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  • Gas utility courts

    Currently, hundreds of gas theft cases are pending in courts across the country

  • Truss in Downing Street

    Truss, currently foreign secretary, has served in several cabinet positions over the last eight years

  • Irresponsible tone

    Former prime minister Imran Khan went on to comment over the upcoming change of command in the Army leadership

  • Blowing hot and cold

    All over the world, in times of crisis, rival parties come together for the good of the nation

  • Medical supplies shortage

    There is a medical emergency in Pakistan

  • Floods: official statistics

    In the aftermath of the floods, officials will require significant funds for redevelopment

  • Farmers’ plight

    Regions where villages were thriving are now covered in water

  • Climate change and debt relief

    At such a crucial juncture for Pakistan, money cannot surpass human dignity

  • Listen to Kashmiris

    New Delhi intoxicated under the Hindutva fervour believes it can go on discriminating Kashmiris

  • Socio-economic empowerment

    There is a need for macro-economic stabilisation and redistribution of policies to bridge financial gaps

  • Vulnerable in flood

    Around 650,000 pregnant women in flood-affected areas — of whom 73,000 are expected to deliver next month

  • Landmark verdict

    This wisdom of the judges is appreciated and, in fact, this is where the entire conundrum had rested all these decades

  • FCA exemption

    Fuel prices have risen a bit, despite international oil prices falling in recent weeks

  • The terrible crunch

    The ailing economy is posing a threat to the country’s social harmony, and it is being felt across the board

  • Nonsensical comments

    Former Sindh home minister Manzoor Wassan compared the flooded areas of Khairpur to the Italian city of Venice

  • Moving towards solar

    Pakistan has the potential of producing 2.9 million MW of solar energy

  • Unabated child abuse

    Very few NGOs provide support in a holistic manner to those facing severe abuse

  • Using local coal

    Pakistan has massive coal reserves

  • Join hands for relief

    More than 35m people are affected, and infrastructure in KPK, Balochistan and Sindh is in tatters

  • Deal and aftermath

    Pakistan is estimating a loss of over $10b, as cash crops are washed away and more than 35m people are in distress

  • Indian agents in Twitter?

    User data can reveal not only a person’s Twitter usage history, but many other things since advertisement data

  • A 15th polio case

    Despite wide-scale vaccine and awareness campaigns, temporary relief in cases is followed by a strong resurgence

  • Healthy contest

    Among the few ‘highlights’ of Pakistan’s batting was Fakhar Zaman’s sportsmanship

  • Blame-game politics

    Pakistan’s Foreign Office denies it has anything to do with the strike in Kabul

  • Drug rehab

    Projects like Drugs Free Peshawar campaign needed across the province

  • Fishing in troubled waters

    Police have arrested five shopkeepers involved in hoarding relief goods and selling them at exorbitant prices

  • The inflation genie

    Uncertain global factors coupled with imprudent domestic management has pitched the cost of living at a cliff

  • Dengue threat

    Besides Rawalpindi, dengue cases have surfaced in other towns and cities including Karachi and Lahore

  • Abandoned hope

    Officials failed to send in a rescue helicopter to save innocent lives staring death in the face

  • The statistical discord

    There is an ensuing discord between the federation and one of its units over fiscal budgeting

  • Covid-19 recovery

    Covid-19 has left a legacy of rising poverty and widening inequality

  • Departmental sports

    The ban was initially imposed as part of Imran’s efforts to reform domestic sports systems

  • A belated relief

    Electricity consumers will have to bear the toil for July to September bills is an untenable cost

  • Politicking amid floods

    The best we have gotten so far is some begging bowl tweets, calling for flood relief donations from the public

  • The Doha connect

    The bilateral trade is on the surge as Qatar supplies the lifeline of energy in the form of LNG

  • Dutch treat

    Pakistan has clean swept against the Netherlands in the three-match ODI series

  • Hindutva hubris

    BJP was quick to disassociate itself from its member's words

  • Interest rate gamble

    The million-dollar question is what impact it will have on a battered rupee

  • Floods: poor response

    Protests by flood victims in Punjab have largely been ignored by the provincial government

  • Mercury politics

    The federal government and the PTI are at draggers drawn with each other

  • Towards tolerance

    Heads of religious communities must put their differences aside and show they are in unison with one another

  • The deadly inflation

    The incumbent is the first to be appointed on the heels of a constitutional amendment empowering the central bank

  • Adhere to reason

    Official bans on electronic media have lost their veracity

  • Abandoned villages

    Residents of Keti Bunder, Mirpur Sakro, Garho and Buharo are suffering from food shortages and an outbreak of diseases

  • Drop in remittances

    Experts attribute this big drop in remittances to the post-Eid and post-Hajj drop-off

  • UK deportation deal

    London is still not bound to turn over anyone wanted for crimes in Pakistan

  • Victims of official apathy

    Unprecedented monsoon rainfall has caused massive flood events in urban and rural areas alike

  • The CPEC riddle

    One of the prime objections is that the CPEC Authority was devoid of taking ownership

  • Abuse in Faisalabad

    An influential businessman abducted, tortured and sexually assaulted a medical student

  • Looming dengue outbreak

    Dengue larvae have been breeding on a large scale during the ongoing monsoon season