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Brick kiln closure
Additionally, certain measures need to be taken to improve brick manufacturing in Pakistan
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A poignant remembrance
Seventy-two years down the line, the Kashmiris have not accepted New Delhi’s rule as a fait accompli
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A conspiracy of silence
We need to deliver justice, not remain silent after the initial hue and cr
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A major realignment of powers in the Middle East
Developments involving Turkey in Syria should be of deep concern for Pakistan
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Eliminating child marriage
This debate goes to the heart of the social divide in Pakistan
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Kashmir to Kartarpur
But amidst all this doom and gloom, India & Pakistan last week signed an agreement to open the Kartarpur Corridor
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The CSS enigma
Pakistan’s education system revolves solely around the dogmatic method of rote learning
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Saving human lives
Laws are there to protect people and make life comfortable
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So there was no Western route
Shahbaz Rana’s recent story (The Express Tribune, October 23, 2019) makes it official - there was no Western route
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Beguiled by Artificial Intelligence
High performing AI systems can lead to unpredictable outcomes unless its results are interpreted
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Seventy-two years of Kashmiri suffering
After August 5, India crossed all limits of state coercion, repression and use of force
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Opposition’s protest
Has the PM forgotten that during his cricket days, he would let his props — bat and ball — do the talking?
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Exorbitant prices of drugs
A packet of a blood pressure medicine was being sold for Rs1,200 instead of Rs170
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Did a secret Afghan deal just happen?
Here is a free advice for India, take it or leave it
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Trudeau again
Trudeau’s victory speech was highly optimistic
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Local govt solutions for economic growth
Pakistan is one of the fastest urbanising countries of the region
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China-India rivalry — is it reversible?
China found its independence two years after India and Pakistan
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The concealed suffering in Afghan conflict
Afghanistan faces a grim scenario as it confronts growing mental health problems
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PSX’s profit increases 16% to Rs31.46m
Risk-free investment in govt securities supports earnings
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Human trafficking
Climate change is also forcing people to migrate from their ancestral lands
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After Erdogan’s Kashmir comments
It is becoming abundantly clear that Turkey’s support for Pakistan’s position on Kashmir has irked Indian PM Modi
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Nawaz Sharif in hospital
Sharif needs proper medical attention should not be doubted
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Pakistan’s challenges and opportunities
Looking at the national picture, we find several pluses
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FATF and the elite
A blacklisted Pakistan would have reinforced India’s recognition of Pakistan as a country that supports terrorism
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Rethinking payments system
Focusing on the functionalities of RRPS and ACE can help Pakistan come out of the ongoing FATF crisis
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Trauma and event
One can already feel the socio-political plane trembling
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IMF review
One can only hope the masses emerge from the month of October unscathed
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Kashmir border skirmishes
India’s continuing aggression towards its neighbours and its own citizenry is destined to have disastrous results
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This country needs feminism
Feminism demands three things: equality, equity, and the elimination of patriarchy
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Why is the Islamic State in Afghanistan?
Will Afghanistan, like so many transient influences in its difficult history, be able to sidestep the ISIK challenge?
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FATF: Pakistan on the edge
There is no time to talk now
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Half full or half empty?
As I look at the Lahore Science Mela, the glass is filled somewhere in the middle
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What the squads? Why Pakistan will fail in Australia and Misbah will come out unhurt
Teams for T20Is, Tests overcrowded with regulars and young talents making it difficult for newbies to enter
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Any steel sector strategy without PSM cannot work
PSM can be upgraded to production capacity of 3-5m tons per annum
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In Pakistan, businesses set aside social responsibility
Indulge in deceptive marketing practices to maximise their profits
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PTI govt looks the other way as system rots
Tackling corruption, mismanagement should be focus of all policy decisions
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In FATF web
FATF acknowledges Pakistan's progress but expects the country 'to do more'
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The olive tree plan
Olive farming will enable the country to export olives, olive oil and produce enough edible oil
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Royal endorsement
The royal couple planned their trip to emphasise critical issues in the country, namely education, climate change
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Climbing Maulana’s back
Maulana rejects peace and negotiation offers and views politics only as a zero-sum game
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End of Sarfraz’s era, beginning of captaincy wars
Captaincy wars may seem like nothing, but if history teaches us anything they are an ugly sight
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Halal food trade
The government must do away with this stumbling blocks
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Keeping hands clean
There has always been a wide gulf between precept and practice in Pakistan
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Imran in Iran and Saudi Arabia
Too many times, peacemaking efforts in the Middle East have been more talk and less action
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Essentials’ prices: whose concern is it anyway?
In CPI, food items have one-third of the total weight
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Contending with our growing water scarcity
There is an urgent need to prevent the reckless pollution of our existing waterways
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Islamabad March: is history repeating itself?
History repeats itself — sometimes with a vengeance
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The one-metre jitter
The year 1979 struck the global status-quo hard
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Managing Pakistan's financial, production areas at the same time
It will lead to increase in economic growth, expansion of industrial base
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With little investment, Pakistan's engineering sector can grow
Govt focuses on big-ticket export items, does not give importance to other goods