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Mirpur setback
Another disturbing trend is the fast eroding ties between Mirpur and their UK-based relatives
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Trump’s trip to East Asia
The visit will take Trump to five East Asian countries — China, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and Vietnam
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Rural development through ICTs
ICTs have played an instrumental role in making the world a global village since the 1990s
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Probe into NTS ‘leaks’
Pakistan requires a ubiquitously implemented merit-based system to allow children to succeed
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Misogyny at schools
Regarding pictorial images, the study says that almost 89% of pictures in the history books illustrated men
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For Kabul, Indo-Pak détente is key
The new US approach seeks greater and deeper cooperation with India while relegating Pakistan’s role
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More smoke and mirrors
America cannot carry on using Pakistan as both fig-leaf & whipping boy for its chronic serial failures in Afghanistan
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The future(s) of FATA
It appears that the matter has receded in importance
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A new era of cooperation for Central Asia
Central Asia is a dynamic and fast-changing region
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Military vs civilian economic performance
Yet another interesting debate on the jurisdiction and competency of Pindi vs Isloo boys has been initiated
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The Xi era and Pakistan
Continuity of the CPEC plan will be a clear advantage to Pakistan
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Toxic food
Muzaffargarh family of 17 falling deathly ill upon consuming suspicious food at lunch is flabbergasting
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A change in approach
There should be less focus on rote learning and more emphasis instead on developing the knowledge base
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Absent women voters — again
There is no immediately available figure for number of women that are registered voters in NA-4 constituency
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GSP+ status: are threats of withdrawal real?
Pakistan is the beneficiary of both the US’s GSP programme and the EU’s GSP+
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Morale della Storia
How can Pakistan survive with a corrupt dynastic political leadership on both sides? The moral of the story: it cannot
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The demise of multilateralism
The multiple conflicts and deprivations plaguing our world today demonstrate an evident crisis of multilateralism
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Uncloaking the invisible
Over the years, growth in involuntary disappearances has troubled each successive government in Pakistan
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Coal, power and Thar
Realistically this is unlikely to happen and the people of Thar are likely to be as poor tomorrow as they are today
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Disruptive encroachments
It is a highly despicable act to try to halt humanitarian work through illegal means
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National security and the NFC
The real impact can be seen by looking at the share of net federal revenues devoted to defence
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Shrinking political space for minorities
It is unacceptable to look at people through the narrow prism of religion, ethnicity or caste
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Kabul’s new preconditions
Petulance is increasingly becoming a fixture of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s politics
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Proper enforcement
Kasur’s child sex ring diverted significant attention to the child sex abuse problem
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QAU campus saga
The Quaid-e-Azam University administration has rusticated some of the students
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Modi climbdown
It was quite a climbdown for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to agree to hold negotiation
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Welcome legislation
Common sense finally prevailed on the issue of marriageable age for women
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Bounced by the Senate
Events have not gone in favour of Nawaz Sharif since the Panama Papers
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Reversing the national slide
Political leaders fail to recognise that their responses in adversity reflect their character and leadership qualities
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At opposite ends of the spectrum
Canada and Pakistan fall within the First World and the Third World, respectively
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Recreating classrooms
Pakistan’s education crisis is no breaking news
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An ode to Charlie Brown
Man is the sole creature on earth endowed with the capacity to laugh
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Female dean for K-P college
Amendment to turn to law after passage by the assembly that only a woman would be appointed as a dean of KGMC
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Roadside births
There can be few needs more pressing than those of a woman in the throes of childbirth
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Toning down the confrontation
There must be a genuine, robust effort to take the country out of a state of perpetual anarchy
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Trump and Iran
Pakistan has begun to feel the pressure of Donald Trump’s arrival in Washington
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Myanmar tragedies
International charities have argued instead for the voluntary repatriation of the refugees to their place of origin
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Impostors on the job
There are too many instances of people toying with the lives of those with lesser authority
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Restoring some lustre
The gemstone and jewelry sector is arguably one of the country’s most untapped sources of revenue
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Farewell to the paper parties
Political parties have grown like mushrooms in the autumn
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Beating the bookies
We are thankful that Sarfraz did the right thing for himself and for the national game
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Juvenile detention
Children, like adults, need to be taught lessons for transgression of rules but perhaps through different techniques
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Begging rackets
Modernization of security agencies needed to curtail criminal activity
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Reviving the export sector
Chronic lack of vision endemic among trade mission, policy makers
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Whittling down the Taliban
Foreign funding; ideology needs to be countered to defeat Taliban
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The tricky issue of delimitation
Increase in parliamentary seats on the horizon
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Spanner in the works
US urges any future Palestinian unity government to recognize Israel
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Failed education system
Focus should be on promoting local languages
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Little purposeful impact
A far more effective policy can be found to cut imports
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Seeing is believing
It doesn't appear as a serious attempt at hindering or even stopping the activities of banned groups