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Some change at last
We would advise the next government to work harder on the tax amnesty scheme
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Prepare for a backlash
Presumably those that put the bills together hail from a planet other than Earth
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Reality trumps rhetoric
The CJ lifted the corner of the carpet exposing what was beneath
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A better bang for the buck
The days when America was armourer to the world are fading, as is its regional influence
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Held to account
Nothing of the like has ever happened in the political history of Pakistan
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Fresh population narrative
There should be more emphasis on achievement of demographic goals
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Shrinking hopes
Peace in Yemen seems as distant a possibility as it has ever been
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Wary investors
The negative financial impact of political dirt slinging must be realised
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Bhasha dam — a vital resource secured
If Pakistan is going to thrive in the future the Diamer-Bhasha dam is a vital determinant
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Maiden policies
It is easier, however,to examine the devastating impact of not having either an agriculture or youth policy
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Missing in muddy waters
Justice Iqbal asserted that the missing were handed over to the Americans in exchange for money
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Equivocal justice
Tayyaba is a child who has been cruelly abused
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The illegal tide of migrants
FIA has slowly started plugging the gaps through which would-be migrants often manage to slip into European countries
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Afghanistan — the troubled border
With attempts being made to create protocols, there are independent players who have no interest in peace
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The rapid-transit curse
Latest in the chain of bad-news transport stories is the Abdul Sattar Edhi Bus Line
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Devolution – the way forward
Greater efforts must be made to turn it into a public policy and governance framework
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Tharparkar deserves better
Children of Tharparkar deserve better
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The purple dress victim in Kashmir
Intricate network that carried out, covered up murder has been exposed
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In harmony with Indian pilgrims
Looking ahead, India needs to show reciprocity
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Mainstreaming FATA
The mainstreaming of Fata really does matter
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A message delivered
Syria is a grotesque theatre, the world the paying audience
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Vaccination in K-P schools
School children and other high-risk groups should be prioritised for inoculation
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An epochal ruling
A line is drawn, the markers are down and ruthless as it is the SC has created a space for honest politics
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Curbing air pollution
Karachi, the country’s largest city, has been at the thick end of the environmental stick
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Brutality in the classroom
Despite legislation children are abused daily and right across the country
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Uneven development
A reliable indicator of development is the opening, anywhere, of an airport
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Stateless and starving
The world community, although aware of the Rohingya genocide, has barely acted
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A new threat
We no longer live in the Stasi or KGB age. We live in the age of Facebook
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Good news from Malakand
The success in Dir should be replicable. Do it.
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Another abuse scandal
Most children do not report the crime because they are afraid of what will happen to them
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New airport, old risks
The vulnerabilities are almost innumerable
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A bitter winnowing
Reality is that there will have been a swapping of masks and elective feudalism will still rule beneath
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Appetite for fish exports
Investment in aquaculture and shrimp farming ought to be promoted at all levels
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Women as cybercrime victims
Women make up a staggering 90 per cent of the cases reported to the Cybercrime circle in Lahore
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The irrelevance of SAARC
The continuation of Saarc has to be weighed against its cost and effectiveness
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K-P education board tiff
Terms should be settled quickly so that operations can resume
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Delimitations: an onerous task
The panel created a smaller sub-panel headed by the PML-N’s firebrand Daniyal Aziz
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Govt employees and travel documents
Official identity documents such as identity cards and passports have been issued to questionable persons
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Bitcoin? No thanks
SBP in a circular says it has not authorised or licensed any individual or entity in respect of cryptocurrency trading
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The spatial awareness deficit
There has been a lapse of spatial awareness regarding the recently announced ‘radical reform package’
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Vulnerable fisherfolk
Almost without exception these communities are poor and eke out a very marginal living
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Getting off the ground
There are just too few women pilots out there
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Fraying at the edges
There has been no attempt to nurture or allow to grow a ‘next generation’ of political youngsters
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Overconsumption of antibiotics
Experts count antibiotic resistance as among the biggest threats to global health
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A rotten prison system
The numbers in our rotten prisons is only set to rise, and prison reform can no longer be deferred
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Kashmir and an indifferent world
Pakistan has few friends that are going to come out in support of its claims regarding Kashmir
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Polio and Pakistan
For fledgling nations like Pakistan, the disease has been nothing less than an unending national nightmare
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Harassment over court matters
During the court investigations, it must be ensured that anyone found engaged in foul play be penalised
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A creeping reality
Pakistan appears on any number of lists issued by global entities and very rarely for good behaviour
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Dysfunctional amnesty
An amnesty scheme is only good if it successfully repatriates cash back into the national treasury