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Travel curbs enforced in time
Anwar’s presence at the airport as a passenger clearly irked the immigration staff
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Student groups turned into gangs
Groups found to be causing disturbances should have their registrations cancelled
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Chronic agricultural weakness
Agriculture is still a leading employer with 42 per cent of the labour force directly or indirectly working the land
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An ungrateful America under Trump
No sensible person in the chief executive’s post of the world’s sole superpower would have talked such garbage
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Failing our youth again
Failure to protect the young equals to the failure of the future of the nation
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Hanging is not the solution
Public execution whether by hanging or by yet more barbarous means is a step back into the darkness
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A helical relationship
Pakistan is never going to be judged as having done enough in the eyes of America
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In denial mode
India does not accept third-party mediation in bilateral ties
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A well of poverty in Sindh
Successive governments have made the decision not to expand educational access in Sindh
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The poverty elephant
The real key to poverty reduction is employment
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Kabul hotel siege
Afghan National Army was no match for militant groups despite their extensive training by US-led coalition soldiers
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Pay for your own evidence
An FIR policy should be adopted where the FIR reporter’s statements are registered truthfully
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Press freedom: myth and reality
The culture of impunity continues to threaten the work of journalists all over the country
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Legal education reform
Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar plans to enhance the quality of legal education imparted by universities
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Electoral worries surface again
Upcoming elections are crucial if Pakistan is to continue down the democratic path
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President Trump — one year in
Trump is 'Mercurial, dishonest, un-political'
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Ethical journalism
Ethical Journalism Network highlights challenges for media and gives journalists tips on ethical survival techniques
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Easing visa and travel rules
A centralised online-visa approval system would help but more robust measures need to be introduced
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A risky sell-off by India
The Chinese have an interest because India is one of the peripherals of the One Belt
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The bungling of Reko Diq
Pakistan is possibly going to face a bill for $11.45 billion to settle claims in the Reko Diq mining case
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Millionaire and a beggar
Financial crimes, dishonesty, and cheating have almost become socially acceptable
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A surfeit of graduates
The net effect is going to be to drive the brightest and the best out of Pakistan in search of work
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Empty chairs and no Plan A
There was not the slightest indication that this event and the leaders present presented any threat to the government
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Familiar twist in the tale
States against the TTP seem hackneyed and have been heard years before
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Serious slump in FDI
Beijing has emerged first as the largest trading partner of Islamabad
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Pile-up at the port
The quantum of duty and taxes on imported cars is virtually 100% on the declared import price
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Plain speaking
The Defence Minister was addressing the National Assembly regarding the foreign policy of the government
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Getting water to Gwadar
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has now directed that the private sector be approached for funding
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Unhelpful, combative and bloody-minded
Indian Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat has been busy doing nothing to contribute to regional peace and security
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Broken wings for sale. Anybody?
Once again the chimera of privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has risen
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Milk scandal deepens
Just when one thought that the scandal over milk adulteration could not possibly get any bigger
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Illusion of democracy in Balochistan
Before we congratulate Bizenjo, we must see how many votes he bagged in general elections
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The dilemma of SMEs
Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are the heroes of modern capitalism
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Pity the nation
The tragedy in Kasur is unbearable to imagine even for a second
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Kasur: unanswered questions
One thing is clear that the area was definitely a hotspot for such crimes
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Thar coal project jobs
Thar coal project was established keeping local Tharis in mind as a means to provide job opportunities for them
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Indian judges in revolt
SC judges do not make that kind of statement unless they have serious concerns about the institution they represent
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Safety of children
There is no single or simple answer, no plug-and-play solution
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New chief minister of Balochistan
Balochistan’s political chessboard has been rearranged
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Education — a promising move
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has trained parents and teachers how best to use the funds
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Dirt breeds disease
Pakistan generally has tried and repeatedly failed to eradicate polio
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Criminal justice system reform
Road map developed by the K-P government for reforms in the criminal justice system should create wide interest
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‘Constructive cooperation’
Pakistan has succeeded in curtailing terrorist activities inside country by launching Zarb-e-Azb in 2014
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Quest for prosperity: culture and economy
Human beings are far more generous and cooperative than the assumptions of economic theory allow for
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Civil-military unified effort of war
The question of civil-military relations in the country is the question of who controls whom?
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When collective apathy continues to fail us
First instance of such an incident [Kasur] should raise an alarm loud enough to ring an emergency
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The influenza season
There have been exaggerated reports of the numbers of people suffering from flu and scaremongering about ‘swine flu’
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Football and politics
Pakistan needs to reinstate itself among FIFA countries,as they were removed on the basis of ‘political interference’
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Kasur — epicentre of child abuse
There are DNA matches that link a perpetrator in all the cases
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Back from the brink
Personal rifts and schisms brought Zehri down rather than any clash of political ideology