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Imprudent tinkering
The opposition is counting on suo-motu action by the chief justice of Pakistan to stave off the PPP move
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A familiar story
Pakistan spends billions on good ideas every year only to see them fall by the wayside due to a lack of political will
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A welcome development
Pakistan is preserving just 10 per cent of its flowing water and the country
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Women’s Day implications
Women fare far worse than their male counterparts on most aspects, from nutritional levels to the workplace
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Protests by visually impaired
Differently-abled persons in Pakistan are viewed as people who are merely taking up space
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Dangerous waters
Whilst the ship is listing it is not sinking. The near-term outlook for growth is generally favourable
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Ursa Redux
The world is shape-changing at speed and accelerating with a Trumpian foot on the accelerator
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Transparency denied — again
There are a few who would disagree with NAB being flawed and in need of revision
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Suffering in silence
According to Amnesty International, many of those Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar out of hunger
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Unnecessary add-ons
The injunction is just what the education sector needed: proper and timely intervention
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Healthcare — a mixed picture
Rural health outposts need to be incentivised, infrastructure improved and civil service structures revise
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Collateral damage
What the US is doing is attempting to reverse large elements of the globalisation process
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Losing our market share
Pakistan has lost more than half of its market share in Afghanistan to India
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Branches in disarray
PML-N lawmakers need to realign their understanding of the purpose of each branch
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Hijacked by party interests
PTI clinches on six seats and establishes itself as the third biggest party in the house behind PPP and PML
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Women in labour force
Pakistan's women participation in the labour force has increased by 50 per cent in the last decade and a half
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Fragile relationships
Turkey demands return of its nationals working as teachers in Pakistan affecting Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
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A truly existential crisis
Climate change leads to water shortage and Pakistan is one of the top five countries affected by climate change
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Your life in their hands
This is another of those invisible health crises that happen under our noses
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More misery for FATA
The election is throwing spanners in the works across the political system
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Never-ending cycle of debt
The tale of circular debt reads like a Shakespearian tragedy for Pakistan
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A visible ‘breakthrough’
It is in everybody’s interest to facilitate steps towards peace in Afghanistan
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Senate polls: merit should precede wealth
In many cases the leaders of political parties prefer wealthy candidates to ideological workers
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Water fight
Several parties have suddenly awoken from slumber and have become alerted to Sindh’s water woes
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Children deserve better
It is the misspending in the sector that needs to be prevented
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Privileges in healthcare
Rather than being embarrassed by these figures, the foreign affairs ministry has been awkwardly nonchalant
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Time for a clean-up
A cleaner Pakistan is good for all of us — go to it!
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Change of guard? Not really
By choosing to stick to the old guard, the party has shown some of its inherent weaknesses as well
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Calming the provinces. Maybe
Development funding is now in the tight end of the funnel with elections mere months away
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K-P organ donation initiative
Provincial government’s programme is indeed commendable as legal organ donation is a rare occurrence in Pakistan
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Persecution of minorities
Yet again there is a conjunction of a member of a minority group and blasphemy allegations and the internet
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Measles is a killer
Punjab is largely measles-free now is because decisions were made to resource the EPI programme
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Shelling without end
Last year alone there were 1,300 ceasefire violations
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‘Polcare’ to the rescue
Health is an underserved area and most services are interventional rather than preventative
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Syria’s killing fields
If we do not see any cessation of hostilities, there won’t be any decent flow of humanitarian relief
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A troubling convergence
Line of Control and Working Boundary between Pakistan and India have heated up considerably in the last three months
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Myanmar’s dubious intentions
Myanmar government’s motto of destroying-to-rebuild Rohingya communities is highly dubious
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Shielding transgender persons
The home secretary has been tasked to work out a safety plan for them
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Good news, bad news
The distribution infrastructure is in many places beyond its designed life
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As corrupt as ever
Corruption is never easy to tackle anywhere in the world
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Animals in distress
The conditions have triggered a health scare
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Image management
Minds get changed, perceptions altered
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Returning the Afghans
It is required that Afghans are treated with dignity and returned to Afghanistan
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Effective controls
Pakistan, it must be pointed out, is one of the few countries that allow ordinary citizens to own such weapons
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Partners in Europe
International Committee on International Trade may consider possibility of upgrading EU relationship with Pakistan
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Charities and sexual abuse
So should ccountability bar be set higher for organisations delivering succour to neediest and most exposed
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Imperial hubris
In South Asia, the US needs to work with China and Russia as well as Pakistan and Iran
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Governing the ungovernable
Governance is all about how best we are able to manage our lives in different public domains
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Greening Sindh
Between 2000 and 2010, Pakistan lost forest cover equivalent to size of Lahore
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Collision course
Step back and breathe deeply