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A flash of red
We need to invest more in improving our museums, so that the future generations can learn more about their history .
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Migrant workers
A significant number of Pakistani workers are not regularised and they are now classified as illegal immigrants.
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Counting bodies
The impoverished fishermen should be given better protection and be respected both in life and in death.
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Abuse of maids
Pakistan needs to re-swing its moral compass and treat its children as something other than portable property.
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Gutting the foreclosure law
Access to finance is too important to economic progress to be gutted.
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Human trafficking & illegal migration
FIA should redouble its efforts to bust gangs of traffickers, whose heartless business, devious means ruin families.
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Harsh reality of poverty
The poor in Pakistan are not looking for a handout. They just want a ladder that they can climb for themselves.
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Bhoja air crash report
The pilots lacked training, there were procedural errors and the air worthiness of the plane raises questions.
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The rich list
Only those countries will succeed in future that have a desire to do whatever is necessary to grow their economies.
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Missed targets
Although Pakistan has made improvements in some areas, these are endangered by our galloping population explosion.
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Frozen in time
Reviving govt schools, converting them into institutions that offer quality education may hold key to our future.
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Polio attacks
As result of attacks on anti-polio teams, several parts of country have not been covered in campaigns in recent years.
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Better news
It is welcome to see the Commonwealth praising Balochistan govt for its holding of local bodies elections.
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An astonishing victory
It was a much-needed result and reminded fans as to why the team continue to be labelled mercurial.
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Exiled no more
To see 12,000 internally-displaced Bugti families being barred from proceeding to their hometown is heartbreaking.
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Workers rights
The new bill is to be warmly welcomed, but it is going to be in its implementation that its efficacy will be judged.
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Teaching teachers
Despite its longevity and citations of excellence, FCE is still affiliated with the University of Punjab (UoP).
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Adding to sense of victimhood
This fresh revelation documenting the extent of injustice only goes to heighten the province’s sense of victimhood.
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Baby steps towards free trade
The Nawaz Administration should build a political coalition that would push economic liberalisation forward.
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Learning to share
PML-N should not waste its time trying to achieve an impossible goal.
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Lowari tunnel closure
The tunnel — which is not yet fully completed — is a lifeline for Chitralis but it is vulnerable.
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Checking corruption
It is necessary that the full course be run and the accusations we have heard over and over again be investigated.
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We need Manto more than ever
Curricula at universities must include his writings and an active effort must be made to salvage his legacy.
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Our education emergency
Unless we effectively addresses education emergency in next 10 years, it is going to forever trail behind neighbours.
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Working for peace
We need to develop mechanisms, which can allow us to keep calm along the boundaries of our two nations.
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The great hunger
K-P will only fulfil its own food needs when government devises a food security strategy — and that is a distant dream
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Communicating refusal
In 2013, 54,918 children were denied vaccination by their parents.
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Attack in Peshawar
The blast also reflects the weakness of the state with respect to the high moral ground given to militant forces.
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Unsafe flight
We may be pleasing our Arab guests, but we are allowing our own ecology and wildlife to be ravaged ruthlessly by them.
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Criminal politics
The acts of Khetran must not go unexamined and the identities of those helped by him must be uncovered.
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Unsafe roads
Dump trucks seem to be involved in a number of such accidents and steps must be taken to regulate their movement.
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Conflicts of interest
Having a person who has bought a company from govt on a board that has final say on sale of companies is problematic.
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On a whim
While it is within its right to shuffle top mandarins, the exercise should be dictated by merit, justifiable needs.
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Long wait
It is unfortunate that the attitude of governments in Lahore and Karachi is preventing the handing down of power.
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Deadly birds
International flights go in and out of BBIA, and an aircraft coming down may impact a densely-populated urban area.
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Same old mistakes
The administration’s current policies will likely accelerate the pace at which foreign currency leaves the country.
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Line of action
The right has dominated the narrative for too long and concerted efforts must be made to change this.
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Development agenda
Nawaz Administration should continue projects that are being run well, even if they do not mesh with its own agenda.
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Battlefield Karachi
Karachi is a city out of control of both the forces of law and order and civil governance.
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Deliberate misstatements
There have been reports that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is unhappy with Mr Dar’s performance.
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Recognising our heroes
There are people in the country willing to give up their lives to stand up to violent extremists.
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A needless ban
The government needs to take a reality check regarding the internet.
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A man worthy of being called ‘shaheed’
They finally got him on January 9, and the authorities need to quickly understand the gravity of this tragedy.
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Road deaths
Of course, all road accidents cannot be averted.
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Confusion in the education sector
This state of ambivalence is casting its baleful influence on key initiatives in the sector.
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Protecting our children’s future
Indeed, Aitizaz will live as a hero forever, but it is a pity that our children have to fight this war.
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Surging intolerance
Those carrying out these killings must be caught and put away and we hope made an example out of.
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Women of influence
There are more women in the workplace and in higher education than ever before.
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Saudi mission
Assertion from Saudi foreign minister that he was merely on ‘friendly visit’ to Pakistan does not carry much weight.
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A complete demolition job
Destroyed by pace and out-batted by sheer class, England were left searching for answers.