This seems like rather a tit-for-tat suggestion to an issue that has nothing to do with notions of revenge.

It doesn’t mean that terrorism has come to an end in Pakistan; it means that terrorism has suffered major damage.

Acquiring power from India may prove to be cheaper and simpler than the other options Pakistan has.

Until the security forces have regained complete control in Dir, they will not be able to claim a victory.

In past years, the red-tapism in Pakistan and India held up the release of fishermen prisoners for months or years.

There can be no doubt that such attacks complicate the task of combating militancy by increasing anti-US sentiment.

Mukhtaran Mai was made into a global symbol of an abused woman, a challenge which she accepted.

The Taliban may have been vanquished but they still lurk ominously in many areas.

April 22 was the day laughter died.

It is hard to know where to place the blame for the blast that killed 19 people at a gambling den in Lyari.

Admiral Michael Mullen appends to his resolve not to let the bilateral equation collapse.

The saddening verdict reveals all this and exposes the ability of courts to stand by victims.

This needs to be considered as we assess the controversial documentary, attempt to analyse its allegations logically.

The alliance will appeal to the visceral politician whose nose for power is always keen.

The courts now need more judges, magistrates and prosecuting officers to allow them to adjudicate all cases timely.