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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
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Joining hands for dolphins
Fishermen along with wildlife officials to defend the flagship species of Pakistan, the Indus River dolphin.
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South Africa is burning
The worst spell of violence since the mass-scale destruction took place during the anti-apartheid protests in 1994
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Russia gas pipeline
Russia and Pakistan finally agree to build the Pak Stream Gas Pipeline, almost six years after discussions started.
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Domestic animals act
Pakistan lacks a Domestic Animals Act under which cases of animal attacks should be litigated
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Pandemic of job losses
A survey conducted by the govt revealed that 27.31m workers have been affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Festering wounds
No religious symbol in modern times has found itself to be more divisive than the Muslim headgear
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Oil prices: a third hike
Close on the heels of the federal budget
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PM at Tashkent
The prevailing Afghan situation dominates the discourse at a regional conference
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Killing for ‘hounour’
So far this year, 81 women have been killied in the name of ‘honour’ in Punjab
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Water shortage
It is a perennial issue for the city residents
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Chinese bus incident
Chinese sources have consistently referred to it as a “bombing” and an attack
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Whitewash
Pakistan’s poor performance led to the dejected Pakistani fans in Birmingham
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Isn’t Malala our hero?
She is probably the most recognisable Pakistani in the world
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Amid a fourth wave
The situation is particularly bad in Sindh province where the Covid-19 positivity rate has climbed to 7%
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Restoring biodiversity
UN prepares the first draft text for the upcoming international summit talks on biodiversity in China
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Karachi rain misery
Dark clouds burst while the authorities still in the middle rain preparations
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Anti-torture bill
Brought to a vote only after opposition accuses the govt of making human rights legislation “vanish” from the agenda
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Rise in street crimes
Laws are effective if they act as a deterrent for criminals
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A cautionary tale
It is easy to hate someone we see as a filthy rich, greedy capitalist
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India’s double game
Weapons could be destined for anti-Pakistan terrorists based in Afghanistan
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Introducing electric bikes
Part of the ambitious Pakistan Electric Vehicle Policy 2020-2025
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House of the people
The state and its elected and non-elected cohorts engage in a seemingly endless tussle of coming up trumps
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Taliban march
Towns after towns are falling to the sturdy militants
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Dead chicken
Punjab Food Authority eliminates the threat of substandard, adulterated and unhygienic eatables
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Illegal Israeli settlements
Report states that Israeli settlements are illegal under Fourth Geneva Convention which is binding for all countries
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Registering aliens
Number of foreigners living in Pakistan illegally is not exactly known, but the figure is said to run into millions
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Women Commission
The position of Punjab Commission on Status of Women chairperson remains vacant for more than three years
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Intended to terrorise
Recent incident of sexual assault in the federal capital spurs PM House into action
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SSC exams mismanagement
Sindh Education Department adamant that it would conduct exams despite threat of fourth Covid wave
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Preparations for rain
WASA yet to release Rs326m by the Sindh govt needed to meet rain emergency situations
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Covid handling
Pakistan’s Covid response has earned international recognition
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Covid-hit England tour
The lethal microbe penetrated into the English cricket team camp, forcing the ECB to announce a whole new squad
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Inequitable vaccine access
WHO makes a global appeal for funding vaccines and medical equipment to enable countries to combat the pandemic
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PM security protocol
As an austerity measure and to avoid inconveniencing the public
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More tax on NSS profits
The govt hikes the income tax rates on the profits made on savings schemes for National Savings
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LGs: landmark verdict
The act of dissolution disenfranchises the people says SC
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PM in Gwadar
Many elements of the speech made on the occasion politicised
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RAW’s handiwork
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has gone as far as calling on the FATF to take action against India
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Dark portents ahead
The ascendant Afghan Taliban have made rapid gains much to the surprise of all — even themselves
 
    