Editorial
Saturday, June 2, 2012
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Mixed signs
HOWEVER dim the signs may be, the Economic Survey of Pakistan 2011-12 does offer hope for economic recovery. The economy…
Local governance
AS per a decision of the Punjab cabinet, municipal corporations and zila councils are to be reintroduced in the province,…
NGOs under threat
ON Thursday, women protested bravely in Peshawar against the discriminatory remarks made by a cleric — and former MNA —…
Regional relationships
THE arrival of a top Russian diplomat, coinciding with the presence of Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Islamabad on…
Kidnapping menace
THERE has been a considerable rise in kidnapping cases in Pakistan over the last few years, echoing the situation that…
Pakistanis at Bagram
THE foreign ministry has been ordered by the Lahore High Court to take steps within a month to bring back…
Dr Afridi’s conviction
IN a fit of pique, our security establishment decided to punish Dr Shakil Afridi to make Pakistan look strong after…
Drone strikes
EVEN as Pakistan and the US try to negotiate their way into a workable relationship, American drone strikes continue. The…
Taxing agriculture
SAD though it may be, it is far from surprising. As reported by this newspaper yesterday, the latest but as…
Karachi’s fate
WITHIN the last week, President Asif Ali Zardari has held at least two meetings on the law and order situation…
Judicial activism
CHIEF Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry’s acceptance speech at a ceremony in London where he received a judicial award contained several interesting…
Thalassaemia awareness
THE Islamabad administration is considering making pre-marital testing for thalassaemia mandatory in an attempt to reduce the incidence of the…
A parallel policy
A CONFERENCE on Balochistan organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association in Islamabad on Saturday honed in on the key…
Syria on the brink
DESPITE a UN ceasefire that has barely held, Syria is slipping deeper into the abyss. The UN Security Council has…
Exploited labourers
THE saga of the 39 labourers whose release was secured from a mat-making factory in Peshawar by court bailiffs on…
Government’s decision
THE decision by the government to not appeal against the prime minister’s conviction has raised more questions than it has…
No end to kidnappings
OF all the government’s failures, its inability to prevent kidnappings by militants has drawn some of the strongest criticism. Yet…
Rupee’s decline
SEVERAL internal and external factors have brought the rupee under pressure in recent days. It is not for the first…
Bus slaughter
FROM the violent stirrings over the ‘Mohajir province’ to Friday’s barbaric bus ambush, Sindh’s fragile ethnic balance is being severely…
Visa liberalisation
THE outcome of the talks between the Pakistani and Indian interior secretaries in Islamabad was disappointing for the two sides…
Kidney trade
THE illegal kidney trade in Pakistan has reached such dimensions that eliminating it is a difficult task. For at least…
Speaker’s decision
THE decision of the Speaker of the National Assembly that no question of disqualification has arisen following Prime Minister Yousuf…
Immunisation campaign
WHILE Pakistan’s difficult struggle to eradicate polio is well known, with the country termed a ‘key battlefield’ in the fight…
Nuclear stalemate
THAT they have agreed to meet again next month in Moscow is the only positive outcome of the two-day talks…
Dr Afridi’s ‘trial’
DR Shakil Afridi has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for assisting CIA in its search for Osama bin…
CJ on Balochistan
THE chief justice’s remarks about the possible imposition of emergency in Balochistan must be seen as reflective of his understandable…
Culture of violence
THE factors that cause frequent shutdowns and violence in Karachi are part of the nebulous and apparently endless war for…
Space for civilians
TAKE charge. It’s a simple enough message for a political government dealing with a messy problem. But, six months since…
Violence yet again
A NEW and dangerous form of violence was seen in Karachi on Tuesday when a political rally was fired upon,…
Muzaffar Bhutto’s death
WHILE the issue of enforced disappearances, allegedly at the hands of the security agencies, in Sindh is nowhere near the…
