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  • Overcrowded jails

    K-P govt has not constructed any new prison in many years, even though existing 38 jails are insufficient

  • PM Qayyum

    A grassroots political activist and a Muslim Conference veteran, Qayyum brings with him rich experience of governance

  • New KMC administrator

    Sindh govt has appointed Murtaza Wahab as KMC's new administrator; previous two unelected ones failed to deliver

  • Carbon emissions and agri sector

    Pakistan too is facing adverse impacts of the uncontrolled greenhouse emissions, with the agriculture sector

  • Discourage religious profiling

    The vandalism of a temple in eastern Punjab by a frenzied mob is highly unfortunate

  • Nawaz’s visa appeal

    Visa rejection by the British Home Office, leaves him limited avenues to continue his self-imposed exile

  • Phone hacking

    Reports of people losing millions of rupees after hackers accessed details of peoples bank accounts

  • Waiting by the phone?

    NSA's somewhat problematic interview with Britain’s Financial Times has recently been doing the rounds. phone?

  • Youm-e-Istehsal

    The inhuman military siege of occupied Kashmir laid by New Delhi continues with callous disregard to human sufferings

  • Raisi in the saddle

    Iranian president faces three tasks as he assumes his office, from economy to nuclear deal and finally the pandemic

  • Overwhelmed vaccine centres

    Pakistan finally manages to cross the 30 million vaccination mark, despite hiccups

  • IMF’s liquidity support

    Pakistan can expect to get $2.8b from IMF’s recently announced $650b general allocation to boost global liquidity.

  • Security during Muharram

    In order to ensure peace and security, the police have already started to prepare their plan

  • The rupee fall

    Analysts say surging current account deficits and rising oil prices are the key contributors

  • Inheritance verdict

    The recent BHC decision on women’s inheritance rights could have a significant societal impact across the country

  • Smart way of cheating

    They cut a sorry figure in the company of those who have acquired degrees through hard work

  • PML-N politics

    The party has two echelons of decision-making

  • Quacks and mental health

    Many are unaware that mental healthcare exists due to lack of exposure and education

  • Politicising cricket

    It’s no news that India does not want to maintain cricketing ties with Pakistan

  • Cyber police

    Move is the state’s attempt to respond to reports that India employed digital spyware created by Israeli cyber firm

  • The world is burning

    Half-way into the year 2021, and it seems that almost half of the world is on fire

  • Travel curbs and students

    Thousands of Pakistanis in Afghan universities left stranded because of the Covid-related closure of Torkham border

  • Days after Eid

    Swarms of flies during the day and hordes of mosquitoes at night in due to uncleared entrails of animals sacrificed

  • Ordinances in court

    IHC calls out the PTI govt for its extensive use of presidential ordinances, bypassing Parliament

  • Questionable remission

    While remission can be granted on the basis of good conduct, the math does not seem to add up

  • Welcome win for PTI

    Opposition cries foul, leveling customary allegations of rigging on the ruling party

  • Covid-19: tougher curbs in Sindh

    The rampaging Delta variant forces Sindh govt to toughen the restrictions on activities across the province

  • Mountaineering: another feat

    Young man from Lahore accomplishes the feat of scaling the two topmost peaks of the world

  • Urban flooding in Islamabad

    CDA had reportedly warned of a cloudburst but the meteorological department ignored the warning

  • Valid criticism

    PM says US really messed it up in Afghanistan, noting that his anti-war stance led to him being labeled ‘Taliban Khan’

  • Unchanged policy rate

    More than a year now that the policy rate has not undergone any change

  • Insensitive bureaucracy

    SC orders the payment of long-withheld salary of a female teacher, thus upholding the earlier decision of BHC

  • Saudi FM’s visit`

    Although a lot of the discussions on the prince’s day-long trip remain under wraps, a few positives have become public

  • Our improved economic security

    Chinese think tank says Pakistan’s economic security has increased by 220% in 2019 compared with 2010

  • Global hunger

    Activists are apprehensive that UN would tilt in favour of agribusiness sidetracking sustainable farming

  • Deteriorating Afghan situation

    Situation across the border has deteriorated to the point that Pakistan Army troops have replaced FC, Levies

  • Tourism: too much potential, but …

    Traffic heading for the scenic destination hovered around 700,000 vehicles

  • PTI win in AJK elections

    Unfortunately, violence at polling stations appeared to be the biggest story of the day

  • 5G and the future

    Chinese smartphone manufacturers eager to launch 5G-enabled smartphones in Pakistan

  • Our femicide problem

    The details of the atrocities victims and survivors faced are bone-chilling

  • To Windies after defeats

    While Pakistan’s performance in the bowling department was by and large okay, their batting was indeed subpar

  • Covid curbs: prefer persuasion

    Govt should use persuasion more than coercion to motivate people to get Covid jabs

  • Politicised FATF

    New Delhi openly confessed to scheming against Pakistan to thwart its efforts to get out of the watchdog’s grey list

  • Digital hunar programme

    The govt plans to train 25,000 educated young persons in digital skills in order to enable them get online jobs

  • Games open

    The 32nd edition of the multi-sport extravaganza is still officially named as Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

  • AJK vote and rhetoric

    The level to which our political discourse descends to puts even rowdy schoolyard and street arguments to shame

  • Another Eid amid pandemic

    Hardly any vendor could be seen operating in accordance with the government’s guidelines

  • Israel, India and spyware

    The reports suspect over 1,000 Indian phone numbers and hundreds of Pakistani numbers were compromised

  • Limited Hajj – again

    Second consecutive year the Hajj pilgrimage is being held on a limited scale

  • ‘Abduction’ and after

    The incident could not have come at a more inopportune time