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Should we stop telling the truth?
We continue to do our job of telling the truth despite fear for our lives.
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The TB scourge
Unless the government releases the funding, there is a real risk that National TB Control Programme will collapse.
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Hanging hiatus
Let there be no hangings in 2014 and the hanging hiatus be converted into abolition.
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Souring diplomacy
Islamabad and Tehran must do everything possible to placate each other’s grievances and suspicions.
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Sindh’s witness protection law
Six months later, Sindh Witness Protection Act 2013 is nothing more than a piece of paper.
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The first step
Although peace process has made unprecedented progress, government must not let excitement cloud extreme caution.
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Mapping education
The devolution of budgets to the provinces has done nothing to improve the national map of education.
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Just not cricket
Banning of locals from supporting international teams deserves some sort of rebuke or punitive action by ICC.
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A worthy proposal
Sherani needs to understand that parliament is precisely the place where such matters must be discussed.
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Perks eternal
No officer transferred out of the Punjab government is permitted to retain either staff or official vehicles.
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Another polio campaign death
The murder of a 45-year-old LHW is just another reminder of how vulnerable these essential health workers are.
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Pursuing civil nuclear energy
We welcome PM’s address at Hague where he aired Pakistan’s legitimate demand for access to civil nuclear technology.
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Posts lying vacant
Bureaucrats are known to watch over their interest and work behind the scenes to influence induction to key posts.
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Another metro bus
Nobody doubts that mass-transit in our cities is the need of the hour. Many doubt how we are going about the job.
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Turkish Twitter ban
Free speech always finds a way of being heard, whether governments like it or not.
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Rising costs at Gwadar Port
In the case of Gwadar Port, it appears that misappropriation of funds have played a key role in rising cost of project
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Antithetical justice
Atrocities of jirgas are only addressable by negating the very existence of a parallel judicial system.
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Social protection at last
Sindh government appears to be taking a key step towards bringing brick kiln workers into the social safety net.
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Unrest in Crimea
Geopolitical tectonics invariably move exceeding slow, but events in Crimea in last 3 months represent seismic shift.
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About time!
Welcome as it is, there must be lingering concern about how quickly Punjab government will move to act on the new Bill
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Coach carnage
Neither condolences nor an investigation is likely to do anything to mitigate the instances of accidents such as this.
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Khushwant Singh (1915-2014)
He will be best remembered as a satirist, lambasting in somewhat ribald terms the society he lived in.
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Protecting journalists
The fact is that being a journalist in Pakistan is becoming increasingly difficult by the day.
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Intelligence sharing
For now, on the face of it, it seems the prime minister has the military’s support on the formation of NID.
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Concentration of powers
Sindh will do well to prove its administration’s democratic credentials by passing on authority to the grassroot units
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A chappal ain’t just a chappal
Officials holding portfolios of culture must do more to secure designs of cultural elements.
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Campaign donors and tax policy
The government is trying to collect more taxes from an industry it knows it can squeeze.
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(Lack of) wheat support
Restricting the wheat support price is not a good way to fix flaws with the government’s agriculture policy.
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Killing our children
There is legislation to cover the industrial employment of children, but none to cover ordinary households.
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Generous donation
Saudi Arabia had provided $1.5 billion to shore up Pakistan’s fast-depleting foreign exchange reserves.
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Lift the YouTube ban
We would warmly welcome filtering so long as filtering process was not a further encroachment on freedom of speech.
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Hate violence in Sindh
Whatever the instigation, it does not justify torching of a place of worship or properties owned by Hindus.
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Monetary policy blues
Foreign investors are far more likely to invest in the country if interest rates are lowered, not raised.
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Tall claims on power
Private Pakistani and non-Chinese investors are investing in expanding power production in Pakistan.
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Pay the vaccinators
It is entirely possible that Pakistan is going to find itself quarantined from the rest of the world in coming weeks.
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Improving law enforcement
Law-enforcement agencies should focus on improving investigation & gathering evidence which can stand court scrutiny.
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Barbaric acts
Only way such acts will stop is if we can persuade people to think differently; accept woman's right to choice.
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Inching closer to free trade
There is no confirmation on whether trade in food and industrial goods will be liberalised between the two neighbours.
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Dam dispute
Govt cannot afford to be held hostage for the sake of unresolved local disputes over the construction of Bhasha dam.
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Toxic radio
The power of radio as a medium should never be under-estimated, neither should be the power of those that misuse it.
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Rape and fire
A girl had set herself on fire after hearing that the suspects who had allegedly raped her were granted bail.
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Afridi, a misogynist?
Afridi has shown that we still have a long way to go before we can hope to become a truly enlightened society.
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Bloodshed in Lyari
For a government that let hundreds die in Thar, killing of a mere 19 in Lyari is hardly going to make any difference.
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Negotiating for polio immunisation
In the short term, the government desperately needs to address the issues of security and accessibility.
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Rupee recovering
The only way to address the weakness of the rupee is to address the structural weaknesses of the economy.
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Not so incredible India
India has not always been as positive in its responses as might have been hoped for.
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Lyari killings
Apart from ensuring security to its sportsmen, Sindh government must take steps to encourage sports in Lyari.
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Asia Cup defeat — lessons to be learnt
The lack of wicket-taking bowlers cost the team dearly, which should be an eye-opener.
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Creating sectarian harmony
Government is planing to introduce a common code of conduct to come to grips with differences among religious sects.
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Inequitable taxation
The problem with Pakistan’s tax structure is that it offers far too many exemptions to far too many industries.