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Insensitive bureaucracy
SC orders the payment of long-withheld salary of a female teacher, thus upholding the earlier decision of BHC
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Saudi FM’s visit`
Although a lot of the discussions on the prince’s day-long trip remain under wraps, a few positives have become public
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5G and the future
Chinese smartphone manufacturers eager to launch 5G-enabled smartphones in Pakistan
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TikTok ban
The authorities have once again rushed to our collective rescue by banning the popular social media platform
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Our femicide problem
The details of the atrocities victims and survivors faced are bone-chilling
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To Windies after defeats
While Pakistan’s performance in the bowling department was by and large okay, their batting was indeed subpar
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Covid curbs: prefer persuasion
Govt should use persuasion more than coercion to motivate people to get Covid jabs
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Politicised FATF
New Delhi openly confessed to scheming against Pakistan to thwart its efforts to get out of the watchdog’s grey list
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Digital hunar programme
The govt plans to train 25,000 educated young persons in digital skills in order to enable them get online jobs
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Games open
The 32nd edition of the multi-sport extravaganza is still officially named as Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
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AJK vote and rhetoric
The level to which our political discourse descends to puts even rowdy schoolyard and street arguments to shame
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Joining hands for dolphins
Fishermen along with wildlife officials to defend the flagship species of Pakistan, the Indus River dolphin.
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Russia gas pipeline
Russia and Pakistan finally agree to build the Pak Stream Gas Pipeline, almost six years after discussions started.
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Domestic animals act
Pakistan lacks a Domestic Animals Act under which cases of animal attacks should be litigated
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Pandemic of job losses
A survey conducted by the govt revealed that 27.31m workers have been affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Festering wounds
No religious symbol in modern times has found itself to be more divisive than the Muslim headgear
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Oil prices: a third hike
Close on the heels of the federal budget
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PM at Tashkent
The prevailing Afghan situation dominates the discourse at a regional conference
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Restoring biodiversity
UN prepares the first draft text for the upcoming international summit talks on biodiversity in China
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Karachi rain misery
Dark clouds burst while the authorities still in the middle rain preparations
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Anti-torture bill
Brought to a vote only after opposition accuses the govt of making human rights legislation “vanish” from the agenda
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Introducing electric bikes
Part of the ambitious Pakistan Electric Vehicle Policy 2020-2025
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House of the people
The state and its elected and non-elected cohorts engage in a seemingly endless tussle of coming up trumps
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Taliban march
Towns after towns are falling to the sturdy militants
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Dead chicken
Punjab Food Authority eliminates the threat of substandard, adulterated and unhygienic eatables
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Illegal Israeli settlements
Report states that Israeli settlements are illegal under Fourth Geneva Convention which is binding for all countries
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Registering aliens
Number of foreigners living in Pakistan illegally is not exactly known, but the figure is said to run into millions
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Women Commission
The position of Punjab Commission on Status of Women chairperson remains vacant for more than three years
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Intended to terrorise
Recent incident of sexual assault in the federal capital spurs PM House into action
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SSC exams mismanagement
Sindh Education Department adamant that it would conduct exams despite threat of fourth Covid wave
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Preparations for rain
WASA yet to release Rs326m by the Sindh govt needed to meet rain emergency situations
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Covid handling
Pakistan’s Covid response has earned international recognition
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Covid-hit England tour
The lethal microbe penetrated into the English cricket team camp, forcing the ECB to announce a whole new squad
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Inequitable vaccine access
WHO makes a global appeal for funding vaccines and medical equipment to enable countries to combat the pandemic
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PM security protocol
As an austerity measure and to avoid inconveniencing the public
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More tax on NSS profits
The govt hikes the income tax rates on the profits made on savings schemes for National Savings
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LGs: landmark verdict
The act of dissolution disenfranchises the people says SC
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PM in Gwadar
Many elements of the speech made on the occasion politicised
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Tigray conflict
Agitations between the Ethiopian govt and the TPLF has now left over 400,000 people suffering from famine
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Hike in power tariff
After jacking up petroleum prices twice in a month
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Widening trade deficit
An increasing import bill along with a comparatively slow growth in exports
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Testing times
Despite several protests, the students have failed to convince the government to cancel the upcoming board exams
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Addressing food insecurity
Poor households across Pakistan remain extremely vulnerable
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Collective response
With the advent of social media scientists are now increasingly interested in our civilisation’s collective behaviour
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Quetta attack
In less than a week’s time, terrorists targeted our soldiers in four separate incidents
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Security briefing
Pakistan to talk with whoever is in power in Kabul in the interest of regional peace
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Rising gender disparity
A wide gap between male and female voters
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Another raise in oil prices
For a second fortnight in a row, the incumbent govt raise the prices of various petroleum products
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Imran’s NA speech
PM Imran touches on several key issues, key among them the foreign policy issues of the day.
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Buck passing
It is well known that officials and politicians are in the habit of blaming one another for their own failings