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  • Threat to the pen

    The state has failed in providing security to journalists.

  • Life-support systems

    PIA has been used as a political ‘favour box’ and allowed to become an albatross rather than the eagle it once was.

  • The poverty trap

    We need to recognise that the continued deprivation of women would be a disaster for our nation.

  • Timely reforms

    Discretionary appointments can no longer be made, which was the privilege of the President and obviously open to abuse

  • The China connection

    China has interest in how Pakistan handles extremism because of linkage of extremist groups in Pakistan and Xinjiang.

  • Wildlife at risk

    The deaths of some ducks may seem a minor matter, but the incident highlights the precarious state of wildlife.

  • Preparing for IDPs

    It is important to involve international groups swiftly in the process of planning for a large-scale displacement.

  • Symbolic measures on taxation

    The recent measures announced by the government are far more symbolic than effective.

  • Painful transition

    The Egyptian is half-heartedly promoting a stumbling democracy that now appears to have been strangled at birth.

  • Clarity in national security policy

    For too long, Pakistan’s security agencies have been doing their own thing instead of complementing one another.