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Female candidates in elections
5% representation indicates a great imbalance as far as politics is concerned
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Hasty borrowings
Last government has massively borrowed from the central bank to finance its unfinished development projects
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Justice in the dock
Findings of guilt came from an accountability court in the matter of the Avenfield apartments case
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Superbug saga
Since 2016, the antimicrobial-resistant typhoid bacteria has crept its way into headlines
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The verdict – ten, seven and one
There will be jubilation in other parties and fragmentation of PML-N is a possibility, which others will exploit
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Genie of inflation
At 5.2 per cent for the month of June, the rate of inflation is at a 44-month high
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Electoral diversity
The transgender community is one of the smaller minorities in Pakistan but in recent years their profile has risen
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Dam confusion
There is no disagreement that Pakistan is years deep into a rolling water crisis
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Battleground NA-247
Never before in the electoral history of Karachi were the elections so unpredictable
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Iran — saving the nuclear deal
Iranian President Rouhani has visited Switzerland and Austria as he seeks to shore up the 2015 nuclear deal
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Raucous rain
The recent rains in Lahore have caused the deaths of at least eight people and injured several others
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Designed demos?
Irate voters grilled Sardar Jamal Leghari, a Nawaz League candidate in the coming elections
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A state of intimidation
There are 11,855 candidates against 15,629 in 2013 and there are 110 parties in the contest
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Chasing peace
Peace in the broadest sense of the word in Afghanistan remains as elusive as ever
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Fuel price hike
The caretaker government has again raised petroleum prices—making it the second successive increase in two months
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Embedded mediocrity
The recent announcement of the results of the Central Superior Services exams have been termed ‘a national crisis’
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Elections — the struggle for honesty
It is FAFEN that time and again has shown the duplicity and downright dishonesty of politicians large and small
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Migration — the defining debate
What Europe is grappling with today may be Pakistan’s problem — again — tomorrow
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Small victory no doubt
US State Department has improved Pakistan’s ranking for its management of human trafficking
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The flying brick
A report submitted to the SC by PIA shows total liabilities have now reached Rs406 billion
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Odd couples at best
Like many alliances brewed in the pre-election season, the MQM-ANP is a one-off arrangement
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Not enough women poll candidates
Despite the highest number of poll candidates in the upcoming election, PTI continues to have low female participation
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Parallel travel curbs?
Federal Investigation Agency has imposed a 30-day travel restriction on suspected outlaws
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The Great Water Bungle
The emerging water crisis has been exacerbated in the wake of the 18th Amendment
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Ranging further afield
Operations by the Rangers in Karachi in recent times have been criticised for their heavy-handedness
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A self-inflicted wound
By Thursday morning Pakistan was on the Financial Action Task Force grey list following a plenary meeting in Paris
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Shooting fish in a barrel
Supreme Court on Thursday 28th June convicted PML-N leader Daniyal Aziz of contempt of court
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False promises
Major political parties have been trying to lure the country’s voters with their job creation plans
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A first for Pakistan
Yousaf Saleem's induction as Pakistan’s first visually-impaired judge is a remarkable feat
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Violations in our midst
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has a massive and unenviable task it has before it
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The FATF Action Plan
FATF has the potential to take action against Pakistan for failing to do enough to prevent the financing of terrorism
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Unflattering WJP ratings
At 105, Pakistan is among the worst ranked in the world in World Justice Project
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Filling in the blanks
The merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has always been fraught
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Afghan acronyms
On Monday 25th, the Pak-Afghan Track-II initiative welcomed a commitment to bring an end to the circular ‘blame game’
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Gone but not forgotten
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people in Pakistan ‘disappear’ every year
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Turkey has chosen
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won the election in Turkey and Turkish politics and governance is going to be changed
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Perils of gas tariff stability
Caretaker administration is under enormous pressure to increase gas tariffs
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Dinghy Island dogs
Yet in this very coastal city of over 20 million souls, there is proof that we haven’t quite lost all of our humanity
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Gadani drowning tragedy
Strategy to mitigate tragedies like these is three-fold
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White House chaos
President Trump has reshaped, redefined what an American President can and cannot do and still retain the job
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On the back foot
Despite spending nearly 90 days in lobbying at UNHRC, Bhutan and Mauritius testified in New Delhi’s favour
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Misplaced goals
Pakistan is poised to be one of the topmost countries impacted by global warming
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The flight of capital
In the financial year 2016-17, the considerable sum of $15.253 billion was transferred out of the country
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Caretakers on tenterhooks
It should be noted that the Constitution does not make any distinction between permanent and caretaker governments
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Science of radicalisation
Radicalisation is influencing thinking mechanism of an individual, group through continuous interaction
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State of the economy
For the third time in its history Pakistan is seeing off a seemingly lost decade in terms of the economy
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Gender parity in politics
Women parliamentarians have consistently outperformed their male counterparts in the country
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Lost in a digital jungle
Like every other developing nation in the world Pakistan has a burgeoning reliance on the interne
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Devious to a fault
It is difficult to grasp the enormity of the deception practised by elected representatives
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Environmental hazards
Desalination plants may offer a solution on how to get out of the severe crunch we presently find ourselves in