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  • The flip side

    Unrelenting IMF conditions will slap new taxes and levies, withdrawing subsidies on lifeline utilities for the poor

  • Financial independence

    One in six bank accounts are run by women in Pakistan, despite the country having an equal male and female population

  • Drug-makers in crisis

    Drug-makers unable to keep producing lifesaving medication due to raw material shortages and pricing disputes

  • A critical amendment

    Bill aims to make ridiculing the Pakistan Army and judiciary through any medium of propagation a punishable offence

  • Climate funding needed

    Tackling a wicked crisis requires sustainability on multiple fronts

  • Court-arrest drive

    PTI has been simmering with issues for quite some time

  • Devastating quake

    World must act fast if we are to keep the precarious situation in Syria and Turkey from falling apart

  • Balloon intrusion

    There is a plethora of questions both sides need to answer before playing to the gallery or hiding their skeletons

  • Plebiscite is the solution

    Kashmir Day was observed by condemning India’s abusive relationship with the people of the disputed territory

  • Musharraf’s legacy

    President General Pervez Musharraf lived an accomplished civil and military life

  • Social entrepreneurship

    Collaboration between universities and industries enables students to engage with real-time industrial problems

  • Kohat boat tragedy

    Prudent and precautionary measures can help prevent such avoidable disasters

  • Polls cannot be delayed

    As politics plunges deep into a polarised format, the constitution must guide the path of the nation and electorate

  • Pink People’s Bus Service

    It would also be commendable if a training institute is initiated to teach women how to drive the bus

  • App market growth

    App downloads were up 35% compared to a year earlier

  • Defeating terror

    It goes without saying that Afghanistan and Pakistan should be on the same page in defeating terrorism

  • BF-7 sub-variant

    The latest Omicron sub-variant BF-7 has entered Pakistan with the first case being detected in a 49-year-old male

  • Record inflation

    Breakneck inflation is now hitting its worst levels since 1975 at 27.55% which is even worse than the 26% projection

  • Politics of vendetta

    The government by cracking down on its political opponents in cases primarily booked on vendetta is drawing ire

  • Snowballing brain drain

    The deteriorating socio-economic condition of Pakistan is forcing people to flee the crisis-hit country

  • Flailing against corruption

    Amid crippling political partisanship and an economy nearing bankruptcy, fighting corruption may unify the country

  • Get serious!

    The terror backlash is evident all over, and disgruntled elements are out to bleed the nation

  • Fatal road accidents

    Negligence of reckless drivers and ignorance of officials have caused many unavoidable accidents and loss of lives

  • Pressure on Kabul

    Taliban have done little to repay Pakistan, as Monday’s terrorist attack in Peshawar shows

  • Russo-Ukraine thaw needed

    Kyiv, being the grain basket for Asia and Africa, is earnestly in need of peace

  • Conspiracy spiral

    The former prime minister is directly accusing a political rival of being behind an assassination conspiracy

  • India’s grooming otherness

    It is an apartheid state lacking communal harmony as voices of rationality are silenced at the behest of state power

  • Peshawar blast

    Pakistan continues to bleed at the hands of terrorists — strategically aided by hostile foreign conspirators

  • Human trafficking

    UN report that states that South Asian women are the most vulnerable to human trafficking

  • Strengthening education

    Poor governance, mismanagement and lack of investment have led to the deplorable state of education in Pakistan today

  • Fight against polio

    Major problem, however, remains militant and rebel groups who are looking for opportunities to create chaos and rift

  • Tackling Islamophobia

    A recent incident took place in Stockholm where a right-wing extremist desecrated a copy of the Quran

  • Disgruntled politics

    There is no room for delaying elections under the Constitution

  • Leadership drama in PML-Q

    Shujaat was reportedly removed and replaced by his brother Wajahat Hussain, who is in the Elahi camp

  • Mysterious deaths

    Eighteen mysterious deaths occurred over 16 days in Karachi’s Keamari region, each victim with similar symptoms

  • Jenin massacre

    Israel once again exhibited barbarism over unarmed Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank

  • Cap removal

    The artificial measures to contain the dollar from winging high and high have rather proved counterproductive

  • India’s olive branch

    If Pakistan accepts the invite, it will be the first visit by a Pakistani foreign minister in 12 years

  • Unwarranted arrest

    Fawad Chaudhry’s arrest was an unwarranted act executed by the administration in a hilarious bad taste

  • Gender-based violence

    Violence against women has become one of the most prevalent human rights violations in Pakistan

  • The real message

    Religious scholars outrightly rejected any kind of fissures against the state and its people

  • Representing minorities

    Avari excelled at sports from a young age and was given the Pride of Performance Award for sports in 1982

  • Need for mediation

    Pakistan in the post-withdrawal era from Afghanistan is eager to strike a new accord with the US

  • Nationwide blackout

    Even medical facilities reported issues with their backup bundles

  • Growing threat to journalists

    At least 42 journalists have been murdered in the line of duty in Pakistan during the past four years

  • More than just bullying

    Parents, instead of condemning and restricting their children, enable them through protection

  • Justice in dock

    The acquittal of trigger-happy former SSP Malir, Rao Anwar, will for long be contested

  • Tracking immunisation

    Sindh Health Minister reveals plans of a mandatory certificate of immunisation for children to get school admission

  • Rise of fake news

    Digital rights experts need to toil with this moral conundrum to find an adequate solution

  • The benevolent friend

    The Saudis are looking at the bigger picture of the world economy