Head in the sand | DAWN.COM
EXTERNALISATION of threats remains a core flaw in Pakistans internal security approach. The security establishment, policymakers and opinion-makers and most of society badly suffer from this fallacy, which merely affords them an escape from responsibility but no...
Forced faith or force of faith? | DAWN.COM
Three females from Hindu families appeared before Pakistans Supreme Court this week in a case involving their alleged abduction and forced conversion to Islam. When the young women were asked in private proceedings whether they had been abducted...
Pakistan News Watch - Failure to protect
THREE hundred and eighty four prisoners escaped from the central prison in Bannu last Sunday.
A colleague and friend at this newspaper was brutally murdered in Karachi on Thursday.
One hundred and twenty-seven people died in an air crash near...
At least five killed, two dozen injured in Gilgit violence | Pakistan | DAWN.COM
GILGIT: At least five people have been killed and around two dozen wounded after a wave of violence erupted in different areas of Gilgit on Tuesday; curfew has been imposed in the area, DawnNews reported.
The...
Pakistan
LAHORE: Sabir Arif, a student of finance and cost management in one of Lahore's private institutions lives in a hut made of wood, cloth and plastic sheets. His only source of income is the private tuitions he provides to others to keep his makeshift home intact.
The son of a daily...
When a banned religious leader leaves police red-faced | Metropolitan | DAWN.COM
When in 2009 the Taliban had taken over the districts of Buner, Shangla and Lower Dir, they had been some 60 miles away from Islamabad. But that had been reason enough for the world to take notice and...
The entire system has failed: SC | Pakistan Today | Latest news | Breaking news | Pakistan News | World news | Business | Sport and Multimedia
LAHORE - The countrys entire system has failed and the government has lost its writ not only in Balochistan but also in other areas, Justice Jawad S...
Pakistan failed to store water in past 45 years: experts - thenews.com.pk
Islamabad
On the concluding session of a three-day workshop experts said that instead of blaming neighbouring countries for blocking waters, Pakistan has done nothing to store water in past 45 years.
The...
Circling the Lion's Den: Counting dead militants in Pakistan
While the debate on the accuracy of figures detailing the number of militants and civilians killed in drone strikes in Pakistan continues, it is worth taking a look at the reported figures for militants killed in clashes with the...
US drone strike kills four militants in Pakistan: officials | Pakistan | DAWN.COM
MIRAMSHAH: A US drone launched a missile attack on a militant compound in Pakistans northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border early Friday, killing four insurgents, security officials said.
The...