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At last the tide ebbs
It must not be forgotten that those now repatriated were the sea in which extremists swam
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A lurking threat to CPEC
Mercifully the bomb targeting a Chinese engineer in Karachi missed its mark by a wide margin
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As the dust settles
The new leader of the Taliban has made it explicitly clear that peace talks are not on the agenda
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Another case of police brutality
Dr Deepak Raj has been left paralysed and an amputee after a reportedly staged encounter by the Sindh police
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A looming drought
Pakistan has no shortage of existential threats, some of them more existential than others
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Constitutional conundrum
There have been calls for the appointment of an interim prime minister to cover the PM’s incapacity
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K-P deprived of funds
Federal funding for a hundred different development projects in PTI-ruled Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has been blocked
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Walls of intolerance
Western countries now reaping the refugee and asylum crisis are the victims of their own actions
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Concerns over CPEC
Continued Chinese irritation on slow progress and lack of funds on the Pakistani side are serious concerns
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The fakery follies
Clock is ticking for NADRA — as well as the thousands who hold a CNIC fraudulently obtained
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The ToR tangle
Continued rancour on ToRs and further delays in setting up an inquiry will greatly harm the country
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A welcome ruling
It is commendable that the LHC has corrected a historical wrong
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The warped mindset of the CII
The controlling of wives and bringing them to heel is for the collective good of society, according to the CII
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More spies in Balochistan
Six men who 'belong' to two networks said to be run by Afghan intelligence agency NDS have been captured in Quetta
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‘Kill all of us’
Murder of Alesha, a coordinator for the K-P Trans Action Alliance is a tragedy that cannot be condemned enough
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The education disaster
There are 25 million boys and girls out of school or almost half of all children, nationally
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Provisions for drug rehabilitation
Pakistan has a drug problem that many only acknowledge grudgingly
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Washing the money
Over $9 billion has been remitted out of Pakistan according to a report presented by the then SBP governor in 2013
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The Taliban succession
Mullah Haibatullah Akhunzada is the new Taliban leader with Sirajuddin Haqqani and Maulvi Yakoob as his deputies
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Transit trade accord
Pakistan cannot rely only on the Chinese and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as the panacea for multiple ills
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Missing key economic targets
Pakistan has expectedly missed its GDP growth rate target in the outgoing fiscal year
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Monetary policy statement
Announcement by the central bank, snipping interest rate by another quarter of a percentage point, surprised everyone
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War, peace, death — and the Taliban
With multiple sources seemingly confirming the death of Mullah Mansoor, a welter of questions are asked and unanswered
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University priorities
It appears Pakistani universities, at times, function more as nunneries than varsities instituted to impart education
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Turning around fortunes
Asian Development Bank is set to give its approval to a $300-million loan aimed at reforming public-sector enterprises
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Join the Club
Pakistan has now formally applied to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group
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Higher education woes
Quacquarelli Symonds placed Pakistan at the very bottom of a 50-country list comparing their higher education systems
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A perk too far
MPs will now receive a monthly salary package of Rs470,000
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Budget lost in Panama papers?
Government is likely to use upcoming budget to again increase the tax burden on those who are already heavily taxed
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Helpless in the face of bigotry
Blasphemy laws continue to be misused, by those who are unafraid of ever being punished for their fake claims
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Righting electoral wrongs
There is no dispute that there is much that needs adjustment in the national electoral system
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Keeping talks alive
Breathing life back into the stalled peace process between India and Pakistan is not going to be easy
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The debate on labour rights
It is no secret that labour rights in Pakistan are rarely implemented
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Sovereign immunity at risk
There are codes and guiding principles that underpin international relationships
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The world of doublespeak
Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has just delivered a master class in arcane communication
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An unfair proposal
The FBR clearly lacks vision when it comes to reforming the taxation system
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Women in the judiciary
Pakistan is the only country in the region not to have elevated a woman to the highest level of the judiciary
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The big push to kill polio
WHO representative in Pakistan Dr Michel Thieren has stated that polio could be eliminated in Pakistan within months
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Sexual harassment on campus
A female professor from the University of Karachi (KU) has been facing a taxing dilemma for two months now
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Pak-US ties — a downward spiral
US lawmakers moved to stop the government from funding a sale of eight F-16 jets to Pakistan
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Impasse over Panama
Appearance of the PM in parliament on May 16 has done nothing to dampen the fires ignited by the Panama Papers affair
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Squash — making a comeback
Pakistan won the Asian Team Squash Championship for the record 15th time
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Going nowhere fast
Any attempt to solve Karachi’s mass and rapid transit problems seem doomed
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Spin, rinse, repeat
Whatever influence Pakistan may have had over the Taliban is largely dissipated and the cycle looks set to continue
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Delving into NAP
Punjab has experienced the biggest jump in violence this year
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The lost children
For the thousands of abandoned, homeless and orphaned Pakistani children, our legal system is particularly perilous
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Cleaning up the police
Sindh Police recently dismissed 1,800 personnel hired as reserves between 2012 and 2014 for being appointed illegally
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A dash of hypocrisy
Imran Khan owns up to avoiding British taxes as he is entitled to do and has done nothing illegal in Pakistan
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The anatomy of extremism
Alarming aspect of JIT report of five terrorist to be hanged is how ordinary, how unexceptional these killers were
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Baghdad carnage — again
Once again, Iraq has been hit by a series of bombs that have killed at least 94 people and injured at least 150 more