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  • Crushing public debt

    Unnecessary subsidies continue to be a drain, and the government still refuses to cut them to a sustainable

  • Age limit for marriage

    It has long been globally established that the age of maturity in the contemporary era equates to 18 years

  • Bail for women

    Providing bail would equally help reduce prison populations and in some cases speed up the legal process

  • Unaffordable Hajj cost

    The government has slashed the quota for Pakistan-based pilgrims in half

  • Bolan barbarism

    Another daredevil attack on the security forces in Bolan is a moment of serious introspection

  • Seaview sewage

    Seaview beach has become a dumping place for trash and sewage, which can cause the spread of water-borne diseases

  • Migrant crisis

    Unemployment, lack of opportunities and record-level inflation has turned Pakistan into an underdeveloped nation

  • Terror fissures

    The government’s going slow in its efforts to net the abettors and terror-financiers

  • Homeless children

    There are 1.5 million street children in Pakistan and the number is rapidly rising

  • Combatting identity theft

    Data protection service to require a person's consent before third parties can access their NADRA data

  • Election date

    The credit goes to the CJP for taking a suo motu notice

  • Uplifting Karachi harbour

    The promise of water tanks, a pump room, and proper sewage network is yet to be actualised

  • Menace of rape

    Instances of rape have not abated and every week, new heinous cases come to the fore

  • Chinese prescription

    International creditors must evolve a proactive lending policy and developing states be provided with space to operate

  • Crippling loan programme

    The harsh IMF conditions are intolerable for the common man as well as the business community in the country

  • Internet curbs in India

    Almost half of all politically-motivated internet blackouts worldwide in 2022 occurred in India

  • Iran’s bomb contours

    The West’s policy perception towards Iran is one of bias and mistrust

  • Digitising census

    Citizens can register and submit information themselves on the online platform

  • SC’s election verdict

    The top court ruled that elections for the dissolved provincial assemblies should be held within 90 days

  • Kabul’s moment

    The region can neither afford to see instability nor return to war-mongering in Afghanistan

  • Migrant boat disaster

    The death toll —63 so far — may cross 100, according to several news outlets

  • Gangsters or students?

    Police must launch a crackdown to dismantle this group before it strengthens

  • Raise in BISP stipend

    How does the government have enough to spare to increase the amount of stipends and how will they create space for it?

  • Rajanpur by-election

    PTI’s Mohsin Leghari comfortably beat PML-N’s Ammar Leghari in the NA-193 Rajanpur by-election

  • Aqaba accord

    The intention is to pledge de-escalation in an earnest attempt to broker a long-term solution to the imbroglio

  • Right to education

    Many children remain out of school due to lack of government facilitation, misappropriation of funds and poor outreach

  • Conserving energy

    We need to make use of the immense daylight we are blessed with by the nature

  • G20: Bengaluru discord

    Russian aggression against Ukraine has literally challenged the unipolarity of the globe

  • Digital safety

    Awareness and regulations are a must to mitigate the wrong use of social media and the internet

  • Failed antics

    The incumbent coalition seems to be unfazed by Imran's Jail Bharo Tehreek

  • Doomed economy

    The strategy to generate revenue in an attempt to bridge the fiscal deficit is taking the economy nowhere

  • Threat of AI

    AI has been developed so that it can learn, adapt and grow on its own

  • Elahi in PTI

    Elahi’s joining suggests that ties between the PTI and the establishment are not irreparable

  • Kabul yatra

    Pakistan and Afghanistan had a tête à tête over evolving a new security paradigm

  • Nablus raid

    Tensions between Israel and Palestine have aggravated again after Israeli troops killed 11 Palestinians on Wednesday

  • Austerity measures

    Cutting perks is mostly only applying to people for whom their government salaries are pocket change

  • Suo motu hearing

    The Supreme Court is seized with an existential issue of parliamentary democracy

  • NAB chief resignation

    Speculation began that he wanted to quit due to the pressure on him to take actions that he found “unacceptable”

  • Gridlock in state affairs

    So where are we heading, if not a confrontation?

  • Bail hearing circus

    Imran missed several deadlines to appear before the court

  • Hampered flood relief

    Heads must roll and officials must be penalised for sheer negligence and ignorance

  • GLOF-II project

    One of the best ways to tackle climate-induced natural disasters is to be pre-prepared as much as possible

  • Secrecy over Kashmir letters

    They may include some details on how political control over Occupied Kashmir was established

  • IMF’s advice

    Georgieva said the rich should be taxed adequately, and the poor be cushioned from the side-effects of IMF conditions

  • Honey-trapping

    Victims are usually lured by suspects with the promise of cheap tractors, livestock and other things

  • Taxing the rich

    High-income taxation can help provide some balance in the economy by downscaling inequality

  • Damascus under attack

    Nothing much that the world can do than merely logging in one more Israeli aggression

  • Energy demands

    A serious challenge of managing fuel imports has perplexed the PMLN-led federal government

  • Karachi disaster

    The audacious attack on the Office of Karachi Police Chief is a serious security lapse

  • Century to remember

    Muneeba Ali has become the first Pakistani female cricketer to score a century in the Women’s T20 World Cup