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  • Blackout bravado!

    Pakistan was the third contender in pushing political activism to the wall

  • Kabul airport blasts

    100 people reported dead in the Daesh claimed terrorist bombings outside Kabul’s airport and near a hotel

  • CJP ruling

    A five-member SC bench rules that the top judge is the sole authority by whom suo motu can be invoked/assumed

  • Unbecoming of man

    An upsurge in online harassment of women is coupled with rise in physical violence against them in the country

  • Lethargic public service

    Ad hocism and non-performance in civil service is a foregone conclusion

  • Ever-changing economic team

    The PTI government continues its record-setting rotation at the helm of the FBR

  • Sindh’s census concern

    Controversy over census gain momentum as CCI and federal cabinet approve its results by ignoring province’s concerns

  • Curbs to enhance vaccination

    The government takes an aggressive approach to improve Covid-19 vaccination rate in Pakistan

  • Project control women

    If there is one admission that Pakistanis collectively have to make it is that the country has a major women problem

  • ‘Conflict of interest’

    IHC declare govt's failure to make good on the promise a violation of fundamental rights of the affected landowners

  • FATF: moving goalposts

    Pakistan is being penalised owing its geopolitical invincibility, and cornered on a politicised agenda

  • Exporters’ concerns

    While Pakistan has done well in exports despite the pandemic, it is seen failing on many of the fronts

  • Water distribution

    Sindh regularly complains of irrigation and drinking water shortage due to what it claims faulty policies of the Irsa

  • Attack in Gwadar

    Friday’s attack in Gwadar should be taken more seriously as it was reportedly carried out by a suicide bomber

  • Code red for humanity

    The IPCC issues a harrowing report which concludes that global heating is now irreversible

  • Covid resurge and Punjab

    Punjab govt seems prepared to deal with the situation arising from the increasing cases of coronavirus in the province

  • Autarky or annihilation

    PM Imran Khan stresses the need to focus on farmers and enhancing their incomes

  • Seniority excuse a bane

    The legal fraternity is in an argument over the proposed elevation of a woman judge to the apex court

  • Power of sports to unite

    Two athletes from Pakistan and India, truly promoted the spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play in Tokyo

  • Implementation of anti-rape laws

    Another instance of hindering the course of justice comes to light during the recent hearing of a rape case in LHC

  • Resuscitating PDM

    Efforts afoot to breathe new life into PDM, with the group’s leaders holding a meeting after a gap of several months

  • ‘Red list’ discrepancies

    Despite Pakistan’s dipping infection graph, the UK believes that travellers from Pakistan should be quarantined

  • Vaccinating trans-persons

    Doubts and fears still prevail among transgenders due to surgical process they had to undergo for their condition

  • Computerised land record

    An inordinate delay by the provincial government to issue a notification

  • Security for tourism

    With reports of looting and harassing of visitors in the serene valleys

  • Saving water

    The twin problems of growing water shortage and the declining land fertility have hit Third World countries the most

  • Tareen bloc and PTI

    The ongoing rift is a distraction on the path of good governance and could derail the govt’s achievements

  • The continuing onslaught

    Many of the Afghan cities and even whole districts fall in recent weeks without a fight

  • Self-invoked coup

    Tunisia is in the grip of political instability. The Arab country seems to be slipping into anarchy.

  • Persisting medal drought

    Pakistan fails to add to its tally of 10 Olympic medals won over the years

  • Carbon emissions and agri sector

    Pakistan too is facing adverse impacts of the uncontrolled greenhouse emissions, with the agriculture sector

  • Discourage religious profiling

    The vandalism of a temple in eastern Punjab by a frenzied mob is highly unfortunate

  • Nawaz’s visa appeal

    Visa rejection by the British Home Office, leaves him limited avenues to continue his self-imposed exile

  • Phone hacking

    Reports of people losing millions of rupees after hackers accessed details of peoples bank accounts

  • Waiting by the phone?

    NSA's somewhat problematic interview with Britain’s Financial Times has recently been doing the rounds. phone?

  • Youm-e-Istehsal

    The inhuman military siege of occupied Kashmir laid by New Delhi continues with callous disregard to human sufferings

  • Overwhelmed vaccine centres

    Pakistan finally manages to cross the 30 million vaccination mark, despite hiccups

  • IMF’s liquidity support

    Pakistan can expect to get $2.8b from IMF’s recently announced $650b general allocation to boost global liquidity.

  • The rupee fall

    Analysts say surging current account deficits and rising oil prices are the key contributors

  • Inheritance verdict

    The recent BHC decision on women’s inheritance rights could have a significant societal impact across the country

  • Travel curbs and students

    Thousands of Pakistanis in Afghan universities left stranded because of the Covid-related closure of Torkham border

  • Days after Eid

    Swarms of flies during the day and hordes of mosquitoes at night in due to uncleared entrails of animals sacrificed

  • Ordinances in court

    IHC calls out the PTI govt for its extensive use of presidential ordinances, bypassing Parliament

  • Questionable remission

    While remission can be granted on the basis of good conduct, the math does not seem to add up

  • Welcome win for PTI

    Opposition cries foul, leveling customary allegations of rigging on the ruling party

  • Covid-19: tougher curbs in Sindh

    The rampaging Delta variant forces Sindh govt to toughen the restrictions on activities across the province

  • Mountaineering: another feat

    Young man from Lahore accomplishes the feat of scaling the two topmost peaks of the world

  • Urban flooding in Islamabad

    CDA had reportedly warned of a cloudburst but the meteorological department ignored the warning

  • Valid criticism

    PM says US really messed it up in Afghanistan, noting that his anti-war stance led to him being labeled ‘Taliban Khan’

  • Unchanged policy rate

    More than a year now that the policy rate has not undergone any change