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‘Missing’ level-playing field
Complaints of a ‘missing’ level-playing election field by two leading parties of the country cannot be dismissed
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The rising interest rate
The SBP move is targeted at cutting imports and reducing demand for dollars to stabilise foreign currency reserves
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Sell vote buy water
Commendably, however, voters appear slightly wiser this time
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France, Croatia: on threshold of glory
On July 15, Sunday 22 men will take to the field in Russia to compete for the football World Cup
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Radicalised cops and war on terror
District police officer of DI Khan made the SC privy to the fact that 60% of his police force had militant mindsets
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Back home, but in jail
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz returned to the country and surrendered themselves to authorities
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Quadrilateral meeting of spymasters
Pakistan earlier this week hosted what was dubbed an unprecedented huddle of spy chiefs of Russia, China and Iran
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Soaring public debt
Pakistan’s public debt has shot to a 15-year high of 72% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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No moment of respite
Friday witnessed two back-to-back attacks on election candidates
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Hope for the disappeared
A marker is now down for those who commit the abductions
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Curbing the excesses
Rao Anwar is a man with friends in high places, one of the reasons why he led something of a charmed existence
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Youth bulge challenge
Cheema wants politicians to prioritise the skills development sector
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For ‘level-playing’ field
All local government functionaries stand suspended till the July 25 vote
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The culture of beating
The pesh imam at the Shalimar mosque where the victim studied resorted to beating his pupil with an iron rod
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The politics of terror
20 people, including Haroon Bilour, were killed and 63 injured when a suicide bomber targeted an ANP corner meeting
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All change in Turkey
Erdogan has been sworn in for another five-year term and has appointed his son-in-law as the new finance minister
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‘Road to New Pakistan’
Imran Khan makes promises while unveiling his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s election manifesto
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Getting the dams on stream
The government has now ordered the immediate construction of the Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams
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The Brexit mess
The generations to come may have reason to curse their forebears
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Crowded skies
Courtesy of Open Skies international carriers are creaming off local international business to the detriment of PIA
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Icon of Kashmir freedom fight
A martyred Wani exerts even greater influence on the Kashmiri youth
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The PML-N manifesto
And do we have the room to over-emphasise the importance of mass transit mechanism for a big city!
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Female candidates in elections
5% representation indicates a great imbalance as far as politics is concerned
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Hasty borrowings
Last government has massively borrowed from the central bank to finance its unfinished development projects
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Justice in the dock
Findings of guilt came from an accountability court in the matter of the Avenfield apartments case
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Superbug saga
Since 2016, the antimicrobial-resistant typhoid bacteria has crept its way into headlines
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The verdict – ten, seven and one
There will be jubilation in other parties and fragmentation of PML-N is a possibility, which others will exploit
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Genie of inflation
At 5.2 per cent for the month of June, the rate of inflation is at a 44-month high
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Electoral diversity
The transgender community is one of the smaller minorities in Pakistan but in recent years their profile has risen
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Dam confusion
There is no disagreement that Pakistan is years deep into a rolling water crisis
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Battleground NA-247
Never before in the electoral history of Karachi were the elections so unpredictable
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Iran — saving the nuclear deal
Iranian President Rouhani has visited Switzerland and Austria as he seeks to shore up the 2015 nuclear deal
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Raucous rain
The recent rains in Lahore have caused the deaths of at least eight people and injured several others
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Designed demos?
Irate voters grilled Sardar Jamal Leghari, a Nawaz League candidate in the coming elections
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A state of intimidation
There are 11,855 candidates against 15,629 in 2013 and there are 110 parties in the contest
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Chasing peace
Peace in the broadest sense of the word in Afghanistan remains as elusive as ever
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Fuel price hike
The caretaker government has again raised petroleum prices—making it the second successive increase in two months
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Embedded mediocrity
The recent announcement of the results of the Central Superior Services exams have been termed ‘a national crisis’
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Elections — the struggle for honesty
It is FAFEN that time and again has shown the duplicity and downright dishonesty of politicians large and small
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Migration — the defining debate
What Europe is grappling with today may be Pakistan’s problem — again — tomorrow
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Small victory no doubt
US State Department has improved Pakistan’s ranking for its management of human trafficking
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The flying brick
A report submitted to the SC by PIA shows total liabilities have now reached Rs406 billion
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Odd couples at best
Like many alliances brewed in the pre-election season, the MQM-ANP is a one-off arrangement
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Not enough women poll candidates
Despite the highest number of poll candidates in the upcoming election, PTI continues to have low female participation
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Parallel travel curbs?
Federal Investigation Agency has imposed a 30-day travel restriction on suspected outlaws
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The Great Water Bungle
The emerging water crisis has been exacerbated in the wake of the 18th Amendment
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Ranging further afield
Operations by the Rangers in Karachi in recent times have been criticised for their heavy-handedness
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A self-inflicted wound
By Thursday morning Pakistan was on the Financial Action Task Force grey list following a plenary meeting in Paris
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Shooting fish in a barrel
Supreme Court on Thursday 28th June convicted PML-N leader Daniyal Aziz of contempt of court
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False promises
Major political parties have been trying to lure the country’s voters with their job creation plans