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RIP Fatima Surayya Bajia
With Bajia’s departure on February 10, a glorious chapter in Pakistani drama has come to a close
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Development and security — intertwined
The president of the World Bank, Dr Jim Yong Kim, has paid Pakistan a visit, and his words bear close attention
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Justifying domestic violence
A new found that 53 per cent of teenage girls in both countries believe that domestic violence is justified
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LNG deal with Qatar
$16 billion dollar LNG deal signed between Pakistan and Qatar is being hailed by analysts and industry representatives
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Plain words at last
It has taken DG IB to finally give the politicians a salutary reality check regarding the presence of IS in Pakistan
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Criteria behind censorship
PTA provided ISPs with a list of over 400,000 domains that needed to be blocked for pornographic content
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Fixing healthcare in K-P
Imran Khan has clarified that no privatisation was under way when it came to the province’s hospitals
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Getting back in the air
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is gradually going to resume what passes for normal operations
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Implementing RTI laws
The 18th Amendment decrees that access to information held by government bodies is a right of every citizen
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Managing the migrant stream
What to do with illegal immigrants has become an issue within an issue
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Marriage and minorities
Standing Committee on Law and Justice have adopted the Hindu Marriage Bill 2015 unanimously
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Attack in Quetta
Assault came barely two days after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the Rs13 billion Gwadar-Turbat-Hoshab Road
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The devil in the details
It would be fair to say that there is considerable scepticism about the chances of success for this quartet
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The Pathankot inquiry
Team investigating Pathankot attack has reported it can find no linkage to suggest Masood Azhar had ordered the attack
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Women, wages and exploitation
Women the world over, especially poorly paid women, are routinely exploited by their employers
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Securing our educational institutions
All the talk of arming teachers and staging mock exercises are not the solution
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IS — a surfeit of evidence
It is small wonder that young radicalised Lahori girls are ending up in Syria, fighting for the IS
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Census difficulties
Pulling 375,000 soldiers out to ensure a peaceful census is not possible, say the military planners
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The PIA quagmire
Government is now reportedly contemplating launching another airline
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The divided state of America
Discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities is alive and well
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PSL — a great opportunity beckons
PCB deserves credit for finally being able to kick-start a competition that has been in the offing for years
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Dangerous work
There have been 115 journalists killed in Pakistan since 1990
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Decrease in oil prices
From around $115 a barrel in June 2014, prices have been hovering around the $32 mark recently
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Farewell Intizar Hussain
In his death, we grieve the passing away of arguably our greatest storyteller
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Fact-check please
There are 37 organisations banned as ‘terrorist’ by the Indian government, eight of which have a Muslim connection
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Getting connected
There are now 26.3 million mobile broadband connections which is a startling six per cent increase since November
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Understanding Balochistan
In recent years, the province has become a battleground for separatist, ethnic and sectarian interests
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The chaos at PIA
National carrier ceased all domestic and international flights on February 3 as strike by unions entered a second day
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The Syrian talks
Syria is home to the defining conflict of our age and for that reason, the talks are vital to all
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Medieval attitudes
Victim-shaming and distasteful attitudes of police and society towards rape survivors require a deep rethinking
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PIA’s deepening imbroglio
Dealing with employee unions is not exactly a picnic, but the only solution was a dialogue rather than violence
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A disappointing tour
Most Pakistani batsmen appear ill-equipped to deal with the demands of the modern ODI game
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An ill-balanced report
The BKU inquiry report fails to acknowledge the failure of security forces and the law-enforcement agencies
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Orange is the new black
Orange Line may end up blighting lives and cityscapes, and we would pause for thought before damage is done
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Cleaning up Peshawar
PTI publicises “Clean & Green Peshawar" but has forgotten implementation of legislation essential for such...
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Realising Iran-Pakistan trade potential
Pakistan and Iran have agreed to consider linking the latter with CPEC to strengthen border markets
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Zika virus — be prepared
Currently Zika virus, which is carried by a mosquito, is limited to the Americas, a situation that will change
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A murky saga
Uzair was at one time said to be close to PPP leaders and was widely regarded as party’s ‘face’ in Lyari
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PSM’s persistent woes
Attempts to achieve cost cuts through laying off workers on daily wages will not amount to much
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The clock is ticking
President Ghani referred to the Taliban for perhaps the first time as his “political opponents”
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The rights of minority students
The introduction of the book on ethics for Sindh’s non-Muslim students is a commendable effort
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Indo-Pak peace — bumps
It must be noted that the investigation into the Pathankot attack by Pakistan appear to have run out of steam
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School closures confusion
The authorities need to be honest about the real reasons for the closures: security concerns
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Let local govts govern
The chief justice was entirely correct when he said that local govts should “not be mere showpieces”
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PIA — a hard sell
PIA’s competitors will have a field day as passenger traffic is diverted in the event of flight disruptions
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The passing of Sahibzada Yaqub
It was his conversational prowess at play when he talked a group into surrendering 134 hostages in Washington
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The regulation of wages
Sindh Assembly on January 25 passed a law designed to regulate the minimum wages of workers
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The Opposition gets it right
Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah is now demanding that prime minister apologise over failure to fully implement NAP
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Playing by the book
General Raheel Sharif will leave as perhaps one of the most popular army chiefs the country has ever had
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Pakistan on the global chessboard
The fall in oil prices has benefited the country in reducing its trade and current account deficits