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Deconstructing inequality
Poverty has been rising and rising, and the rate of malnourishment has skyrocketed in recent years
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Case for castration
It is time to make rapists have the bitter aftertaste of their monstrous deeds
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Covid-19: on the rise again
A lockdown will spell an economic and social doom
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Babar, the skipper
A skipper should be an automatic choice, his selection must not be in doubt so that he does not become a liability
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Tackling stunting
In the country, now 38% children are stunted. This figure for Sindh is depressingly high at 50%
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Billionaires in parliament
More than half of the 12 self-admitted billionaires in the National Assembly are members of the ruling coalition
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Biden and Afghanistan
The good news is that this might not be a deal-breaker for the Taliban
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Skewed subsidies
The PM gave instructions to take steps for rationalsation of subsidies
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Timely action
The ‘Karachi incident’ had left the Sindh police force ‘demoralised and shocked’
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Gandapur comments
Gandapur needs to learn to keep his mouth shut until he learns how to conduct himself like a public servant
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A potential vaccine
Further testing is yet to reveal how long the immunity from the vaccine will last
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To have or have not
The government is taking measures to control prices
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Black sheep in police
It is heartening to note that the police are swiftly proceeding to weed out the black sheep from their own ranks
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Politics of kindness
Ardern won our hearts with her composed, empathetic response to the white supremacist terrorist attack
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Cracks in PDM
But again difference of opinion exists within the Maulana’s own party over Nawaz’s no holds barred rhetoric
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Karachi: deplorable transport system
It is about time that authorities worked to rebuild and redesign the transport system of Karachi piece by piece
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President Joe Biden
Trump refuses to accept the result and files lawsuits against it
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Water pollution
People have become so used to consuming unsafe water that now they might fall ill if they consumed safe water
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Fresh Covid curbs
The deadly virus first emerged in the country in February this year and hit a peak in mid-June
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Value of life
The Sindh Wildlife Department, along with police traced and arrested the man who manhandled the dolphin
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Dialogue with EU
Key human rights issues for the EU remain Pakistan's use of the death penalty and the “misuse” of the blasphemy law
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Problem of a single story
During the Vienna attack and other such earlier incidents, Muslims have helped save lives
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Disgruntled allies
However, the PM must realise that most of the demands put forward by his coalition partners are pretty genuine
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Elitist of the elite
Dar is calm and composed — one of the foremost traits of an umpire that enables him to handle pressure on the field
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Virtual banking
We would hope that new companies also offer innovative products rather than merely filling a void
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Declining cotton output
Pakistan’s import of cotton has steadily been increasing over the past decade
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Fire safety laws
We all aspire to utopia, but the prevailing situation shows that we are moving towards dystopia
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Close race
Things, however, seem to be happening just as Bernie Sanders had predicted
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Rising dengue cases
There is nothing surprising about this trend because in the beginning of winter season
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Vienna attacks
The synagogue has great significance to the local Jewish community
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Spoilers at work
Incidents of violence are clear evidence of the growing IS footprint in Afghanistan
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Smog and Covid-19
Most industries in the province are operating in violation of environmental laws
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Peddling lies
PM Narendra Modi is the latest to use Chaudhry’s words to sling mud at Pakistan
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Fifth province
The region had been kept in constitutional limbo for this long, giving rise to a sense of alienation among its people
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Knowledge economy
Pakistan’s lack of interest in investing in R&D over the years is inexplicable in this high-tech age
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Bureaucrat ‘mayor’
The new administrator sounds sanguine and hopes to bring about positive change in the metropolis
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Days after explosion
With no help from the government for the victims so far
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The cost of medicine
The concerned stakeholders need to realise that this is as much a humanitarian crisis as it is an economic one
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Good news for expats
Many workers have been stranded in the country just because their sponsor would refuse to stamp their exit visas
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Eat the rich
The average income in Pakistan is likely somewhere between Rs220,000 and Rs300,000 per year
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Food prices
This game of cornering essential commodities, artificial shortages and high prices are not difficult to perceive
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Return of Covid curbs
It will be pretty challenging for the authorities to get the prescribed SOPs implemented by the people
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Cricket: good news
England and South Africa are also considering cricket tours to the country
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Unprotected sanitary workers
Many lives before would have been saved had they been provided with means to protect themselves from poisonous gases
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Attack at IIOJK demography
The change proves beyond any doubt that India has no intention of following the will of the Kashmiri people
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Nearing US elections
The irony is that Trump himself is being investigated for tax fraud
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E-Khyber
While still in its adolescent stage, the initiative needs to be made multi-dimensional
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Another blast
We all should realise that we are in a cauldron of enmity; there is no room for complacency
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OLMT on tracks
Such a gigantic project runs the risk of turning into a white elephant
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Offensive remarks
People in Muslim countries are already putting their money where their mouth is — boycotts of French food products