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More aid cuts to Pakistan
The US has been fierce in cutting aid to other countries, contrary to its past policies
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Call for suicide prevention
Anam Tanoli was found dead in her home in Lahore’s Defence area
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Child sex abuse
Pakistan continues to be one of the worst countries to raise a family
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Govt vs NADRA
The PTI government will have to ensure that it is genuinely independent
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Expanding the electoral footprint
In electoral terms this is uncharted territory
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Despite our hospitality
Contrary to the Afghan hostility for Pakistanis, Pakistan’s hospitality to the Afghans has been a matter of record
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Concern for human safety
It has been a hapless cause to advocate for human health and safety in the country
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Resetting ties with Tehran
Iran faces international sanctions in the wake of the US pullout from the 2015 nuclear deal
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A moral victory
A Dutch politician and Islamophobe cancelled a blasphemous cartoon contest due to be held on 18th November
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Walking on water
Round of talks about water in Lahore over two days in the last week has concluded
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Tackling terrorism
The fact that most of the arrestThe country’s largest province is performing better than all other provinces
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Ministers on the record
Not all ministers are competent performers either in the media mainstream or on social media
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The bureaucratic hydra
The incoming government has challenges on all sides but there can be few as obdurate as an entrenched bureaucracy
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Task forces proliferate
The new government created six new task forces on Tuesday, August 28
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Crisis in Iran
The Iranian parliament decided to summon President Hasan Rouhani to account for the parlous state of the country
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Unmet demand for contraceptives
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) revealing that 2.2 million abortions are carried out in Pakistan every year
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Retrieving the loot
New government desires to bring back to Pakistan monies that are currently elsewhere
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Depoliticisation of police
A police officer tried to discipline included Khawar Maneka, the former husband of First Lady Bushra Imran Khan
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Talking out the water dispute
Lahore is hosting a nine-member delegation from New Delhi for two-day talks on the contentious water issues
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Revising NFC’s mechanism
The recommendations propose shrinking the share of the provinces by 8.2% to 49.3%
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Divided they oppose
Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan is the PPP’s nominee while Maulana Fazlur Rahman is backed by all other opposition parties
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Eid accidents
Holiday time has a negative reputation universally when many accidents occur
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No more aid
Trump’s latest decision to cut funding to the forlorn nation challenges the latter
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Moody’s warning
The assessment comes at a time when Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have dropped to $10.23 billion
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The probe into RTS ‘failure’
How the ECP now counters the NADRA claim before the investigation panel remains to be seen
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The new new — austerity lite
The PM is no longer going to use his dedicated plane for foreign trips but for domestic flights
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Marriage suicide
In Lyari, an 18-year-old wife committed suicide allegedly after frequent brawls with her husband
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A scent of rapprochement
About 3,000 military personnel from China, Russia, India and Pakistan are to be brought together for joint exercises
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Wake-up call from Kerala
Major flooding in the Indian state of Kerala has killed more than 230 people and displaced more than a million others
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Re-booting the narrative
It is time for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led by Imran Khan to get on with the business of governance
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Raising steam
Across the sub-continent and much of Africa, the railways are a colonial legacy
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The first move
Few of his close companions don’t have a completely clean slate, this will definitely test Imran's impartiality
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No ceasefire in Afghanistan
The Taliban had made their point and there was to be no ceasefire
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Measures to strengthen the economy
Most of the previous governments in Pakistan have tried to attract foreign investment
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Future of largest minority in Naya Pakistan
Minority is named as per unique challenges that its members face: ‘crippled’
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The making of ‘new’ Pakistan
The ‘new’ is synonymous with broad and deep reforms in critical areas of governance
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Lack of informed opinion on IMET decision
US decision to suspend the IMET Programme to Pakistan military is not a new phenomenon
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Another gang rape
How many more children would be sacrificed before the state takes stringent actions?
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Hepatitic handlers
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority has revealed a ghastly fact with regard to hygiene in Kohat
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The foreign policy front
Foreign policy cannot be seen in isolation as it reflects a country’s domestic policy
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Time now to act
Khan is reported to keep the important portfolio to himself, apart from a few others
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What goes around comes around
The power sector is a weapons-grade migraine for the new government
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Twitter threat
Twitter should not have to concern itself with constitutional parameters of every country
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MNA education
According to FAFEN, many members newly elected into the National Assembly have obtained low levels of education
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The dark horse
Sardar Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar of Dera Ghazi Khan has been nominated for the key role of the Chief Minister of Punjab
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Compare and contrast
Parliament is set to once again become the pivotal point of national political life
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A fiscal minefield
PTI is going to have to hit the ground not just running but sprinting if it has to ward off a monetary dark cloud
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A new Prime Minister
Imran Khan, leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is to be the next prime minister
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a published poet who was thrice elected as Prime Minister of India, left for his heavenly abode
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Endless barbarism
At least 48 Kabul teenagers studying for college admission died when a suicide bomber detonated in their classroom