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Death of an icon
Addressing the law and order situation requires more than an operation by the Rangers
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Another high-profile kidnapping
Karachi is again in crisis mode as one more such instance has emerged
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The many faces of poverty
On June 20, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal launched Pakistan’s first-ever report on multidimensional poverty
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Embedded hatreds
Minority faith groups are increasingly at risk, not only of marginlisation but of murder
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Raising standards
That Pakistan has an education emergency is beyond question
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Budgeting for Balochistan
Balochistan announced its Rs289.3 billion budget on June 19
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Parliament fades away
The government consistently struggles to maintain a quorum in parliament
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Beating plagiarism
Plagiarism is a curse that afflicts academia in Pakistan from top to bottom
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Left to starve
For the people of Thar, the vagaries of uncertain weather patterns have had deadly consequences
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The realities of today
There can be no half measures in this matter. A border is either regulated or it is not
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Opacity rules
Govt waived off condition that there be international competitive tendering for construction of Eastbay expressway
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Two years of Zarb-e-Azb — what next?
We need to accept the fact that we are at war against an ideology inspired by a distorted version of religion
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A tale of bigotry
Not without reason is Pakistan considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for minorities
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Shoddy governance
It appears that wherever one cares to look, key institutions of governance are in dereliction or disarray
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A crowded market
The Islamic State is once again in the spotlight courtesy of the mass murder in Orlando, Florida
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Better late than never
Reports that Pakistan is seeking to hire lobbyists to make its case in Washington are welcome
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Rights of informal workers
The plight of workers working in the informal sector in Pakistan is no hidden secret
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Emerging market status
The MSCI has announced its Pakistan Index would be reclassified to Emerging Markets status
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Divided by tragedy
Rather than attacking the millions of Muslims who call America home, it is more important than ever to build bridges
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Budgeting for K-P
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government presented a Rs505 billion budget on June 14
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The Panama stitch-up
Talks initiated by the government to determine the ToR in the matter of investigating the Panama Papers have collapsed
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Promoting religious tourism
Religious tourism market contributes around 40 per cent to revenues generated by international tourism every year
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Budgeting for Punjab
Punjab announced its Rs1.681 trillion budget on June 13
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The Afghan border dispute
On June 12 Afghan forces opened fire at Torkham crossing and on June 14, Pakistani Major Jawad succumbed to his wounds
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A deepening malaise
A Hindu octogenarian was beaten by a police constable in Hayat Pitafi, a remote village in Ghotki district
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Uplifting Balochistan
No Balochistan MPA can cite a single scheme since that has increased state revenue or provided jobs for local people
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Massacre in Orlando
The carnage at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, is the worst incident fatality-wise in American history
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Tragedy in Multan
A mother of two young children took their lives and then committed suicide
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Concessions to lawbreakers
Experts say government has tried to use the prospect of becoming an OECD signatory as an excuse to get laws passed
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Panama deadlock
Danger now is that the PTI will once again lead its troops into the sterile wilderness of dharna politics
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Budgeting for Sindh
WB and other donors continue to pledge money, but that doesn’t translate into a general uplift of living standards
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Pak-US relations — dropping off the edge?
The Mansoor incident appears to also be prompting a reassessment of bilateral relations with the US more generally
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Condemning misogyny
During the Senate proceedings of June 9, the alarming increase in honour killings were discussed at length
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Infrastructure decay accumulates
Infrastructure of Pakistan, the physical veins and arteries that keep people and the economy moving, is old & decaying
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Re-emergence of banned groups
Weak enforcement lies at the heart of this rot at the core of the apple of state
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Test squad for England tour
The Test series against England is all set to provide a huge challenge for a Pakistani side
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Politics is never pretty
Hillary Clinton has won another set of primary elections and it is clear she cannot be overtaken by Bernie Sanders
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A sexist assembly
One must note that Dr Shireen Mazari was criticised not for her actions but for her appearance and voice
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Pakistan’s plurality at stake
Lal Chand Malhi of PTI says Hindu girls are abducted and converted every day
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The sorry tale of Sindh
Sindh government only spent 53 per cent of the funds released under the provincial annual development programme
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Nuclear chess
China is saying that if India is to be offered “exceptions” and be allowed to join the NSG, then so should Pakistan
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Violence against women
A young woman in Murree was tortured and set on fire for refusing a marriage proposal
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Vulnerable, yet unprepared
It is the weather that is the source of the catastrophic floods in recent years
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An unending misery
Calls to the Afghan Taliban to observe a ceasefire during Ramazan have fallen on deaf ears
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An unfair removal
A day after his performance was praised by the Sindh chief minister, Asif Hyder Shah was removed from his post
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Security Council membership
Maleeha Lodhi has spoken strongly in the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform
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True colours revealed
The government has not the slightest interest — or indeed intention — in creating a national counter-terror narrative
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Unconvincing arguments
Ishaq Dar has said government’s focus would now be on growth since country’s macroeconomic indicators had stabilised
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A depressing tale
The performance of the economy in the outgoing year has remained far from adequate
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Muhammad Ali — 1942-2016
We never will see his like again and the world is poorer for his passing, for he truly was... The Greatest