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  • Talk it out

    While the PTI and the Establishment are at odds over a number of policy issues

  • Drawn NZ series

    Pakistan’s mediocre performance rings a timely alarm given that ICC T20 World Cup is starting in a little over a month

  • New sugar crisis?

    The millers are demanding the import of about 1.5 million tonnes of sugar this year

  • India’s medical magnanimity

    The details of the transplant in Chennai makes one hold the breath in a nail-biting situation

  • Karate win

    Karate Combat event provided a platform for athletes from diverse backgrounds to exhibit their skills and athleticism

  • Wheat price crisis

    The roots of the crisis go back to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

  • ‘Partners, not rivals’

    Biden administration’s ban on semiconductor exports is pushing them to the brink

  • Asia’s climate-suffering

    Amidst these alarming trends, urgent action is imperative to mitigate the escalating climate crisis

  • Reviving KCR

    Despite intermittent progress and assurances, the project has encountered numerous delays and obstacles

  • India’s Kashmir bogey

    They all resolve to fix Pakistan if voted into power and swear war-mongering when it comes to Kashmir dispute

  • Offline in a digital age

    83.5% of women claim their spouse or parents dictate their phone ownership

  • Time to reconcile

    Mechanics of demand and supply will floor our economy, sending inflation and poverty sky-high

  • A leap ahead

    Reiteration to go ahead with the ambitious gas pipeline project and cementing trade was a good omen

  • Banning plastic

    Pakistan Environment Protection Agency in Punjab has announced a sweeping ban on all types of plastic bags

  • India rights abuses

    India's increasingly violent actions overseas and outright refusal to acknowledge its domestic problems

  • Reviving the Queen of Hills

    Illegal constructions pose a grave threat to Murree’s natural beauty

  • Modi’s ‘infiltrator’ slur

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been rigged by Modi government to be a virtual rubber stamp for BJP

  • The silver lining

    This surplus balance-sheet is an outcome of economic engineering, coupled with a slowdown in industrial output

  • Escalating violence

    It is imperative that those responsible for killings and destruction in Gaza are held accountable

  • Environmental emergency

    The Air Quality Life Index perceives that air pollution in Pakistan contracts average life expectancy by 3.9 years

  • By-elections outcome

    The opposition, PTI, has cried foul, and there is no dearth of incidents on the fateful day to point out at rigging

  • Dismantling ‘katcha’

    Holding perpetrators accountable and dismantling criminal infrastructure can restore public trust in justice system

  • Karachi’s water security

    With the approval of Rs14.7 billion as the Sindh government’s 20% share, the K-IV project inches closer to realisation

  • Sanctions, again?

    The FO in a statement, has rightly said it is a tool for arm-twisting, and political use of export controls

  • Hockey: lows after lows

    Unavailability of facilities and absence of qualified coaches have been among perennial problems for national hockey

  • World’s biggest election exercise

    Reports also suggest that while BJP’s recent Hindutva politicking has reinvigorated the party’s Hindu nationalist base

  • Rues with IMF

    Piling up more taxes on an already burdened salaried class while appeasing the big cats is a recipe for disaster

  • Play out the rivalry

    The Indian government continues to politicise the game and refuses to consider even neutral venues

  • Security shudder

    Despite efforts to combat extremism such events poses a formidable challenge to country’s stability , progress

  • Snub for Palestine

    It won’t be a surprise if radicalism is borne out of it, and efforts for a negotiated way out takes a back seat

  • Hepatitis C epidemic

    Pakistan leads the world in viral Hepatitis C infections

  • Hijab bans in India

    Brother of one of the victims raised the issue on social media, which elicited an apology

  • Ruckus and reconciliation

    Zardari underscored the need for moving away from politics of polarisation

  • Roti prices

    In Punjab tandoor owners and workers are now being arrested for failing to observe the government’s rate list

  • Deadly rains

    Pakistan alone reported at least 50 fatalities, predominantly in the northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

  • The Saudi touch

    Pakistan has always been in a win-win situation owing to the benevolence of the Saudi leadership

  • Police brutality

    Pakistan Railways has initiated an inquiry under a committee tasked with investigating the incident

  • Clandestine volatility

    This new phenomenon of trigger-happiness is becoming a point of concern

  • Squash triumph

    The championship witnessed Pakistani players dominating the courts throughout the tournament

  • Opposition’s movement

    The opposition is not going to settle for anything less than a transparent inquiry into the “mandate theft”

  • Heatwave threat

    Heatwaves are leaving a trail of destruction

  • Motorbike scheme

    PML-N’s chequered record with handouts certainly makes some wariness of the scheme understandable

  • True Promise

    Operation ‘True Promise’ by Tehran was on the cards

  • Sordid state of roads

    Several routes to premier tourist attractions still lack basic lighting and road safety signs

  • Education emergency

    It is essential for policymakers to adopt holistic approach to education reform that addresses multifaceted challenges

  • Savagery in Nushki

    The shooting down of labourers from Punjab in Balochistan, after profiling their identity, is disgusting

  • Galloping PSX index

    Optimism over investment from Saudi Arabia has mainly to do with the index hitting a record high

  • Israel’s continued savagery

    On 10 April, the family of Hamas chief, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed while truce talks were in progress in Cairo

  • Pak-Iran security prism

    This understanding is in need of being graduated into a formal policy

  • Can Pakistan be reimagined?

    Concurrently, traditional political stalwarts such as PML-N and PPP confront challenges of credibility and popularity