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Feeding the mob
Expediency has long been the name of the game in Pakistan
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Drugged meat
News that there is harmful drug residue in poultry and livestock is disconcerting
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Apprehending the law
successive governments in Pakistan have traditionally used the police as an effective appendage
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Gender bias in India
As opposed to girls, boys receive better nutrition and medical care
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Designer beards
This is not the first time there has been such an attempt to impose strictures on the style of beards
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The American dilemma
This rag-tag army has fought America and its allies to a military stalemate
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A dark development
Those that are searching the Dark Web are not going to stop at the front door of a dark space
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Unforgotten idea of merging groups
In the days to come we could see a rearrangement of the political chessboard in Karachi.
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Gwadar comes to life
There are still not enough people to provide the manpower with the necessary skills to breathe life into the city
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Graft purge nearing its end
Saudi Arabia comes closer to wrapping up its three-month-old campaign against corruption
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ATM and banking security
Pakistan is far away from being able to support and secure crypto currency transactions
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Regulating Punjab’s charities
But only its proper enforcement will make a difference
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A free Chinese takeaway
"The scandal is that there are no answers".
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Parliament talk — Widodo style
Although Pakistan could always use more friends in support of its struggles-more realism is in order
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Mountain rescue
Host nation's responsibility to provide safeguards for practitioners of the extreme sport remain undecided
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Karachi — a filthy disgrace
The city continues to have contaminated water supplies, solid waste piles up everywhere
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NSG — need for proper safeguards
Pakistan is justified to feel a little concerned about the possible acceptance of India into the NSG
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An expensive place to live
It might be assumed that inflation is experienced uniformly across the country — not so
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Lalu Yadav as King Lear?
Massive poverty at the awam level is directly the result of corruption
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Is Ahed not a hero?
Ahed has become a symbol of resistance against Israel
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Empty hockey stadiums
The condition of the national sport is in tatters at the moment
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Boosting exports to China
That Pakistan can appreciably raise the level of exports to China is hardly much of a surprise
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A distant freedom
Freedom is something of an illusion in Pakistan
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Earthing the wretched
Globally and within most countries, inequality is on the rise
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Let’s not forget to raise decent humans
When a case of child abuse surfaces, we conveniently alienate the abuser from ourselves
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Let saner advice prevail
These are serious issues that demand a major change in our strategic trajectory
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An opaque shambles
Evidence relating to the rape and murder of Zainab may also be tainted and ruled inadmissible
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Pakistan has friends in Kabul
The Afghans who come to Pakistan find Pakistan economically affordable as compared to other countries in the region
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Travel curbs enforced in time
Anwar’s presence at the airport as a passenger clearly irked the immigration staff
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Student groups turned into gangs
Groups found to be causing disturbances should have their registrations cancelled
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Chronic agricultural weakness
Agriculture is still a leading employer with 42 per cent of the labour force directly or indirectly working the land
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An ungrateful America under Trump
No sensible person in the chief executive’s post of the world’s sole superpower would have talked such garbage
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Failing our youth again
Failure to protect the young equals to the failure of the future of the nation
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Hanging is not the solution
Public execution whether by hanging or by yet more barbarous means is a step back into the darkness
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A helical relationship
Pakistan is never going to be judged as having done enough in the eyes of America
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In denial mode
India does not accept third-party mediation in bilateral ties
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A well of poverty in Sindh
Successive governments have made the decision not to expand educational access in Sindh
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The poverty elephant
The real key to poverty reduction is employment
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Kabul hotel siege
Afghan National Army was no match for militant groups despite their extensive training by US-led coalition soldiers
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Pay for your own evidence
An FIR policy should be adopted where the FIR reporter’s statements are registered truthfully
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Press freedom: myth and reality
The culture of impunity continues to threaten the work of journalists all over the country
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Legal education reform
Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar plans to enhance the quality of legal education imparted by universities
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Electoral worries surface again
Upcoming elections are crucial if Pakistan is to continue down the democratic path
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President Trump — one year in
Trump is 'Mercurial, dishonest, un-political'
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Ethical journalism
Ethical Journalism Network highlights challenges for media and gives journalists tips on ethical survival techniques
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Easing visa and travel rules
A centralised online-visa approval system would help but more robust measures need to be introduced
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A risky sell-off by India
The Chinese have an interest because India is one of the peripherals of the One Belt
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The bungling of Reko Diq
Pakistan is possibly going to face a bill for $11.45 billion to settle claims in the Reko Diq mining case
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Millionaire and a beggar
Financial crimes, dishonesty, and cheating have almost become socially acceptable
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A surfeit of graduates
The net effect is going to be to drive the brightest and the best out of Pakistan in search of work