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  • New census

    PTI may become the first govt anywhere in the world to publish two separate census results in the same term in office

  • Final nail?

    PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari tears apart the show-cause notice issued to his party by the PDM

  • Our children

    More than 2.5 million children living in streets across Pakistan

  • Good news from Germany

    Arrival of vaccine in big number will give the much-need acceleration to the Covid vaccination process in Pakistan

  • Ramazan and price hike

    Many essentials might go beyond the reach of common people this Ramazan if profiteers are allowed to have their way

  • Blank cheque?

    Offer may well put Pakistan at a crossroads — go all-in on Russian aid and risk being ostracised by Western nations

  • Victory for PML-N

    PML-N’s magic in Punjab has not faded despite a sustained political campaign against its leadership from PTI leaders

  • Wholesale and retail climate degradation

    As long as fossil fuels are burnt, there would be a relentless march toward our extinction caused by climate change

  • Amnesty’s HR report

    Revealing countries used the Covid pandemic as a pretext to curtail fundamental rights of their peoples

  • Democracy sans its cornerstone

    A census is how representation is divided, how funds are allocated and how constituencies are demarcated

  • Back-breaking deal

    Already hard-pressed, the masses are in for further financial squeeze

  • The one per cent

    Technology finally cements itself at the top of the wealth pyramid and defining the new age that we all live in

  • Welcome win

    Team Pakistan proves its superiority against South Africans in all three formats of the game

  • An elitist state

    In Pakistan, the democratic system is merely a veil that covers the dominant elitist mindset of a certain few

  • Banning landmines

    Only 31 countries have fully removed landmines, and 32 states are yet to do so despite their clearance obligations

  • ‘A new era’

    Russia wants to ensure that its regional interests remain safe, strengthening ties with Pakistan is one way to do it

  • The third wave and students

    Private schools should understand the gravity of the situation and the risk the third wave poses for children

  • Deconstructing rape

    One cannot outright “blame the victim” by saying that it is difficult for men, perpetrators, to control their urges

  • The PDM split

    The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) appears to be falling apart at the seams

  • New EAC, same old ideas

    Many new members can be 'credited' with being the brains behind the policies that PM blames for the economic problems

  • Safe city project

    The consequences of complacency are always serious

  • Judge’s killing

    The victims of this attack are not just those who were killed or injured

  • Rising economic inequality

    Impact of policies being pursued in accordance with the IMF conditions is being felt in all spheres of the economy

  • No relocation yet

    The basic contract between a state and its citizens is that the former will care for all of its needs

  • Red-listing

    We must admit our lack of planning for vaccination amid gross violation of the prescribed SOPs

  • Inflation ticking up

    With Ramazan just around the corner anxiety about rising inflation is at fever pitch among the public

  • Rising road accidents

    The authorities need to be focused more on the issue in view of the gravity of the situation

  • Every generation’s gripe

    A generation grown up with no memory of life without Internet has the world on its fingertips

  • Urdu Bazaar fire

    Human error, official neglect cannot be ruled out in fire that engulfed the Urdu Bazaar in Rawalpindi

  • Electric bus initiative

    PPP govt in Sindh has outdone federal govt after launching the country’s first electric bus project in Karachi

  • Daska by-poll verdict

    The by-poll in Daska had raised questions on the seriousness and capability of the election commission

  • Growing gender inequality

    Gender parity is good for both women and society

  • No trade with India!

    While expansion of trade with India is a practical necessity, Pakistan cannot afford to ignore the cost

  • Anti-rape crisis cells

    Pakistan is slowly catching on with regard to better understanding and addressing the issue of rape

  • Imran’s reply to Modi

    Whether or not policy planners regard the letter as a ‘first step’, it is certainly movement in the right direction

  • Customary delays

    Development projects at three public universities in Sindh have been stalled for the past several years

  • Looming football ban

    Pakistan continues to struggle to get its football house in order so much so that a FIFA ban now looms large

  • Shaikh out, Azhar in

    Democracy is, at its heart, a popularity contest, and Shaikh was clearly not popular

  • Landmark judgment

    Eminent judges have emphasised that laws can be bent to achieve the ends of justice

  • BRI alternative?

    Most Western countries are already at a severe comparative disadvantage against China in terms of manufacturing

  • SAPM’s dismissal

    PM must be appreciated for his decision to go to the bottom of what caused billions of rupees loss to the exchequer

  • Disappointed PhDs

    The issue of unemployed and under-employed highly educated youth is common to most developing countries

  • The question of ownership

    Somewhere along our history, the original concept behind having government and leaders became muddied

  • Islamic banking growth

    The jolt of the pandemic forced many businesses to completely rethink how they work and some emerged as bright spots

  • Heatwaves and the future

    South Asia hosts almost a quarter of the world’s population; and with the region embroiled in deep poverty

  • Slow utilisation of funds

    The govt allocated Rs650 billion for development spending but barely Rs270 billion have so far been utilised

  • Gilani’s ‘selection’

    PML-N leaders accuse the PPP of taking help from BAP to get Gilani's nomination

  • TB in the times of Covid-19

    With around 9,000 persons diagnosed with TB in Balochistan

  • The cost of $500m tranche

    Conditions accepted by govt for revival of the IMF loan programme are sure going to hit the masses like never before

  • Return of Punjab local govts

    Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others