Editorial

There is no denying that Salman Butt, Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Amir are in trouble.

Nawaz Sharif has decided to play hardball. The ultimatum he delivered to the PPP has left no doubts on this score.

Member of Punjab elite force, Mumtaz Qadri, kills Governor Salmaan Taseer during his visit to Islamabad.

Pakistan needs politicians who are capable of looking beyond their own interests and at those of the country.

Salmaan Taseer was not a blasphemer and he was not an apostate. He said what needed to be said.

It is tragic that the Hindus of Balochistan should now feel so unsafe in their own homes.

Will the PML-N save the PPP and allow it to run a minority government? And for how long?

Attacking women with acid, horribly disfiguring them seems like legitimate expression in our society today.

Tempers are rising across Punjab over the lack of gas reaching homes and industries.

One wonders whether the headline applies as much as to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani as the Sindh government.

It seems quite obvious that religious groups have more bark than bite.

Ogra’s act should be seen in light of a correction of past policies which caused bankruptcy in the energy sector.

Will the PPP fall in 2011? Any midterm changes will not affect things, not even corruption.

There is agreement among analysts that state is responsible for causing itself to come apart by embrace of jihad.

Australia’s decline seems inevitable. No team can afford loss of giants like Warne, McGrath and Gilchrist.

The stepped up violence at one of the largest institutions of learning in the country is disturbing.

Its conceivable that JUI-f chief is seeking revenge from Gilani on the dismissal of Azam Swati from the cabinet.

The JIT report demands action. Will the govt start action or will the trail fade like that of earlier assassinations?

Clearly the president's talk of imposing discipline on PPP lawmakers has not been enough to satisfy the MQM.

Balance to be found between requirements of coalition and question of offering people the government they voted.

Many rumours surround the killing of Benazir. Some may have been intended to inflict damage on certain individuals...

The Haqqani network marks the line of rift between Washington and Islamabad on policy against militancy.

It is ironic that the grandsons of the late Nawab Bugti should count among nationalists.

Raising victory cries can serve no purpose when defeat of the Taliban and their allies is still a distant dream.

The clerics' coming together could be destabilising for Pakistan, already under pressure to mend its extremist ways.

Legally, there is nothing the American courts can do if Pakistan is not ready to surrender its ISI chief to them.

Quite obviously Pakistan today is not the vision Jinnah had for the country he carved onto the map.

As judicial evolution has tended to favour strict ideology,extremism has gradually increased in Pakistani society.

The conduct of authorities in the rape case raises fears that justice may not be served.

The wave of ‘abductions’ that began soon after 9/11 may have slowed down but it has not stopped.

The amendment is expected to result in balance of institutional power, we urge members of parliament to approve it.

With the skills of an established healer, the president seems to have succeeded in soothing ruffled feathers.

Pakistan is playing on a weak wicket, but its attitude towards the two complaining neighbors is extremely interesting.

Wen Jiabao’s first visit to the country has gone well — even better than could be expected.

Political and religious opposition not to alleviate suffering of people victimised by blasphemy law.

Pakistan is more vulnerable to what will follow the American exit.

Even nations that pride themselves on democracy appear willing to only tolerate a limited free flow of information.

Balochistan cannot afford for its children to be left so far behind those elsewhere in the country.

China's settling on wooing India for economic benefit is is likely to make Pakistan less valuable in the short-term.

The evidence that we are adding to the areas in which we rank among the worst in the world is frightening.

The people of Pakistan coexist happily wherever there is no clerical or terrorist coercion.

After the simplistic militarism of the Bush administration, Richard Holbrooke’s diplomacy was a welcome change.

Did JUI-F's pragmatism buckle suddenly, or was it stimulated further into acting 'practically' after the RGST storm.

No one can win in Karachi. Political manoeuvrings are meaningful when the paradigm of the state is in place.

The announcement by the head of the JUI-F, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, could well make for a decidedly shakier coalition.

It is in Pakistan’s benefit to accommodate India’s rise by facilitating its energy projects.

What has happened in Hyderabad suggests the police are being guided by the thug-like behaviour of the religious right.

It is encouraging to see commitment from Nadra to get to the bottom of the fake CNIC matter.

People seem to think that a protest does not send a strong enough message until property is damaged.

Gilani and Karzai must remember that within both their countries there are elements that do not want equilibrium.