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A destabilising move
For now Pakistan needs to pursue a course of masterly inactivity, preserving and protecting its own best interests
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Bearing fruit
While Punjab has consumer courts, other provinces have no such platform to take their complaints to
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Limited gains
The provinces have a due role to play and not a minute should be wasted
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Women and the budget
Hence, the higher amount promised this year could face a similar result
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The money-go-round
As much as Rs102 billion may have been laundered in the ongoing fiscal year
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Criminal neglect
Value assigned to human life is low in this country
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Sticky procedures
The system of informers the police are reliant upon is stalled
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Going fruitless in Karachi
Much of the campaign’s success would hinge on the response of the public
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America last
America is the second-largest carbon emitter in the world
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It’s not cricket
T20 games were drawn up with the aim of easing tensions between the two neighbours
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A bullet in both feet
Senator Hashmi was not even a player; he just committed the folly of trying to appear more loyal than the king
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Dodging the taxation bullet
For Pakistan taxation has never been equitably levied since Independence
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Carnage in Kabul
The elected government in Afghanistan clings on by its fingernails
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Thanks for the ingratitude
Much of the claims made by Umza regarding the circumstances of meeting Tahir are false
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Contradictions in UK policy
Terrorism anywhere is condemnable
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Stub it out!
Tobacco consumption causes an estimated 100,000 deaths every year
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Playing hardball
The JIT must be implacable in the way it conducts its business
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An emerging pragmatism
Pakistan needs to step away very smartly from any alliance that has a sectarian thread at its core
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Getting it wrong in FATA
An opportunity has now been lost to create and sustain a counter-narrative.
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A killing heat
There comes a point at which temperatures rise to a level at which it is difficult to sustain human life
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School excesses
Corporal punishment continues to thrive in our schools and Madrassas and very little is being done to check this
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Fresh Kashmir curbs
Kashmiris are unlikely to accept the measures without a fight
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A case of missing cash
FIA insists that the cash went missing when there was a change in the person who was incharge of the storeroom
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Deadly strike
Young doctors are making a point and it is coming at the cost of patient lives every day
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S Asia’s changing security landscape
The geopolitical consequences of China’s rise have encouraged other global powers to aid India’s arms build-up
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Mob attack on grid stations
PTI legislator ought to be ashamed of himself and should immediately apologise for his actions
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Between promises and expectations
The trillion-rupee threshold will be crossed for the first time for the development budget in the next fiscal year
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Ramazan blessings
We have seen beggars migrating from rural areas to our cities in droves when Ramazan approaches
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Rightful roles
The poll supervisory body is likely to contest any move aimed at sidelining it
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State of neglect
There is a dire need to facilitate underprivileged families
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Aggressive actions
We need to all be on board to counter such conspiracies being hatched against us
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Priorities in the wrong order again
Interior minister’s unapologetic tone on the crackdown had justifiably ruffled a lot of feathers
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Foreign funding controversy
Controversy is therefore pointless
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Mental fitness
Primarily, there is a need to first create more awareness and facilitate diagnosis of mental health disorders
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Manchester attack
In recent years, Britain has shown remarkable compassion and resilience as well
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Regaining unity and purpose
We have to tread carefully and smartly
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Maligning Malala
Nobel laureate deserves our support in fighting for women’s education
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Transporting heroin
All these discoveries point to the collusion of airline staff in this nefarious practice
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Some clarity would help
FIA has been rounding up suspects and questioning them about their tweets and posts since late last week
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Bending the rules
Hyderabad has seen a rapid growth in high-rise buildings over the last decade
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Trump speech
Mr Trump also promised that his country would help Gulf Arab states to crush the enemy
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Lawyers on a collision course
The PML-N lawyers forum have rejected these demands
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Forgotten prisoners
There are thought to be at least 30 Pakistani inmates in the central prison
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Hassan Rowhani re-elected president
Mr Rowhani navigated his country past the economic crisis, reducing inflation and stabilising currency exchange rate
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No room for miscalculations
Pakistan will have to play its cards delicately and wisely
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Canvassing support
It is time we had a competent woman from the developing world heading the organisation
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PSL cricket scandal
We must ponder why such cases arise every few years
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Makran subduction zone
Islamabad should commission an immediate study on the subduction zone in Makran
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Full disclosure is needed
It is good that Pakistan and China have announced the creation of a transparency commission
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Aiming for cordiality first
Our prime minister will be one of a number of Muslim leaders who are also meeting Trump for the first time