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The Turkish bombing
There are at least 41 dead and reportedly 140 injured in a gun-and-bomb attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport
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Smoke and mirrors as ever
There are times when the ruling PML-N really does do itself no favours
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Adrift in a choppy sea
Mystery surrounds the date of return of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
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How serious is India?
Narendra Modi has said it is difficult to decide who to talk to about the peace process in Islamabad
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Xenophobia towards refugees
Pakistanis are now displaying the same xenophobic tendencies towards Afghan refugees
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Pakistan’s borrowing pattern
Our future generations, unfortunately, will be left paying off debts that never reached the public in the first place
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Bruised yes, broken — no
Questions have been raised as to the effectiveness of the ongoing Karachi operation
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An invalid excuse
Government has refused to disburse amount due to K-P under different financial heads, citing “acute shortage” of funds
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Towards SCO membership
Joining the SCO is a positive step for Pakistan
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Brexit and Pakistani economy
The way forward for Pakistani exporters has just became slightly murkier
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A line is drawn
Decision against India's entry into NSG is a setback for those promoting a doctrine of exceptionalism for India
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A question of ‘yes’ and ‘no’
Failure of civilian governance at both provincial & federal levels to make elements of NAP operative is unacceptable
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Governance on pause
For all the sound and fury generated by the Panama Papers, there is little by way of light
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A fraught return
Fata Disaster Management Authority is reporting over 70 per cent of those displaced have now returned to their homes
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Britain leaves the EU
The referendum held in the UK on June 23 has produced what is reasonably described as a seismic result
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Democracy from within
PTI has turned out to be something of a chocolate bicycle — or cricket bat — melting when the heat is on
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Hollow promises
Governments exaggerate their achievements and promises – it’s their job, and the PML-N government, is no different
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Timely reforms in FATA
There can be few relics of the colonial era more detested than the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR)
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Accountability for Alesha’s death
The report confirmed that had she received treatment sooner, Alesha could have survived
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Death of an icon
Addressing the law and order situation requires more than an operation by the Rangers
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Another high-profile kidnapping
Karachi is again in crisis mode as one more such instance has emerged
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The many faces of poverty
On June 20, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal launched Pakistan’s first-ever report on multidimensional poverty
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Embedded hatreds
Minority faith groups are increasingly at risk, not only of marginlisation but of murder
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Raising standards
That Pakistan has an education emergency is beyond question
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Budgeting for Balochistan
Balochistan announced its Rs289.3 billion budget on June 19
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Parliament fades away
The government consistently struggles to maintain a quorum in parliament
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Beating plagiarism
Plagiarism is a curse that afflicts academia in Pakistan from top to bottom
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Left to starve
For the people of Thar, the vagaries of uncertain weather patterns have had deadly consequences
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The realities of today
There can be no half measures in this matter. A border is either regulated or it is not
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Opacity rules
Govt waived off condition that there be international competitive tendering for construction of Eastbay expressway
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Two years of Zarb-e-Azb — what next?
We need to accept the fact that we are at war against an ideology inspired by a distorted version of religion
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A tale of bigotry
Not without reason is Pakistan considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for minorities
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Shoddy governance
It appears that wherever one cares to look, key institutions of governance are in dereliction or disarray
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A crowded market
The Islamic State is once again in the spotlight courtesy of the mass murder in Orlando, Florida
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Better late than never
Reports that Pakistan is seeking to hire lobbyists to make its case in Washington are welcome
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Rights of informal workers
The plight of workers working in the informal sector in Pakistan is no hidden secret
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Emerging market status
The MSCI has announced its Pakistan Index would be reclassified to Emerging Markets status
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Divided by tragedy
Rather than attacking the millions of Muslims who call America home, it is more important than ever to build bridges
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Budgeting for K-P
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government presented a Rs505 billion budget on June 14
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The Panama stitch-up
Talks initiated by the government to determine the ToR in the matter of investigating the Panama Papers have collapsed
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Promoting religious tourism
Religious tourism market contributes around 40 per cent to revenues generated by international tourism every year
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Budgeting for Punjab
Punjab announced its Rs1.681 trillion budget on June 13
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The Afghan border dispute
On June 12 Afghan forces opened fire at Torkham crossing and on June 14, Pakistani Major Jawad succumbed to his wounds
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A deepening malaise
A Hindu octogenarian was beaten by a police constable in Hayat Pitafi, a remote village in Ghotki district
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Uplifting Balochistan
No Balochistan MPA can cite a single scheme since that has increased state revenue or provided jobs for local people
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Massacre in Orlando
The carnage at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, is the worst incident fatality-wise in American history
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Tragedy in Multan
A mother of two young children took their lives and then committed suicide
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Concessions to lawbreakers
Experts say government has tried to use the prospect of becoming an OECD signatory as an excuse to get laws passed
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Panama deadlock
Danger now is that the PTI will once again lead its troops into the sterile wilderness of dharna politics
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Budgeting for Sindh
WB and other donors continue to pledge money, but that doesn’t translate into a general uplift of living standards