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A bloody New Year
The year 2016 has been perhaps the most unhappy and violent in Turkish recent history
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A dialogue of sterility
Pakistan has kept its proverbial cool throughout and must continue to do so
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Karachi cricket academy
PCB Shaharyar Khan dubbed the facility ‘four-star’ with facilities that can be matched with the best in the region
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Improving education in 2017
Pakistan continues to produce universities and PhDs by the dozen with little or no standards
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A discriminatory dossier
Pakistan continues to stress the imperative for a non-discriminatory criteria-based approach for NSG membership
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The right project at the right time
The 4,000MW transmission line costing $1.5 billion will be first of its kind and will link Matiari town to Lahore
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A year of mixed fortunes
CPEC will continue to dominate through 2017 possibly with some of the expected benefits beginning to show green shoots
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Meltdown in Melbourne
Can Pakistan save their skin in Sydney’s final Test?
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Nato Scientific Achievement Award
Pakistan must continue fostering enterprising minds and impart sound scientific training to its students
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Rinse, spin and repeat
The composition of the bench to hear the Panama Papers case is of interest to both the government and to the PTI
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The Wizard of If
Bilawal’s sister Bakhtawar Bhutto is also to contest the next General Election
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Tax discount for all?
It seems that our govt has decided that the only way to collect taxes is by offering additional tax breaks to crooks
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Changing trains
The PPP is after all in the process of cobbling together something of a parliamentary coup
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Alliance in the air?
Any willingness to shake hands literally or metaphorically is a signal that Imran may have abandoned moral high ground
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Reduction in electricity tariff
It is imperative that govt invests in projects aimed at providing long term cures for Pakistan’s electricity issues
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An elusive goal
There has been a reduction overall in the time when the darkness is on, but there is yet another long hot summer ahead
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In search of a key
For Russia and China this is green-field diplomacy as far as Afghanistan is concerned
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Reclaiming FATA’s future
The FEF is encouraging locals to take up teaching positions hence creating jobs while also providing valuable service
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Aiming for parliament
For the PPP this strategy is going to give them a chance to repair their battered reputation before next election
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A thaw in the offing?
Some even see Pakistan and India restarting the engagement process
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International human rights: a Western construct?
The United Nations must initiate a project to rethink and reformulate the conception of human rights
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Wildlife preservation
Pakistan’s nature and wildlife has attracted domestic and foreign visitors for decades
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Alarming CSS pass rate
Various government departments are infamous for their nonchalant attitudes towards matters of public welfare
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PSX goes public
To become a more mature market attractive to international players entry of a strategic partner was necessary move
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Decking the halls
It would be naive, of course, to say that the plight of minorities is approaching eradication
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The unfulfilled vision
At the end of 2016, Jinnah’s Pakistan this country is not, neither is it the Pakistan of most Pakistanis
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Strengthening ties with Bosnia
PM’s current visit is expected to build on two decades worth of goodwill that both countries have towards each other
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The shape-changer of terrorism
Military operations against terrorism have been very successful, but the military is not an agent of societal change
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Force majeure
Whatever hope PTI may have had of mounting challenge at grass roots fell on deaf ears and votes went to the PML-N
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Misbah gets ICC recognition
Greatest achievement for Misbah was mace which consolidated his position in folklore of Pakistan’s most followed sport
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Intensive care
The PPP has never recovered from the comprehensive rejection it received in the last General Election
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Disgraceful governance
Depoliticising the police nationally is a major challenge
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Aid from the Aussies
The government of Australia has pledged AUD47 million in assistance in FY 2016-17
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Ghosts of the past
There is more than a whiff of hypocrisy in Mr Musharraf’s revelations
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Thinking big
CPEC will be a game changer for Pakistan if — and it is a big if — it is able to maximize the potential it presents
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An assassination in Turkey
The murder of Mr Karlov may be seen as part of the backlash in Turkey against Russian actions in Syria
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Planes, goats and pains
The goat is meeting its premature end in an effort to bring ‘good luck’ to the airline
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A pragmatic move
Pakistani cinemas have decided to lift the self imposed suspension on screening Indian films
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All our yesterdays
It has been announced that the PPP Co-Chairman Asif Zardari is to come back to Pakistan on December 23
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Karachi mass transit concerns
Karachi has had several failed attempts at an effective and extensive mass transit system
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World Bank’s intriguing advice
Islamabad should take some decisions on the urgent basis on the home front
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A census in 2017
The population over the last 17 years has not only grown, it has become much more mobile as the cities expanded
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Quetta report — the fallout
It will be recalled that the report called out the interior ministry for its ‘monumental failure’ to combat terrorism
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A bitter remembrance
The dead are mourned and buried and the living have to carry on regardless
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A scathing indictment
It is clear from the report that the law enforcement agencies are deeply deficient in a variety of ways
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Mustafa Ali represents Pakistan
He has already hit the headlines as a wrestler with his performances in various US circuits
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Fresh determination
The new army commander General Qamar Javed Bajwa is wasting no time putting his own stamp on the forces at his command
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A disorderly house
Parliament resumed on Wednesday December 14 and promptly descended into a cacophony
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Between IWT and NSG
There is an urgent need to lower the rhetoric
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PIA Chairman resignation
The reason for Azam Saigol's resignation was cited as ‘personal grounds’