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K-P education board tiff
Terms should be settled quickly so that operations can resume
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Delimitations: an onerous task
The panel created a smaller sub-panel headed by the PML-N’s firebrand Daniyal Aziz
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Govt employees and travel documents
Official identity documents such as identity cards and passports have been issued to questionable persons
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Bitcoin? No thanks
SBP in a circular says it has not authorised or licensed any individual or entity in respect of cryptocurrency trading
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The spatial awareness deficit
There has been a lapse of spatial awareness regarding the recently announced ‘radical reform package’
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Vulnerable fisherfolk
Almost without exception these communities are poor and eke out a very marginal living
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Getting off the ground
There are just too few women pilots out there
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Fraying at the edges
There has been no attempt to nurture or allow to grow a ‘next generation’ of political youngsters
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Overconsumption of antibiotics
Experts count antibiotic resistance as among the biggest threats to global health
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A rotten prison system
The numbers in our rotten prisons is only set to rise, and prison reform can no longer be deferred
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Kashmir and an indifferent world
Pakistan has few friends that are going to come out in support of its claims regarding Kashmir
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Polio and Pakistan
For fledgling nations like Pakistan, the disease has been nothing less than an unending national nightmare
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Harassment over court matters
During the court investigations, it must be ensured that anyone found engaged in foul play be penalised
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A creeping reality
Pakistan appears on any number of lists issued by global entities and very rarely for good behaviour
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Dysfunctional amnesty
An amnesty scheme is only good if it successfully repatriates cash back into the national treasury
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The Karachi plastics ban
There is an almost complete absence of any efficient waste disposable system
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The migrant worker flow
Remittances from migrant workers are a significant element of the Pakistan economy
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Double standards and the APS carnage
Central government has adopted double standards in dealing with the victims of the massacre
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Looming water crisis
The impact of the reduced water supply for the seasonal harvest in Pakistan will be manifold
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The eternal taxation failure
No government has been able to bite the bullet and tax the rich at the top end of those tax-liable
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The brighter side
In a talk with students at IBA, Dr Ishrat talked about decline of institutions like civil service
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Is Trump getting his way on global trade?
Countries such as Pakistan have not benefited as much from globalisation
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Mentoring and anti-radicalisation
One of the key psychosocial intercessions is the utilisation of tutors
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Of the Indo-Pak love story
But it is by no means an easy proposition given current state of relationship between Pakistan, India
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EU’s largesse and our exports
But Islamabad has not yet fully exploited the benefits of the special EU trade regime
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Ending envoy harassment
Harassment of envoys and their family members is embarrassing for Indians and Pakistanis
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A shared vision
Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar is not required to explain himself or his actions
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Judiciary in elections
Contingency plan needs to be in place before appointments are finalised
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A complicated neighbourhood
Wars have been fought between many of the states that are our neighbours and may be fought again
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Look both ways before crossing
The military component is in large part accomplished, the civilian remains a work in progress
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Women and children first
The time may now be right for the safety of women and children to be moved up the agenda
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The burden of extensions
There may still be Afghan refugees that are unregistered and undocumented in Pakistan
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No small feat
The last time the women here had voted was in elections in 1977
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Cut in drug prices: a welcome move
The reduction in medicine prices will facilitate thousands of people
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Welcome home, Malala
Her journey has been tragic, yet triumphant
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The pre-summer of our discontent
Parts of the country, including its financial hub Karachi, are grappling with pre-summer heat
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The mighty have fallen!
No longer is such frailty associated with Asian cricketers alone
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Welcoming more criminals
Among the several cons, we know from history that clean chits are too frequently offered to prisoners
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Dams, treaties, India and water
Dams are large projects that take years to finance, plan and build and there is going to be no quick fix
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Discontent of LHWs
Their demands for regularisation, wage arrears and recognition of services are longstanding
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Electrifying Karachi
The supply and distribution of power remains as ramshackle as it has for decades
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Human trafficking in Pakistan
The scale of the problem is unknown as there is no data gathering beyond the anecdotal
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Uncovering patrons of riots
Instead of protecting people encircled by the mob, an elite police unit thrashed Muslim leaders and clerics
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The curse of unpaid wages
Arrogance, contempt and corrupt greed underpin the non-payment of wages
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Tick-tock, tick-tock…
The coming months will see further increases in pressure from the American side
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More trouble for Iran
Since the beginning of his term in office, President Trump has adopted a hard line on Iran
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Ill-effects of inflation
We implore our economic managers not to put more pressure on the common man
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Limiting the powers of FBR body
It is a tragic but not entirely unexpected move to suspend the probe against 270 influential people
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In the dark on March 23
In the 21st century, humans should not have to fret over availability of basic necessities
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The leadership vacuum
The vacuum is of political making and the product of a desire to perpetuate power by whatever means