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Billions of futures
Some of the less optimistic analysts tend towards the view that a war about water is ahead on the subcontinent
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Alliance in the making?
Politics makes strange bedfellows and nowhere is it truer than in Pakistan
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Banned groups and empty questions
For banned outfits to gain acceptance politically makes nonsense of banning them in the first place
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Legacy of Dadi Leelan
One of Sindh’s leading lights, Dadi Leelawati Harchandani passed away this week at the age of 101 in Hyderabad
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Clever brinkmanship or madness?
China may be aghast but unlikely to do anything to destabilise the regime in North Korea
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Building more than a canal
The prime minister made an attempt to take responsibility for the injustices suffered by the province in the past
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A clash of titans
The Sindh judiciary has sent an unequivocal message to politicians — behave
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An appalling shambles
Even members of the treasury benches on the PAC were exasperated by what was playing out in front of them
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Gazans need assistance
Social media posts and protest rallies are popular, but they cannot effect change due to their largely passive nature
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Sensitive complexity
Ideas and proposals regarding the future of the seven agencies that make up Fata have come and gone over decades
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Paying our own way
Between 2009 and 2015, the country received $27.483 billion in foreign assistance but paid back $22.111 billion
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Radicalisation of our universities
Pakistani universities have been housing extremist and violent groups of various strands for decades
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Another deadly crash
Pakistan has a truly appalling record when it comes to road safety
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Stop sanctioning murder
More than 500 people are killed in the country over mistaken notions of honour every year
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The democracy experiment
Core concepts of constitutionalism, federalism and parliamentary institutions are absent from school textbooks
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Man-made water crisis
Quetta has experienced an alarming drop in the water table that some say could be as much as 3.5 feet every year
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Media under threat
Successive governments have had an uneasy relationship with the media in all its formats
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More a coma than a NAP
There is much unfinished business that is going to act as a storage battery for trouble in the future
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A legend passes
Afghanistan lost one of its earnest chroniclers who spent five decades preserving the country’s history this week
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Between promises and hopes
Once again the government has promised to end power load-shedding in the country
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Drowning tragedies
It all began with an innocent request from two youths who wanted to take one last dip
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Doing the laundry
For a country to improve its record, it must build its capacity to reduce the anti-money laundering
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Gas theft recovery
The initiative to end gas theft is positive in two ways
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Cronyism, lawyers and big money
PTI is willing to spend Rs10 million on lawyers’ fees in pursuit of the reinstatement of Akhtar Ayub
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The not-so-poor relation
Annual growth rates in Bangladesh have been above 7 per cent in the last two years
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Secretary for primary schools
The requirement for a national education policy was necessitated since the birth of this nation
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Fast-forward foreign relations
For the first time in decades a set of opportunities are opening up and the trigger is President Trump
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Buoyant energy sector
We are living in exciting times
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Musical chairs again
Mr Sharif is struggling to keep a grip of the party with a wife ailing in London
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On to the front foot
'We cannot fight Afghanistan’s war in Pakistan'
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Treading a fine line
Qatar shipping company set to launch what it claims to be the quickest direct service between Doha and Karachi
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A college within a college
When there is struggling system, intelligent minds investigate challenges and determine how to bring efficiency
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Militancy, terrorism and universities
To any observer of the climate inside universities, radicalisation has been obvious for many years
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Thanks for the encouragement
As other cricketers too have noted, world cricket will benefit from the return of international cricket in Pakistan
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Deportations on the rise
The people of Pakistan are willing to travel almost anywhere in search of a job or a better life
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BRICS names names
For the BRICS states this was the equivalent of a repeat of the American ‘must do more’ mantra
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Boiling frogs again
There is a warning that parts of South Asia may become uninhabitable by the year 2100, a mere 82 years away
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Kabul’s overture for talks
Kabul believes it has shown sufficient inclination for peace and normalising relations with Pakistan
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Stand up for the Rohingya
As for this newspaper — we stand with the Rohingya
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Nobody’s responsibility
We can say with absolute confidence that none of this is going to change in the foreseeable future
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One verdict and no answers
An ex-military dictator is now a proclaimed offender
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Spirit of sacrifice
Sacrifice can also mean how Muslims can give more to the poor and the needy from their own resources
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Assistance in energy sector
Policy is supposed to give voice to the voiceless, and act as a balance in terms of power structures
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Reduced fares for students
Some universities go so far as to provide their own bus services for students
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Climate, threats and opportunities
The big issue facing the current and future governments is mitigation
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Water treaty violation
Relations truly are at an all-time low, manifested by ongoing lack of cooperation regarding the Indus Water Treaty
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Peacekeeping budget
Effectiveness of the blue helmets depends on critical dialogue and effective partnership between troop contributors
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An unedifying exchange
There is something distinctly distasteful about the public spat between two of the most senior diplomats in the cohort
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Classroom punishment
Nothing warrants physical aggression towards a student
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Busting a myth
India’s nuclear expansion is not just an emerging threat for Pakistan but also for world peace and security
 
    

























