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The farce in Balochistan

It’s all on PPP The farce that was staged in Balochistan Assembly on Tuesday amounted to trivialisation of the democratic system. It could be easily predicted that despite his abysmal failure to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/11/15/the-farce-in-balochistan/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Nov 15, 2012
Editorials

Bridging trust deficit

A prerequisite for peaceThe Afghan peace mission has arrived in Islamabad at a time when the relations between the two neighbours have further deteriorated. Karzai’s statement on the eve of the de

Nov 14, 2012
Editor's Mail

Pillion riding ban

Government of Sindh has once again imposed a ban on pillion riding for 17 days in Karachi, Hyderabad and Khairpur on the pretext of maintaining law and order during the month of<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/11/10/pillion-riding-ban/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Nov 10, 2012
Editor's Mail

FBR’s faulty policies

Dr Abdul Hafeez Shiekh, federal minister of finance and revenue, has in principle approved the new FBR scheme for tax defaulters. With this scheme all the people who have not paid any<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/11/09/fbrs-faulty-policies/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Nov 9, 2012
Editor's Mail

Sad news indeed

It is quite depressing to receive one after the other sad news from Pakistan over a span of last few days. A couple has been arrested for dousing their 15-year-old daughter with acid, the unfortunate

Nov 6, 2012
Editor's Mail

A new social contract

We, at the Peace and Security in Pakistan, feel that only a new social contract can guarantee peace, progress, prosperity, harmony and stability in Pakistan. The present polito-constitutional scheme h

Nov 4, 2012
Editor's Mail

Renaming Frontier Force Regiment

During the British Raj in India there were a number of infantry groups in the British-Indian Army like Punjab Regiment, Baluch (now Baloch) Regiment, Rajput Regiment, Rajputana Rifles, Jat Regiment, Marhata Regiment,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/10/26/renaming-frontier-force-regiment/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Oct 26, 2012
Editor's Mail

FBR’s performance

Well done, FBR! You have not only increased the number of tax payers in Pakistan from 0.5 percent in the past four years, but you have also single-handedly managed to reduce the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/10/19/fbrs-performance/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Oct 19, 2012
Editor's Mail

Many more Malalas

Many in print/electronic media in Pakistan are questioning the world-wide focus on Malala Yousafzai. These include right-wing media mongers and religious hardliners who are shamelessly up in arms blaming the teenager as<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/10/19/many-more-malalas/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Oct 19, 2012
Editorials

Nobel ambitions?

Prizes, here and thereDid the Nobel peace prize die, really, the day Henry Kissinger (‘73) got one? From that fateful day, all the other dubious choices seem top notch choices by comparison. The U

Oct 15, 2012