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Elusive mass transit
However, the main reason for the delay in the project’s completion is lack of political will
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Legislative mockery
It is not often that you hear a politician call the residents of an entire city stupid
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Limited Hajj
This is going to be the first time in the known history that no foreigners will be able to travel to the holy land
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Typhoid in K-P
Politicians should stop playing politics in the name of coronavirus, typhoid or any other disease
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Mutating virus of match-fixing
Nothing unusual though, the gentlemen’s game is surrounded by allegations of wrong and unwelcome doings, of late
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Threat of urban flooding
A tug of war has long been going on particularly between the local governments of Karachi and Hyderabad
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K-P, Balochistan budgets
Significant belt-tightening brought on by the economic impact of Covid -19 and other revenue issues
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Don’t lose sight of Kashmir
We must stop these crimes from persisting at all costs
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Attacks on Rangers
The days of horror are long past when terror struck as a matter of routine in Pakistani cities
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Some closure at last
It is heartening to see there has been some measure of justice in a case that most of the world had long forgotten
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Justice Faez Isa case
SJC may again come into play in case a link is established between Justice Isa & foreign properties owned by his wife
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Circular debt surcharge?
Perhaps someone should call the Competition Commission
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Eat cake, if no bread!
People living near the collapsed building have been without water and power when heat is at its peak
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Convictions at last
The MQM founder already faces a separate terrorism case in Britain relating to an incendiary speech
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India at UNSC
India's election shows opposition to Pakistan’s stance that India does not qualify for the prestigious UNSC
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Shooting at hospital
The shooting incident at the hospital raises questions about security of physicians, patients and those working there
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Punjab, Sindh budgets
It is clear that one focuses on economic recovery from Covid-19, and the other on saving lives
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The number game
BNP-M’s exit has reduced the PTI-led ruling coalition’s strength in the National Assembly to 180 seats
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Digital birth registration
This will help citizens in the birth registration process at a time when the pandemic has restricted people’s movement
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The legend lives on
Tariq Aziz had been far ahead of a lot of poets and authors had he concentrated a little bit more on this side
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Plasma therapy
The entire society should join hands in motivating coronavirus survivors to donate their plasma
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India-China tensions
While the military didn’t admit it, Pakistan is directly in the fallout zone of this brewing nightmare
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Drive against ‘honour’ killing
We must not vilify these people and help them see that there is a better way to progress as a society
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Children and lockdown
We should learn to live without society and need help from experts
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Modi’s war hysteria
One way to do that is to start a new war, even a fake one, to distract from the lost cause
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Sacrificial animal markets
The prevailing confusion about cattle markets will likely affect both traders and intending buyers
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Drug shortage
After all, why would an expert know more than a random web page or an aspiring quack relative?
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On a rampage
Unfortunately, people are not as responsive as the situation warrants
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Freezing salaries and pensions
The denial of financial relief to govt employees and pensioners has come for scathing criticism from PPP and PML-N
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Testing kit breakthrough
One can only hope that these kits are used effectively rather than as another means of profit
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Not over till it’s over
All previous attempts to get the peace process off the ground have been derailed by one spoiler or the other
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UAE warning to Israel
UAE appeared willing to hold back at the oppression of Palestinians while it focused on its national security
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Package for medics
This all is but a small recognition of the selfless services being rendered by our valiant health practitioners
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A rolling budget?
The budget clearly makes an effort to keep the IMF programme afloat by setting a high revenue target
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State of railways
The government has lately been taking steps to put the railways back on the rails
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Debt relief
We still need to figure out how to come up with the money to repay them
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Social stigma and Covid-19
This is a dangerous situation but wholly avoidable because the survival rate for the coronavirus is 98%
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Juvenile’s death penalty
Arrested in 1998 in a murder case in Mandi Bahauddin
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Telecom report
Notes that on certain telecoms metrics, Pakistan lags behind its regional peers despite facing similar challenges
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WHO’s concern
As the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases around 5,000 a day over the last 10 days in Pakistan
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Nintendo says 300,000 accounts hacked
Hackers broke into Nintendo Network IDs, Nintendo Accounts, which can be used for purchases at official online store
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Qureshi calls for shift towards digitisation in post-covid world
Urges strategies in line with global changes due to coronavirus
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Get out of nets or he will kill you: Babar Azam recalls facing Shoaib Akhtar
Incident occurred during a training camp for the emerging players
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Senate OK's first black US military service chief
General Charles Brown Jr. approved in a unanimous vote for USAF chief of staff
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Mehwish Hayat calls out littering in Islamabad
'Is this the image we want to be showing to the tourists who visit?' questioned Mehwish
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PM’s aide defends PTI govt’s Covid ‘holistic strategy’
Dr Zafar Mirza says WHO only assessing situation through ‘health lens’
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Like Virat Kohli, Babar Azam needs to back his players: Shoaib Malik
Veteran all-rounder advised the PCB to give full authority to Pakistan's limited-overs captain
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New museum to honour late Swedish DJ Avicii in Sweden
Avicii, real name Tim Bergling, was found dead in Oman in April 2018, having taken his life at the age of 28
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NAB launches inquiry against PM’s ex-cabinet member
Also authorizes officials to verify complaint against SAPM Dr Zafar Mirza
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Freed Taliban prisoners eye return to the battlefield
Taliban now find themselves in a win-win situation even if peace talks with Kabul fail