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Unintended consequences
An almost siege-like situation had prevailed in Lahore over the last week as major roads into the city were blocked
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Wrong turns in Paradise
There is a world of difference in official reactions worldwide between the Panama Papers and the Paradise Papers
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Political paralysis — more to come
The dharna in Islamabad has finally ended to the relief of every one
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Washington’s Afghan experience
The role which the US has played in Afghanistan has been quite elusive to be unequivocally explained
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Structural malady and violence against women
Despite marginal improvements in gender-specific legislation in Pakistan, violence against women hasn’t declined
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Violence in our schools
As a result of the hostile environment, students are unable to learn, engage and above all think
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Inching forward
International relationships fluctuate up and down and few more so than that between Pakistan and the US
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Time for action
Enough of deploring Trump on withdrawing from The Paris Agreement, and other trivial matters
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Islamic coalition’s ToRs and Pakistan
This means Pakistan and other member states have the liberty to determine their respective role in the coalition
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Time for running repairs
Virtually all commentators have agreed the PML-N government handling of events has been nothing short of disastrous
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Cut off her nose
The interesting thing about Bollywood film Padmavati is that no one has seen it yet
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Pakistan’s Afghanistan nightmare and the BRI
There are developments taking place around Afghanistan's borders that could completely isolate the country
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Collective indifference towards graft
Corruption, the purest form of tyranny, thrives when people of good conscience choose to remain silent
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Nepal’s landmark vote
Political parties in Nepal have been shy to allot tickets to women and representatives of marginalised groups
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New irrigation
Pind Dadan Khan-Khushab area is set to receive a new irrigation system
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Going tough on drugs
ANF has already confirmed that the use of synthetic drugs is on the rise
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Nothing common about common cold
Experts keep hinting at the danger of these maladies developing into a ‘pandemic’ with terrifying results
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Need to build Pakistan’s climate expertise
Pakistan must bring in specialists who can articulate the country’s position and coordinate with one another
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The rise of Russia
This decade might well belong to Putin
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Incapacitation in the energy sector
Pakistan’s energy problems cannot subside without fostering an across-the-board culture of commitment and integrity,
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Pakistan and Frankenstein’s monster
This leaves us with a legitimate concern: are we paving the way for yet another monster?
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Bananas, republics and Mrs Gupta
A couple of thousand men have choked commuters between the twin cities for weeks
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Saudi Arabia’s future Vietnam
Most military analysts project Yemen as ‘Saudi Arabia’s future Vietnam’
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Gender deficit in voters’ registration
Electoral rolls of September 2017 indicate that there are 12.17 million fewer women registered as voters
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Limiting the fire threat
Fire erupted in Orangi Town raised many questions pertaining to the safety of its residents
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Children in prison
Truly horrific picture of the state of prisons, prison population in Sindh has been revealed in Sindh Assembly
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A darkness alert
For the second time in a month, the nation is facing widespread power outages
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Key takeaways from 7th JCC meeting
Mixed reports have emerged on the outcome of the 7th meeting of the JCC on CPEC
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India is more of a hybrid democracy
Since Narendra Modi rose to power, India’s religious minorities, especially Muslims, have come under increased...
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Not who but what
Pakistan has to be saved from the clutches of “political vultures” and “political wolves” who have torn it apart
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Climate change as a security threat multiplier
Growing number of think tanks, security analysts now agree that climate change is increasing instability throughout
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Better sanitation systems
Pakistan seems to find itself at bottom when it comes to a whole gamut of community health issues
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Busy doing nothing
Accountability in its myriad iterations, semantic convolutions is on lips and agendas of every politician
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An exit foretold
Whilst he will leave his post as finance minister he is to retain his seat in the cabinet
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Hernando Colón and Zahid Dar
o Zahid Dar, read on, while we catalogue the technocrats to step into Ishaq Dar’s shoes
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No squatter home count
Record keeping is not a strongest point of government authorities
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The best of Bahawalpur
Corporate social responsibility appears to be alive and well in Bahawalpur
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Challenge before Rahul Gandhi
Political parties all over the world have come to be closed shops
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Prolonging the standoff
Government has cornered itself, allowing judiciary (and military) to sweep in to make the tough calls
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A tentative cooperation
Few could have foreseen the endless troubles that were ushered in by the drawing of the Durand Line
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Tribunal verdict
AUN tribunal has sentenced a former Bosnian Serb army warlord, Ratko Mladic, to a life term
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Words and violence
Unsurprisingly, the hardest legal concept I’ve had the misfortune of teaching
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Beyond the ridiculous
Virtual lockdown of large parts of Islamabad by right-wing religious party for fortnight goes beyond the ridiculous
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Talking about sexism
Most of the advertisement industry in the West is soiled with stains of sexism
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Are we destined to be enemies?
One of the foremost foreign policy challenges for Pakistan has been managing its relations with India
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Revisiting our intellectual crisis
Many people agree that we have an intellectual crisis in the country
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Where dysfunction rules
Under the rules, the SECP cannot function with just two commissioners of the five designated ones
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Growing pains
CPEC is going to be crucial for Pakistan; the whole country is eventually going to benefit — but not at the same time
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State failure and extremism
Pathologies and symptoms of state failure in Pakistan; failure to counter religious extremism is most obvious one
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Ending child marriage in Pakistan
Senator Kamran has tirelessly campaigned for the approval of her proposed legislative tool against underage marriages