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A small step towards increased literacy
Sometimes, people have so many options to help out people around them.
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‘Treat small cities like the big deal they can be’
Two of the biggest problems are the low rate of savings and the lack of documentation in tax collection.
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Beware of dengue: 2013 ends with highest number of cases ever reported in Sindh
After the rains in January and February, dengue larva breeding likely to start.
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Giving back: Paying it forward – for free
Pakistan struggles with inducting more volunteers due to lack of transparency.
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Dealing with unhappiness: Teach children about mental health issues to keep them alive, say experts
Deprivation, poverty and excessive restrictions on a child’s movements can also be risk factors.
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Adoption displays: Newsworthy or not?
I, for one, think these welfare child giveaway press moots shouldn’t be allowed.
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Saving lives: Babies lost and found
From Jan to Sept 2013, around 125 infants were found in Karachi, 49 in Lahore and 22 in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
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Malpractice: Gravediggers charging up to eight times the official rates
Some cemeteries that had been officially closed are still in use, says official.
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Book review: The Karachi Deception - Indian spies, Karachi lies
A former Indian journalist brings Dawood Ibrahim to life in a work of fiction.
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Round-the-clock rescue facility: 1987 Bohri Bazaar blasts led Ramzan Chhipa to set up service
The man behind one of the largest services recalls how it all started.