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The rise and fall of the PPP
PPP can win back its lost position only if it could successfully eradicate corruption & improve governance in Sindh
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Speaking the truth
Universities ought to be places where envelope of thought, ideas is stretched rather than channelled down narrow path
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Our Parsi community
The fact that members of the Parsi community operate in kindness and tolerance for others is entirely ignored
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Deadly doings
The fact before us is simple: the long-drawn-out Kashmir dispute can be sorted out only at the negotiating table
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Champions Trophy challenge
PHF needs to chalk out a sustainable financial plan & team will have to back that up with solid on-field performances
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Hope springs eternal
There is a positive ‘feel’ to Pak-Afghan bilateral relations and we cannot afford to miss the opportunities it offers
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A CEC at last
We need a body to oversee elections which is fully autonomous and clearly impartial
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Combating HIV/Aids
Burying our collective heads in the sand helps nobody, but honest ownership of the battle can work wonders
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The barbaric Punjab police
The handling of blind protesters by Punjab Police was inept at best, criminally abusive at worst
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The slaves of today
Slavery is widespread across Pakistan & comes in many forms, with bonded labour being the most obvious & high-profile
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Protecting our minorities
Migration of Hindus, Sikhs and other minority communities might escalate if their rights are not preserved
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Gordian knots
The Kashmir conflict was born of colonial downsizing in a bloody division that is still within living memory for some
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Right direction
The government and the PTI need to find a solution to the deadlock that has hung over us now for months
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The real test after the Tests
Not playing arguably your most consistent batsman of the year raises some serious questions
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Good thinking
A number of Western nations are reportedly already importing defence products from Pakistan
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Careless and clueless
National Crisis Management Cell fears that around one thousand of proclaimed absconders have joined militant groups
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Aitchison and merit
Opening of Aitchison College to a more egalitarian set of values has to be good news for the country in the long run
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The internet deficit
Pakistan has enormous internet growth potential, but is saddled with a government that is suspicious of the internet
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The right way
Some kind of agreement must be reached to move forward from the present entrenched positions
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Delaying tactics
Those who sit in the assemblies must realise the urgent need to do better if they want to serve the people
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Modi’s tough posturing
It seems those on whom we had been banking to intervene on our behalf have joined the other side
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Metro for Karachi
For Pakistan’s largest city, its financial hub, absence of an organised transport system is a jaw-dropping fact
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Dangerous work
We need to pay more attention to BDS, give them equipment, training and support they need to perform their functions
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Bustards 1, Fed Gov 0
One small step in the direction of the rule of law, one giant leap in the protection of the Houbara bustard
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A tragic death
Cricket needs to be treated for what it is: a game that must be enjoyed by players and fans alike
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Fighting discrimination
It appears that policemen can only tolerate women law enforcers as long as they are confined to women’s police station
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Saved by a handshake
Turning a brief interaction at a conference in Nepal into diplomatic reality is not going to be easy
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Polio kills
Eradicating polio was almost within national grasp five years ago, since then, the downwards slide has been inexorable
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Unused funds
Consequences of failure to utalise the funds will be huge & the K-P government needs to think about this seriously
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A curious case
The girls recovered by the police from a house in Karachi were seemingly being used as a form of currency
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Erdogan unhinged
His latest comments about women need to be seen within larger context of what seem like ramblings of an ageing ruler
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Cast not the first stone
It is in both Pakistan & Afghanistan's interest to fight the Haqqani group & finger-pointing helps nobody and nothing
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SAARC realities
Modi rightly said that nowhere in the world are collective efforts more urgently needed than in South Asia
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Rights of transgenders
Government-led measures, like official recognition on CNICs while welcome, do not equal societal acceptance
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Exit Chuck Hagel
Whoever succeeds Hagel will have less than 2 years to mend a cracked pot, & few would bet on their chances of success
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Eternally vacant
Given that ECP is the fount from which all things electoral flow, it is obvious that an early resolution is required
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Speedy justice
Farzana Parveen may not have died in vain, and it is to be hoped that this presages more guilty verdicts
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No peace for Afghanistan
Mass murder creates little but fear and intimidation, & for murderers, sadly, this was another ‘mission accomplished’
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Great expectations
The challenge for India and Pakistan at Saarc is to find themselves on the same page
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Preserving Khan Klub
Talking and dreaming about our ‘glorious past’ is not enough, it needs to be preserved for the dream to remain...
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General Raheel’s excellent US visit
It is too soon to call the COAS visit a watershed, but it does allow a cautious optimism to break the horizon
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Missed targets
IPR’s findings may have been critical, but they reflected the government’s inefficiency
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IS: the threat is real
We need to cleanse our school syllabus of militant subjects and inspire our youth to shun militancy
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Death in the crib
What happened at Sargodha nursery is a tragedy we must get to the bottom of, so that we can prevent others like it
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Modern slavery
There is no single national body to organise a coordinated response to slavery in 21st century Pakistan
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Business with the Bear
Doing business with The Bear makes sense at many levels, not only military, and we welcome this agreement
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Facebook revolution
The education department must devise a proper strategy to put an end to the menace of ghost teachers once and for all
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Pointless law
The problem of power theft must be tackled so that we can move a few steps closer to tackling power crisis
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A different broom
Operation Zarb-e-Azb is in India’s interests as well, given the expansionist statements of both al Qaeda and IS
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Plight of the girl child
Instead of penalising the culprit, we put the victim under scrutiny, at the cost of her physical & intellectual growth