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  • Baba Farid blast

    What we see is the unfolding of a terrible tragedy, the impact of which grows worse by the day.

  • Problems with power tariffs

    In fact, we are saddened to see the widespread lack of action towards resolving the problems of the power sector.

  • When a bomber is not a bomber

    Fiasco: govt mistakenly identifies two living individuals as the suicide bombers in Karachi shrine attack.

  • Drone attack ambiguities

    Will the US soften in front of the new ‘serried ranks’ of policy in Pakistan?

  • Plagued by extortion

    It is a shame that political parties have turned a blind eye to the rampant killings in Karachi.

  • Tales of torture

    WikiLeaks is performing an important service by putting reality before us as it unfolds.

  • Aid action

    Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani says Pakistan had already spent more than the amount announced on the war effort.

  • Gift of life

    Illegal kidney transplants continue, notably in Punjab, involving the purchase of organs from impoverished vendors.

  • Ministers and their cars

    At a time when the country should be tightening its belt, official extravagance is plundering the national exchequer.

  • Raise in power tariffs

    The government needs to accept that Pakistan needs to find ways to help itself.

  • Curfewed minds

    With some signs of violence having abated there is a question mark over the need for a curfew.

  • Significant friends

    The feeling that Pakistan has not been doing enough to deal with militancy appears to have been growing of late.

  • Returned to sender

    Some jurists thought the ‘unanimous’ amendment was too strong for the Court to overturn.

  • Law and the law-makers

    It seems that those with any power appear to believe they are above the law and not expected to conform to it.

  • US-Pakistan strategic dialogue

    The dialogue is a good opportunity for both sides to air their grievances and hope to come to some common ground.

  • Ending the violence

    Until we know what sinister games are being played, we will not be able to stop the spiral towards chaos.

  • Dussehra dangers

    Few Hindus celebrated the Dussehra festival at Lahore’s Krishna Temple, in contrast to the high turn-out last year.

  • Terror Inc

    Failure to act now and stem the killings, catch the murderers and prosecute them will only prolong the violence.

  • Good sense

    The necessities of state demand that all institutions work together harmoniously, with the poise expected of them.

  • Murder and mayhem

    We see how different events in Karachi contribute towards growing tension and a general sense of mayhem in the city.

  • Sixth time lucky?

    If Qari Hussain is dead, someone equally cruel may take over, and that dampens whatever joy we may feel at his passing

  • Lack of cooperation

    The nation expects the PM to comply with HEC requirements and submit his certificates for authentication.

  • Swallowing the medicine

    FODP nations make no bones about the fact that Pakistan needs to make more effort to usher in domestic reform.

  • Succumbing to a war of nerves

    There has been a natural atrophy of the trend of “judicial activism” that began in India and was followed by Pakistan.

  • Compensation for victims

    Airblue must make speedy compensation a priority, especially for those families who have lost their sole breadwinners.

  • Tax talk

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the European Union are finally saying what we’ve known for decades.

  • High noon

    The government, the judges, the media and everyone involved must play due role in ensuring the stormy sea is calmed.

  • Minding miners

    Quite evidently, value of life has a different meaning in our part of the world.

  • Rap on the knuckles

    We wonder if the remarkably thick-skinned PCB will realise just how serious a warning has been issued by ICC.

  • Death squads

    If the leaders of parties who represent people are murdered, who will the central commanders of our country talk to?

  • Peace on the western front

    Prime Minister Gilani got it half-right when he said that Pakistan was essential to the peace process in Afghanistan.

  • A welcome proposal

    The move by MQM to submit a bill in parliament to enact land reforms has to be welcomed given its aims and objectives.

  • Grotesque torture

    The latest example of police torture emerges from Toba Tek Singh and has been brought to the forefront by the HRCP.

  • Talking to the Taliban

    Hamid Karzai has once again set the world abuzz with speculation about how the end game to the war will play out.

  • Presidential warning

    It would be an immense tragedy for Pakistan to lose its democracy once more. This would set us back decades.

  • Fear of friends

    Woodward focuses on the threat Pakistan poses to the world but the the country presents a bigger risk to its people.

  • The PML-N’s hollow call

    The threat of a new long march sounds hollow as it will finally depend on the army for its successful denouement.

  • Cycle of complicity

    Police allege­dly castra­te a man after he refuse­d to comply with orders to bark like a dog.

  • SCBA polls and politics

    The allegations floating around cast Asma Jahangir as a candidate of Babar Awan and President Asif Ali Zardari.

  • A welcome law

    The Competition Act has taken far too long to become law, encountering and ultimately overcoming powerful resistance

  • Back to business

    It has become necessary to find a strategy that can enable us to regain our independence and dignity.

  • A plan for power

    The government is finally willing to work on an action plan to solve the power crisis at the institutional level.

  • The video game

    The army chief’s orders to investigate the video comes, according to reports, as a result of pressure from Washington.

  • A prize for peace

    By choosing Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee has taken a step towards rehabilitating its reputation.

  • Punishment for saints

    This is an all-out battle between hardliners and the more moderate religious traditions of the sub-continent.

  • EU trade concessions

    The concessionary period, though not ideal, is a significant enough time to have a positive impact on the economy.

  • Just say ‘sorry’

    The apology the US Ambassador for the helicopter incursion has brought smiles to the faces of many of our politicians.

  • Blasts in Karachi

    Why can our intelligence agencies not penetrate terrorist networks and prevent such attacks?

  • Punishment well-deserved

    We need to ask ourselves how a young, college-educated, middle-class man like Faisal Shahzad turned into a terrorist.

  • Teachers in trouble

    The teachers have some right to be aggrieved, especially as a promise of more funds was made.