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  • Russo-Ukraine thaw needed

    Kyiv, being the grain basket for Asia and Africa, is earnestly in need of peace

  • Pressure on Kabul

    Taliban have done little to repay Pakistan, as Monday’s terrorist attack in Peshawar shows

  • Fatal road accidents

    Negligence of reckless drivers and ignorance of officials have caused many unavoidable accidents and loss of lives

  • Conspiracy spiral

    The former prime minister is directly accusing a political rival of being behind an assassination conspiracy

  • India’s grooming otherness

    It is an apartheid state lacking communal harmony as voices of rationality are silenced at the behest of state power

  • Peshawar blast

    Pakistan continues to bleed at the hands of terrorists — strategically aided by hostile foreign conspirators

  • Human trafficking

    UN report that states that South Asian women are the most vulnerable to human trafficking

  • Strengthening education

    Poor governance, mismanagement and lack of investment have led to the deplorable state of education in Pakistan today

  • Disgruntled politics

    There is no room for delaying elections under the Constitution

  • Tackling Islamophobia

    A recent incident took place in Stockholm where a right-wing extremist desecrated a copy of the Quran

  • Fight against polio

    Major problem, however, remains militant and rebel groups who are looking for opportunities to create chaos and rift

  • Leadership drama in PML-Q

    Shujaat was reportedly removed and replaced by his brother Wajahat Hussain, who is in the Elahi camp

  • Mysterious deaths

    Eighteen mysterious deaths occurred over 16 days in Karachi’s Keamari region, each victim with similar symptoms

  • Jenin massacre

    Israel once again exhibited barbarism over unarmed Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank

  • Cap removal

    The artificial measures to contain the dollar from winging high and high have rather proved counterproductive

  • India’s olive branch

    If Pakistan accepts the invite, it will be the first visit by a Pakistani foreign minister in 12 years

  • Unwarranted arrest

    Fawad Chaudhry’s arrest was an unwarranted act executed by the administration in a hilarious bad taste

  • Gender-based violence

    Violence against women has become one of the most prevalent human rights violations in Pakistan

  • The real message

    Religious scholars outrightly rejected any kind of fissures against the state and its people

  • Nationwide blackout

    Even medical facilities reported issues with their backup bundles

  • Need for mediation

    Pakistan in the post-withdrawal era from Afghanistan is eager to strike a new accord with the US

  • Representing minorities

    Avari excelled at sports from a young age and was given the Pride of Performance Award for sports in 1982

  • Growing threat to journalists

    At least 42 journalists have been murdered in the line of duty in Pakistan during the past four years

  • More than just bullying

    Parents, instead of condemning and restricting their children, enable them through protection

  • Justice in dock

    The acquittal of trigger-happy former SSP Malir, Rao Anwar, will for long be contested

  • Tracking immunisation

    Sindh Health Minister reveals plans of a mandatory certificate of immunisation for children to get school admission

  • Rise of fake news

    Digital rights experts need to toil with this moral conundrum to find an adequate solution

  • The benevolent friend

    The Saudis are looking at the bigger picture of the world economy

  • Deadly tobacco

    Fallacious arguments are presented to persuade users and consumers that tobacco products are not dangerously fatal

  • Development budget cut

    The unbudgeted rise in current expenditures of the federal government continues to take a toll on development spending

  • Dealing with TTP?

    Bilawal’s contention that there won’t be any more talks with the Taliban sounds logical

  • Survival of the richest

    Global inequality has been on the rise across the global for the past several decades

  • Lessons from LB polls

    Legal and procedural irregularities observed during the first phase of Sindh’s LB polls last June repeated themselves

  • Davos climate protest

    Matters will only get worse if immediate action isn’t taken

  • Shrinking LSM

    Industrial sectors continue to suffer under domestic and international pressure

  • LB mathematics

    This second phase of local bodies’ polls in Sindh will long be remembered for grave errors of judgement

  • PML-Q’s death knell?

    Even if Imran Khan has promised him the job for being a loyal ally, in politics, promises mean nothing

  • Crimes against children

    Girls as young as 13 are kidnapped, trafficked, forcefully married, or made to convert to Islam

  • Death of hockey

    Lack of funding, corruption and nepotism have completely destroyed the hockey structure at the national level

  • The debt bomb

    Debt rose by over Rs9 billion in just one year

  • Gruesome killing

    Senior lawyer Latif Afridi murdered inside the premises of the court

  • Preserving heritage

    Sindh government's endowment to enhance archaeological and heritage sites to attract both local and foreign tourists

  • Delaying the deal

    A delay in the resume of the IMF bailout programme is fast eating into the funds received

  • Lacklustre LB polls

    A negligible turnout, coupled with allegations of ballot stuffing and excesses at some places marked LB polls

  • Another home defeat

    Team Pakistan is not just losing at home, but losing very badly

  • BISP corruption

    Officials had been drawing from the funds meant for needy people in the names of their spouses and relatives

  • Startling crime rate in Punjab

    Punjab has seen a rise in crimes that are particularly gender-based and religiously-motivated

  • After the dissolution

    The first and foremost thing that Pakistan needs is political stability

  • Thar suicide surge

    Most suicides were committed out of desperation due to abject poverty

  • Gas price hike

    OGRA has approved a 75% increase in the price of gas after both gas suppliers petitioned the company for price hikes