Views from The Thursday Times' editorial desk.
Security forces found explosives and torture cells inside two mosques in Mir Ali. The terrorists who did it have no claim on Islam. Pakistan should back the soldiers who cleared them, restore the mosques quickly and make every pulpit part of the fight
A Temple Road shrine shut since 1947 is open again, and more than 50 gurdwaras are being restored. Pakistan should keep them open and full of pilgrims. India should reopen the Kartarpur Corridor before Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary
The wind cleared Monday’s smog. It will not clear the next one. Punjab has more tools than ever, and now needs a year-round plan measured by the air people breathe
Water has broken into the extension twice in 15 months. Pakistan needs this dam, which is why it needs the inquiry findings on the table and not another assurance
The Punjab chief minister removed an officer who moved an intermediate exam for her visit and ordered no closures for her tours. The order now needs to become a rule for every province
The new auto policy starts from an honest diagnosis. It will be judged on the dates, the enforcement and the sums the government has not yet shown
The drug regulator’s new formula label is welcome. But Pakistan has had a strong law against formula marketing since 2002, and it has barely been enforced
The US vice president now speaks to Field Marshal Munir almost daily. Pakistan should use that trust to push for a ceasefire that reopens Hormuz, and never let mediation become participation
Karachi’s biggest raid yet shows the scale of a racket that steals from the world in Pakistan’s name. Arrests are not enough without the money and the protectors
The government has taken back the towers and promised a five-star hotel. Refunds, a published report and a reformed CDA matter more
