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Hooliganism at hospital
It’s literally unimaginable
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KE and safety issues
Will those who suffered temporary or permanent disability as a result of electric shock be also paid any compensation?
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Thank you, Sri Lanka!
Today is indeed a big day for sports in Pakistan
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Secular India?
Unfortunately, it is now abundantly clear that India’s government cares little for what the world thinks
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Growing economic ties with Qatar
Pakistan should further capitalise on the growing economic ties with Qatar
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US resolution on Kashmir
The resolution does make explicit mention of threat of cross-border terrorism but rejects India’s arbitrary detention
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Well-known woes
Around 87% of Tharis lives under the poverty line; nearly 500 children die annually due to malnutrition
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Whisked away from WhatsApp
If no one calls Modi, WhatsApp may not be the only thing the people of Kashmir could end up disappearing from
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Capital problem
Instead of facilitating residents, water management officials delay supplying water forcing residents to order tankers
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Pyongyang’s latest prank
The timid response from the US and Trump’s love for dictators will only encourage leaders like Kim Jong Un
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Magistracy system
'Who is to say that after returning price control powers to DCs, they would also restore all judicial authorities?'
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Care workers and violence
A third of healthcare workers in Pakistan have suffered violence in the past six months
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The case of Dua Mangi
'Tensions between authorities and Dua’s family became evident from the very start'
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Digital Pakistan Vision
It is undeniable that digitisation of the economy and inclusion are both essential goals
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Discouraging smoking
In Pakistan, smoking kills 160,189 people each year
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Enabling tourism
Most bloggers and vloggers have noted how we handicap ourselves owing to an abject lack of critical infrastructure.
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The elusive consensus
Consensus politics is what the prevailing situation demands
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Removal of encroachments
Removal of encroachments is important for orderly development, so is to do things in a rational way
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Cracked Nato
Nato is too big to fail. Perhaps it is time they looked inward for inspiration and perhaps even new leadership
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Public education system
Public schools continue to suffer from obsolete teaching materials and lack of facilities
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Areas of darkness
Around 325,000 households in Punjab currently lack access to electricity
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Mera Bacha Alert
Unless police reforms are implemented, the ‘Mera Bacha Alert’ app is unlikely to make much difference
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‘Death’ of dengue
This year from 8 July to 12 Nov, 47,120 cases were reported across the country
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Pomp and Pompeo
In Iraq, one must remember that it was the US that backed Saddam Hussein
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Bullish bourse
The latest rally at the stock market deserves to be acknowledged as a sign of the revival of investors’ confidence
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People with disabilities
The government has failed to make serious efforts to ensure these facilities to senior citizens
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Bureaucratic shake-up
Given that the bureaucracy is supposed to be apolitical and this promise will do little to reassure officers
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Demolition Down Under
The demolition Down Under is a bad news for the team management
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Unfortunate incident
Authorities need to separate grain of truth from the proverbial chaff to arrive at a just conclusion
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Unionise but with responsibility
As a body free from faculty and administration influence, a student union can effectively lobby for student interests
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Trump’s distraction card
Trump’s decision to once again shift the goal post on the peace talks has no clarity
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Taking on encroachment
Protests grew violent and a police van was torched while the cops resorted to crowd control measures to maintain order
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CGPI: the breakdown
Even though the assuring commitments of a clean and green Pakistan seem fruitful, shortcomings need to be addressed
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London Bridge attack
Before 2000, in the UK, terrorism-related incidents were attributed to the Irish Republican Army
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Renewed US interest
Pakistan may well be in a for a delicate balancing act if it is to fully benefit from the renewed US interest
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IOK: rape as a weapon of war
In this modern world, the use of rape as a weapon by India continues hardly causing any raised eyebrows
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AIDS control programme
If the current situation is left unattended, it would result in difficulties for the patients
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Kite-flying fatalities
Kite flying in itself is a harmless sport but what makes it dangerous is the use of sharp strings and carelessness
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Buzdar a bust?
Punjab CM has little to show so far, even in terms of proposed works
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Out of the crisis
It is a revelation the Constitution does not carry a single provision to support an extension in army chief’s tenure
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In a crisis
A serious issue was handled with criminal negligence exposing govt's inability at handling official affairs
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Greenhouse gas levels
Earth is drowning, burning up, and freezing simultaneously, and it is not just climate change deniers torturing her
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Expensive flea market
People still prefer second-hand clothes imported from the West, mainly because of their prestige value
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Islamophobia
We can only hope that the people express their outrage thoughtfully, rather than violently
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Tackling street crime
As many as 92,889 street robberies were reported to the police between January 2015 and October 2019
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Drugs in schools
The government has admitted that the penetration of drugs into schools has reached alarming levels
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Tax system automation
The FBR expects to raise Rs20 billion from this 17,000-strong list of big retailers
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Bringing lady doctors back
Women’s education and availability of appropriate healthcare for them are necessary for protecting their health
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Touting cheap labour
The solution is to focus on workers’ training, skills enhancement to bring them on a par with international standards
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Robust defence of CPEC
Pakistan would neither back out from CPEC nor will it become ‘collateral damage’ of any conflict between major powers