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Turkey’s leader on Kashmir
Latest voice to call for a resolution and the resumption of dialogue is that of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Busting the organ traffickers
Selling a kidney is a quick way of expunging debt, paying for a wedding or funding a village start-up business
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Little to cheer about
‘May Day’ in Pakistan is more analogous to the distress call ‘mayday’
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Uprooting graft from all spheres
Far too many times we have seen slander being committed against individuals & institutions without substance or proof
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Let’s re-examine Kohli case
An independent investigation is needed against the use of arbitrary police and legal powers
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Trump’s 100 days
In an hour-long speech, the US leader counted his successes
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Big Three elimination
Pakistanis welcome international cricket and with the revised ICC financial policies
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Talking with the enemy
Whatever the truth justice is going to be long in coming to Ehsanullah Ehsan
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The axe falls
Knotty issues such as terms of reference are going to have to be decided
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Tolerance lectures
Lectures on tolerance are a good way to start but many other steps should follow
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Filicide in Layyah
A cook-turned-labourer poisoned five of his children to death and himself because he could no longer feed them
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'Back channel' really is 'back channel'
The arrival of Mr Jindal cannot have been unknown to the security services of both countries
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Stretching credulity
Khan cannot have expected that his 10bn claim would go unchallenged
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Looking past recriminations
Differences exist between close allies
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Kashmir social media ban
Ban on social media inhibits people from obtaining useful knowledge and different world perspectives
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Wanted: more policewomen
Provincial police forces must work towards spreading awareness to first eliminate stereotypes
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Hobbling the hunters
It is time to put a stop to an invidious practice that taints the image of Pakistan internationally
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Tax defaulters on notice
‘No pain, no gain’ goes the saying
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Census on schedule, despite challenges
. Foreign observers have expressed their satisfaction at the way the census has been conducted thus far
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Low savings
Galloping inflation, to a great extent, can be faulted most for this trend
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Illegal appointments
Authoritative figures are not allowed to compromise on integrity
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A complex relationship
There are clear and objective risks in the moves that Pakistan is making
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All together but separately
PM has lost whatever moral high ground he held long ago
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Anger in Afghanistan
Kabul has to bolster its defence forces in all provinces if it wants to counter acts of terror
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May the force be with us
Rangers extension provides solace to many
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Unfattening the milk industry
The solution the FBR found was the withdrawal of zero-rating regime and imposing 10% sales tax on milk products
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Power, politics, and the campus
Campus politics have been all but erased from university life
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Scene shifts to Chitral
A man was alleged to have made blasphemous remarks in a mosque immediately after Friday prayers
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Lame defence of FBR performance
The revenue body’s performance cannot be blamed on external factors
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The nuclear battlefield
Pakistan’s current issue at the top of the nuclear agenda is the maintenance of proportionality rather than parity
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Mobile libraries
The crux of the literacy problem is school enrolment and poorly-resourced schools
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NA panel’s proposal
Women themselves have emerged as the strongest backers of the NA standing committee’s recommendation
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A profound sense of disappointment
It is Nawaz Sharif who is still the prime minister and on current evidence he is not going anywhere
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Potential amnesty scheme
Eventually, we could start seeing higher tax-to-GDP ratios
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Bombshell or damp squib?
It is impossible to pre-empt the result either way
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The limits of power
A clumsy attempt to dodge a bullet or two
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The development jungle
With a mere Rs700 billion available for core development, there are going to be a lot of disappointments
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Learning from militants’ survey
Counter-Terrorism Department has drawn up interesting conclusions about militants languishing in jails
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Uncle Sam comes a-calling
Unannounced visits by high-ranking American officials are at the least unusual if not unprecedented
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Turkey has chosen
The vote is over, but there is a sense that the struggle has only just begun
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Aiming for cordial ties
One good deed deserves another
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Pressure mounts for a resolution
An exchange of birthday gifts would be entirely appropriate
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United we fall
The airline finds millions knocked off its market value and a dent in its corporate image
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Bilateral talks on hold again
To question the sentence and fairness of Jadhav’s trial and his crimes is unacceptable
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The withering of democracy
Democracy withers before our very eyes
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Legal challenge
We need a reformed criminal justice system as these cases continue to recur
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Iran’s denial of espionage
These recent developments create an ominous picture for future relations between the two countries
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Picking up cues from the PM
It is now incumbent upon all political stakeholders and civil society to do their part
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The Mardan incident
We do not have any empirical evidence as to what the alleged blasphemy was
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No concessions on terror
Foreign Office has also made it clear that there is irrefutable evidence against Jadhav