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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
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PM Qayyum
A grassroots political activist and a Muslim Conference veteran, Qayyum brings with him rich experience of governance
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New KMC administrator
Sindh govt has appointed Murtaza Wahab as KMC's new administrator; previous two unelected ones failed to deliver
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Carbon emissions and agri sector
Pakistan too is facing adverse impacts of the uncontrolled greenhouse emissions, with the agriculture sector
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Discourage religious profiling
The vandalism of a temple in eastern Punjab by a frenzied mob is highly unfortunate
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Nawaz’s visa appeal
Visa rejection by the British Home Office, leaves him limited avenues to continue his self-imposed exile
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Phone hacking
Reports of people losing millions of rupees after hackers accessed details of peoples bank accounts
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Waiting by the phone?
NSA's somewhat problematic interview with Britain’s Financial Times has recently been doing the rounds. phone?
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Youm-e-Istehsal
The inhuman military siege of occupied Kashmir laid by New Delhi continues with callous disregard to human sufferings
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Raisi in the saddle
Iranian president faces three tasks as he assumes his office, from economy to nuclear deal and finally the pandemic
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Overwhelmed vaccine centres
Pakistan finally manages to cross the 30 million vaccination mark, despite hiccups
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IMF’s liquidity support
Pakistan can expect to get $2.8b from IMF’s recently announced $650b general allocation to boost global liquidity.
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Security during Muharram
In order to ensure peace and security, the police have already started to prepare their plan
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The rupee fall
Analysts say surging current account deficits and rising oil prices are the key contributors
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Inheritance verdict
The recent BHC decision on women’s inheritance rights could have a significant societal impact across the country
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Smart way of cheating
They cut a sorry figure in the company of those who have acquired degrees through hard work
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PML-N politics
The party has two echelons of decision-making
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Quacks and mental health
Many are unaware that mental healthcare exists due to lack of exposure and education
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Politicising cricket
It’s no news that India does not want to maintain cricketing ties with Pakistan
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Cyber police
Move is the state’s attempt to respond to reports that India employed digital spyware created by Israeli cyber firm
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The world is burning
Half-way into the year 2021, and it seems that almost half of the world is on fire
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Travel curbs and students
Thousands of Pakistanis in Afghan universities left stranded because of the Covid-related closure of Torkham border
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Days after Eid
Swarms of flies during the day and hordes of mosquitoes at night in due to uncleared entrails of animals sacrificed
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Ordinances in court
IHC calls out the PTI govt for its extensive use of presidential ordinances, bypassing Parliament
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Questionable remission
While remission can be granted on the basis of good conduct, the math does not seem to add up
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Welcome win for PTI
Opposition cries foul, leveling customary allegations of rigging on the ruling party
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Covid-19: tougher curbs in Sindh
The rampaging Delta variant forces Sindh govt to toughen the restrictions on activities across the province
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Mountaineering: another feat
Young man from Lahore accomplishes the feat of scaling the two topmost peaks of the world
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Urban flooding in Islamabad
CDA had reportedly warned of a cloudburst but the meteorological department ignored the warning
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Valid criticism
PM says US really messed it up in Afghanistan, noting that his anti-war stance led to him being labeled ‘Taliban Khan’
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Unchanged policy rate
More than a year now that the policy rate has not undergone any change
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Insensitive bureaucracy
SC orders the payment of long-withheld salary of a female teacher, thus upholding the earlier decision of BHC
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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
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Our improved economic security
Chinese think tank says Pakistan’s economic security has increased by 220% in 2019 compared with 2010
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Global hunger
Activists are apprehensive that UN would tilt in favour of agribusiness sidetracking sustainable farming
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Deteriorating Afghan situation
Situation across the border has deteriorated to the point that Pakistan Army troops have replaced FC, Levies
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Tourism: too much potential, but …
Traffic heading for the scenic destination hovered around 700,000 vehicles
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PTI win in AJK elections
Unfortunately, violence at polling stations appeared to be the biggest story of the day
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5G and the future
Chinese smartphone manufacturers eager to launch 5G-enabled smartphones in Pakistan
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Our femicide problem
The details of the atrocities victims and survivors faced are bone-chilling
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To Windies after defeats
While Pakistan’s performance in the bowling department was by and large okay, their batting was indeed subpar
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Covid curbs: prefer persuasion
Govt should use persuasion more than coercion to motivate people to get Covid jabs
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Politicised FATF
New Delhi openly confessed to scheming against Pakistan to thwart its efforts to get out of the watchdog’s grey list
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Digital hunar programme
The govt plans to train 25,000 educated young persons in digital skills in order to enable them get online jobs
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Games open
The 32nd edition of the multi-sport extravaganza is still officially named as Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
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AJK vote and rhetoric
The level to which our political discourse descends to puts even rowdy schoolyard and street arguments to shame
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Another Eid amid pandemic
Hardly any vendor could be seen operating in accordance with the government’s guidelines
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Israel, India and spyware
The reports suspect over 1,000 Indian phone numbers and hundreds of Pakistani numbers were compromised
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Limited Hajj – again
Second consecutive year the Hajj pilgrimage is being held on a limited scale
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‘Abduction’ and after
The incident could not have come at a more inopportune time