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Unprotected domestic workers
Bill for protecting domestic workers' rights in Sindh has taken too long to be enforced
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Tax shortfall
Pakistan's challenge is not the lack of tax measures but their uneven enforcement
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Fury vs Promise
Pushback from Iran has taken the Middle East by surprise, forcing President Trump to ask Italy, Oman for mediation
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New K-IV deadline
A decade on, Karachi’s K-IV water project faces delays, doubts, another deadline
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Curtains for Team Pakistan
Pakistan’s T20 campaign ends in frustration as middle-order failures, timid tactics cost dearly
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Human smuggling solution
Pakistan, Italy, Spain, Greece push legal migration to curb trafficking
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Prison overcrowding
Under-trials form 73% of Pakistan’s prison population
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Failing girls on education
13.4m girls out of school despite improved infrastructure
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Back to war
Middle East on brink as Iran retaliates against US–Israel strikes
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Window of opportunity
Consensus must be rooted in constitutional supremacy, restoration of democratic processes
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Ghazab Lil Haq
Airstrikes on Kabul, Kandahar, meant to target terror sanctuaries, are a lawful retaliation from Pakistan
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Of jet and begging bowl
Punjab’s Rs11.7bn VIP jet sparks outrage amid inflation and public hardship
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Plug the leaks
Power losses top Rs1trn as Pakistan’s grid falters under theft and inefficiency
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Outrage abroad
UK MPs urge fair trial for Imran Khan as Islamabad court fixes sentence suspension pleas
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Basant deaths
Without stricter safeguards, celebration cannot trump human life
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Taxing health services
FBR must ensure tax reform targets evasion, not essential medical care
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Kabul's desperation
Cross-border attacks risk regional peace, violate international law
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Time to talk it out
Govt offers fresh talks to opposition amid Imran Khan health row, trust deficit persists
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Glof threat
Melting glaciers threaten millions; Pakistan must shift from advisories to climate action
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Right response to beggary
Begging surges as poverty deepens; arrests won’t fix a crisis rooted in joblessness
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Another gas explosion
Karachi blast exposes deadly cost of illegal gas compressors, chronic regulatory failure
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Greater Israel
“Greater Israel” rhetoric risks replacing international law with divine mandate
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Indispensable strikes
Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan were self-defence after Kabul failed to curb TTP terror bases
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Poverty crisis
Pakistan has just recorded its highest poverty rate in over a decade
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High cost of 'Safe Punjab'
Punjab Crime Control Department's (CCD) first year of operations has seen costly successes
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Safety in a burning city
SBCA has taken a reactive stand against fire safety inadequacies
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Childhood cancer
Delayed diagnosis costs thousands of young lives each year
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Population data gap
NADRA’s tech success overshadowed by massive birth record backlog
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War concerns
Rising naval deployments heighten fears of a Middle East flashpoint
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BOP's moment
$10bn peace force launches, but Pakistan holds back amid Gaza mandate doubts
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Railway in a shambles
.Railways posts Rs2.4bn surplus against Rs27.4bn dues — reform now unavoidable
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Mandatory AI courses
.HEC’s AI mandate risks quality gaps amid faculty, funding shortages
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Hockey housing fiasco
Accommodation scandal forces PHF chief out amid Pro League debacle
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Karachi gas explosion
Soldier Bazaar blast exposes Karachi’s deadly culture of regulatory neglect
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Demarche to Kabul
Pakistan warns Kabul over terror safe havens after Bajaur attack kills 11 soldiers
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Paternity leave right
Recent decision by the federal ombudsperson for protection against harassment established men's paternity leave rights
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Widening skill gap
Pakistan must move beyond incremental fixes, undertake structural reform if it is to bridge the widening skills gap
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Ramazan and essentials
Government decision to raise prices by Rs5 and Rs7.32 for petrol, HSD, respectively, on Ramazan eve disturbs lives
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Public health crisis
Over six years, maternal, neonatal deaths stay high; water contamination, weak health systems persist
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Shooting the messenger
Aggregate losses have declined consecutively, from Rs905 billion in 2023 to Rs832 billion in 2025
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Growing terror spectrum
Beyond insurgency-hit Afghan border areas, militants now operate freely in settled districts
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Defeated - yet again
For Team Pakistan, losing to India looks like a well-entrenched hobby now
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K-P transgender policy
Confronting decades of exclusion, institutional neglect
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De facto annexation!
Dossier tabled by far-right says Palestinians must prove ownership of the land, otherwise Israel will claim it
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Population surge
Pakistan's demographic trajectory is rapidly approaching a breaking point
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Colossal loss
Pakistan is no stranger to climate disasters, including floods, heatwaves, infrastructure damage
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Empty calories
Human motivation is driven by a hierarchy of needs
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Crime and cover-ups
A moral indictment of a system that consistently fails to protect women, vulnerable citizens
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Defeating Kacha dacoits
The katcha belt has been cleared before, but it revives because of entrenched socio-economic deprivation
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India's ugly acts
India faces scrutiny as alleged offshore killings, confessions trouble diplomacy


