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Decriminalising suicide attempts
It is important to raise awareness about mental health in the country
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Sindh teachers’ strike
This is also a prime opportunity to raise morale within the government programme
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Regulating guns
The administration has to have a firm grip on policing and intelligence
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A round across the bows
The Pakistan-America relationship needs to maintain the status quo for the good of both parties
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No safeguards for Kalashs
Many socioeconomic reasons are forcing the Kalash people to abandon their culture and religion altogether
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The online boom
People, and women in particular, are opting to shop online
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Summit agreements
The first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan foreign ministerial dialogue has been conducted in Beijing
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Leaving women voters behind
Not a single woman out of the total registered 20,681 could cast her vote
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New stewardship of finance ministry
All his priority areas are in the FBR where another political appointee,Haroon Akhtar is looking after the tax affairs
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T he fight for FATA grinds on
The Fata merger cannot be endlessly kicked around and prevaricated over
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On jumping to conclusions
President Trump pops his intention to bring them right back and with a vengeance
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Watching the foreigners
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif wants Pakistan to adopt a tracking system similar to that used in the US
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Rise of fascism in Pakistan
It is not democracy producing more democracy, but fascism promoting more fascism
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Engagement, the only option
No matter how intricate issues between Pakistan and India are ultimately they have to sit across the table
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No justice for Shahzaib
Once again it has been proven that if you are rich and influential in Pakistan, you can buy the law.
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Failing our minority
Over 9,500 workers of the minority group celebrated their religious festival in agony
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Predators in education
The list on the HEC website has nearly 150 institutions that are listed as illegal.
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Cost of marginalising women
The burden of womanhood and the fear of catcalling and harassment make them internalise shame.
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Doing business: Lahore vs Karachi
Karachi takes 208 days, 4.2% of property value to get it transferred, but in Lahore, it takes 56 days to register
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1971 field notes: lessons for Pakistan
In contrast to Ayub Khan, West Pakistani officials were not appreciating the scale of the crisis
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PSX is ugly and broken
Pakistan’s stock exchange resembles a markhor
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Remembering Dina
Neither Indians nor Pakistanis quite forgave Dina Wadia for being Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s daughter
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Of victims and perpetrators
Harassment is common, most women have learned to take it in their stride within the workplace
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Young asylum seekers’ pain
These days rights groups are lobbying hard for the swift release of 35 asylum seekers from Pakistan and Somalia
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Tackling smog
There is virtually nothing that can be done to change how the trans-boundary effect works
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Paradise is not for the poor
A year and a half ago Panama Papers were released and the fallout was catastrophic for individuals
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Science in an ailing ecosystem
A trifecta of chronic ailments affects scientific research culture in Pakistan
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Did we all die today?
Who says justice cannot be bought? I am reminded of the emotional speech made recently by our chief justice
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Pakistan and the US doctrine
How should the policymakers in Islamabad prepare for the world that President Donald Trump has begun to shape?
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Army chief’s olive branch?
If our political elite are sincere, they can still come up with a comprehensive national security strategy
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No place safe for women
Harassment on public transportation takes numerous forms from verbal to physical abuse
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Creating more divisions
Hate speech is one of the most divisive factors keeping the country from becoming united
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Outlook uncertain
As the year draws to an end there are some positive indicators on the economy
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Two people overlapping communities
Two different peoples will celebrate lives and works of two distinct individuals in history: Quaid, Christ
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Missing children
Every year the government sleeps on the job, more children are terrorised
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Something to celebrate
It is rare to be able to comment on a positive development relative to the legal system of Pakistan
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Oil crisis
The crisis had also given birth to jet fuel shortage at airports
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A united rejection
It is notable that 28 EU countries voted for the resolution
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Unsafe potable water
Vulnerable to these debilitating viruses are hundreds of government colleges’ children in Karachi alone
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A game of several halves
No tax regime is likely to produce more effectively unless the wealthiest come within the tax net
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Another FATA fiasco
All sides appear to agree that a merger between Fata and K-P is by far the best solution
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Nutrition report
At the opposite end of the spectrum, malnutrition and stunted growth have been prevalent for decades
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Lawyers’ protest
This raises the question over the bars’ procedure of self-accountability
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A welcome development
The general also came close to an admission of failure
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Move along folks, nothing to see…
A group of entirely innocent men, women and children were attacked as they attended a Methodist church in Quetta
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Hepatitis C outbreak
Punjab government has taken numerous measures and on an extensive scale
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CPEC — the inner vision
CPEC is going to be transformative, speeding up industrialisation and the urbanisation processes across the country
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Foreign policy — Trump style
America has no shortage of rivals on the global stage and China is now seen as a real threat to the American hegemony
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The other gender
Only 18 per cent of transgender people have been registered as the ‘third sex’ in the NADRA database
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Beware divergence
There is no getting away from reality that America is playing both ends against middle, and does not trust Pakistan
 
    















