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Taxing the salaried class
The government is considering penalising those salaried persons who don’t file their income tax returns
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Women in politics
There is a need for urgent electoral reform, especially to ensure women’s participation in the electoral process
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Panama Papers deadlock
Chaudhry Nisar has said that the target of opposition parties was Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and not corruption
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Unacceptable tactics
The death of Aftab Ahmed has once again brought to light the issue of use of excessive force by our LEAs
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From joke to presumptive
Donald Trump is no joke, and what he has achieved in the last year is a statement of serious intent
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Harmful delays
China is reportedly upset over a delay in the Gwadar port project
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A constructive move
The opposition has not insisted on the demand that the prime minister resign
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The grim case of poisoned sweets
Layyah district of Punjab is slowly recovering from the poisoned sweets disaster
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Censorship on a roll
The struggle between the Pakistani state and society on the matter of freedom of expression is a long-drawn one
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Life on the margins
Chitral is an area of sublime natural beauty but underdeveloped, poorly invested in and lacks political muscle
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Disappearing forests
The forests of Pakistan are disappearing faster than you can say ‘matchstick’
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Quiet changes in Iran
The supporters of President Hassan Rouhani won 42 per cent of the 290 seats in parliament
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The rumble in the political playpen
The air is thick with flying teddies in the political playpen. Rattles and cuddly toys are hurled right and left
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Education woes
There is the huge disparity in numbers that exists at different stages of education
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Foreign policy stumbles
Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to refuse the invitation to visit Pakistan
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May labour have its day
A vast majority of labourers and daily-wage workers in Pakistan remain outside the field of labour laws
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The state of the economy
Pakistan’s policies are such that it is much easier for companies to exist in informal sector than in formal one
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The battle for patriarchy
A resident of Orangi Town, Karachi stabbed his sister multiple times after beating her severely
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The curious case of ‘Maalik’
It is unusual if not unique for a film, which is certified by Central Board of Film Certification to be de-certified
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Pressures and perceptions
Obama Administration earmarked $742m in aid for Pakistan and not everybody in the US thinks it is a good idea
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Under-utilisation of budgets
In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, most departments are said to have used around 50 per cent of development funds
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Findings on Thar
Thar Commission clearly blames the Sindh government for the deaths in the area
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Ominous signs for Panama
There will be much argument & dispute, quite possibly ill-informed, regarding investigations relating to Panama Papers
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The plight of health workers
There appears to be a national malaise when it comes to dealing fairly with daily wage health workers
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Fishing for votes
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been getting out and about, ostensibly to focus on the development agenda of the PML-N
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Stuck in neutral
One and a half hours of secretary-level talks do not make a peace deal
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Banks versus the FBR
PBA and FBR appear to have reached a deadlock over issue of allowing the latter access to account-holders’ database
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Afghanistan in disarray
The attempt to isolate Pakistan diplomatically is going to take nobody anywhere
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Climate change — and Pakistan
It is a race against time and time is running out fast
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PTV — in need of an overhaul
With the advent of the PML-N government, the channel has suffered losses worth Rs1.12 billion
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Politics a-stir
The weekend of April 23-24, 2016 saw something of a stirring in the political ranks
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A police force in need of an overhaul
So, it is not only the Sindh police that is worryingly inefficient but even the one belonging to Punjab
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Looking through the veil of money
Many leading economists have come to agree that modern economic theory represents triumph of ideology over science
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Regional trade agreements
Tense relations between Pakistan and India continue to upset potential regional trade agreements
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The murder of Soran Singh
His tragic murder is the latest in a string of attacks on the Sikh community in K-P
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Call the escape committee
What the PM delivered in his address was essentially an open-ended option as far as any Panama Papers inquiry went
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Conflicting goals
The global drugs problem is being tackled in a variety of ways and not all of those ways are complementary
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Limited freedoms
Pakistan has jumped up 12 points in the World Press Freedom index to 147th place out of 180 countries
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Accountability in the army
At least six high-ranking Pakistan Army officers, including a lieutenant-general and a major-general, have been sacked
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The cancer of extortion
Afghan Taliban have been found to be involved in at least nine major cases of extortion in Peshawar in 2015
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A summer of unpaid bills
As the summer season touches its peak, so will power outages in the country
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Poisoned mindsets
There is something odious about killing of seven police officials murdered in Orangi Town, Karachi, on April 20
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The lost culture of FATA
The tribal areas of Pakistan have for too long only been associated with war, terrorism and stories of human tragedies
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Kabul bombed again
The attack killed at least 64 and wounded over 347, many of them seriously & according to reports most were civilians
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The accountability dilemma
It is difficult to disagree with the call by COAS General Raheel Sharif for “across the board accountability”
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A new leader for the UN
Term of the current secretary general of UN, Ban Ki-moon, is almost over and selection of his successor is underway
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Some justice for Kasur
Two men sentenced to life for their role in paedophile ring which abused dozens of children over a decade in Punjab
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The fight against terrorism
Pakistan is fighting a long war, and as of the last week has won a battle in that war — but it is far from over
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Innovative farming
A farmer in Chakwal is employing drip irrigation to grow grapes across nine acres of land and is pleased with results
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Orange Line hinders
Development projects preferred by the PML-N government are usually huge undertakings