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Good work, Minister Khar!
One must congratulate Hina Rabbani Khar and her team for playing a good innings at a very difficult time.
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China’s new political elite
New leader Xi Jinping will don four caps of leadership in the Chinese political spectrum.
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A history of an oppressed community
While the Shia populations of south Lebanon may be accommodated, the Shia populations in Pakistan face difficulty.
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Silence
Joachim Prinz might as well have been talking about Pakistan when he wrote about the Germans becoming silent onlookers
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Jinnah’s Pakistan
Jinnah’s Pakistan is an Islamic state, which defines who a Muslim is and is not very democratic.
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Are men and women really equal in the West?
Women of the world should realise the battle for gender equality can't be fought and won at the national level alone.
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Welcoming Pakistanis
It is only when all of us South Asians speak up that the change will begin.
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Spreading fires
For cities to become the new engines of growth, public order and rule of law are necessary, not the fires of anarchy.
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Education crisis
Politicians should focus on trying to ensuring state institutions are implementing constitutional right to education.
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The economic impact of the Pakistani-American diaspora
About a 0.3 percentage point increase in national income could be attributed to remittances from the United States.
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RIP Perween Rahman
Goodbye, Perween Rahman. Your only crime was that for three decades, you devoted yourself to the cause of the poor.
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What Nacta can do
Anti-terror strategies would require consultations from gatekeepers to make them more representative nationally.
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Failings of the Indian justice system
There are also CCTV cameras observing inmates. How did Ram Singh evade all this?
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Pakistan is also for the minorities
The minorities in Pakistan continue to live in constant dread of being attacked or molested.
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Pakistan’s real image
The scenes of Joseph Colony are the real “image” of Pakistan. That image is Pakistan going to hell on a metro bus.
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The other side of corporal punishment
Nobody in the parliament has raised any eyebrow about the issues of obsolete textbooks and teacher absenteeism.
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Our security situation — a failure of the ruling elite
Government, army achieved new landmarks in five years, but their attitude was far from effective with daily murders.
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Ochlocracy — or rule by the mob
It is only the amendment to the national mindset that can cure the evil.
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India and Pakistan relations and the media
Reporting cannot be without responsibility, particularly when journalists believe that advertisements come from wars.
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The murder of human empathy
Islamists in Pakistan celebrate terrible losses, as they perceive themselves to be locked up in crusade against West.
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Trying war criminals
Movement of Projonmo Chottor presents opportunity for youth of Pakistanis to reach out to the youth of Bangladesh.
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The bottom line
The media doesn’t consider anything to be news if it hurts the bottom line.
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The future starts now
Pakistani government must increase tax revenue and tackle corruption to rebuild people’s faith in politics.
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Shahbag or Badami Bagh
Shahbag may define Bangla secularism while we continue with ambiguity in determining place of religion in our politics
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‘Nooneconomy’
The numbers in the PML-N's economic policy manifesto don’t add up. They did not, even in their earlier tenures.
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Sindh after the SPLGA
Credible local bodies system that manages resources and authority can tap the unharnessed potential of the province.
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Treating women with respect
We can begin by treating women with respect, by considering them to be autonomous beings, and by speaking out for them
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Why I stand with the Shias
The significance of Karbala is great for all Muslims irrespective of whether they were Shia or Sunni.
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Why democracy has survived
Democracy has survived because we now have an effective means to police the boundaries of our constitutional order.
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Ensuring the currency of a rapist’s life
The fact that Singh committed suicide, underlines that India,is not serious about protecting its women.
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Guidelines for covering elections
The media’s ability to use its freedom with responsibility is expected to be put to test during election coverage.
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Personal edification at state expense
Is there no one to tell the PM that there is no such thing as a private undertaking by any prime minister?
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English language and higher education
More needs to be done to ensure that teachers are making use of the opportunities that English language brings.
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The Mytilenian Debate and Us
If there's a blasphemy law, what right do people have to take the law into their hands and banish an entire community?
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Failure of politicians
The political parties have shown their readiness to talk to terrorists and all this is being done to win elections.
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Old and new politics
If the PTI emerges even as a third party, the politics of Pakistan will have changed forever, and for the better.
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Not another elephant!
Till these animals can't defend themselves, I beg all foreign countries to not present us with any beautiful creatures
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All minorities — please leave Pakistan!
Pakistan was founded to be the preserve of a small minority of men and so it should be.
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Let Basant be celebrated
The Lahore skies are not full of kites — or at least not as full as they used to be.
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Time to lead by example
The High Courts have ample power to act as trial courts in appropriate circumstances, including blasphemy cases.
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A civilisation silenced
Addressing the crisis involves uniting state organisations to provide justice to those who massacre innocents.
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Acid sales regulation
Highly concentrated acid is sold to the general public due to its multi-purpose usage, which is the real problem.
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Pakistanis in North America
The third-largest Pakistani diaspora in North America is most likely to have deepest impact on its original homeland.
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Black Prado vs white Corolla
The police need to act quickly to nab those who are misusing government number plate vehicles.
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The Good, the Bad and the Election
With the current climate of uncertainty, it will do wonders for public confidence if the election goes ahead at all.
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Educational rift
Pakistan is close to the bottom among 87 developing countries in spending money on education.
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Pakistan will rise again
How can the state refuse to take the name of the terrorist organisations like Lashkar-e-Jhangvi?
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Unforgettable moments in a cynic’s life
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto believed that Salman Taseer and Mustafa Jatoi knew nothing about communism and Joseph Stalin.
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Invisible Freedom
Amidst the invisible Namaloom Afrad in Karachi, only visible ones are prime time anchors and their terrified guests.
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Modi’s followers
Unfortunately in India, the Bollywood artist is opportunistic and not driven by any great liberalism.