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  • Investing in agriculture

    The project initially targets about 190,000 smaller farms and covers about 1.4 million acres of irrigated land

  • Biden’s tour-de Mideast

    Biden listed out Tehran, Beijing and Moscow as prime adversaries and toed a line of action

  • PTI’s ballot triumph

    A good omen that the bye-elections came up with is the assured neutrality of the Establishment

  • Fighting plastic pollution

    Hope has been presented in the form of a robot fish that “eats” microplastics developed by Chinese scientists

  • Shrinking job market

    Companies are cutting costs and reducing workforces in order to cope with sky-rocketing inflation and fuel prices

  • A case for Article 6?

    Under the law, only the federal government can move a complaint under Article 6 of the Constitution

  • Social inclusion

    At least six seats will be reserved in both categories in the three towns of the West district

  • Poll day in Punjab

    The biggest challenge for the local administrations is to hold the poll in a peaceful decorum

  • Rise in polio cases

    The reports of new cases in parts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa may be disappointing for the polio workers

  • Pre-election relief

    Tarin said on Twitter that the cuts should have been about Rs44 per litre for both petrol and diesel

  • Agreement at last!

    The extension of the Extended Fund Facility-supported programme till June 2023 is a good omen

  • Gender gap and Pakistan

    Pakistan’s improvements in most categories were its highest ever since the first report was published in 2006

  • Speaker acted in ill-will!

    The verdict dilates that the speaker acted in violation of parliamentary norms, as well as constitutional provisions

  • Thar suicides

    Uniquely local factor is the demographic breakup of the region, which has the highest Hindu population in the country

  • Covid-19 resurgence

    With monsoon rains impeding people’s ability to get tested and vaccinated, everyone should be extra cautious

  • Anarchy in Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka’s socio-political debacle is owing to ad-hocism at work

  • Politics of hatred

    As we know, the skipper is both responsible for and sets the example for how his team conducts itself

  • Rain deaths

    At least 26 people were killed as a result while thousands were left stranded without shelter, electricity or food

  • China’s clarion call

    G20’s resolve under Biden to foment a parallel fund of $600b in next five years to browbeat the Chinese BRI initiative

  • Let’s embrace with a smile!

    Let’s mark the day by burying the hatchet, and moving forward as a monolithic community

  • And now gas prices

    The ECC of the Cabinet has approved an increase in natural gas prices in the range of 43% to 235%

  • Maternal malnutrition

    Pakistan is already at the forefront of a malnutrition crisis

  • Baseless claim

    The report does parrot Indian propaganda; to paint Pakistan as unworthy of being removed from the FATF blacklist

  • Rise in interest rate

    The SBP raised the interest rate by 125 basis points to 15 per cent – the level last witnessed in year 2009

  • Exit Johnson

    Even senior leaders of the Conservative Party claimed Johnson 'doesn’t have the support of the Party, or the country'

  • No to state gifts!

    Bill states that public office-holders, family members should not be allowed to retain or purchase gifts

  • Another deadly monsoon

    Existing mitigation and rescue measures are outdated in the face of these unprecedented rains

  • Trans-persons job quota

    Sindh’s transgender population is a quarter of the country’s; the population would be over 300,000 in the province

  • Dealing with TTP

    Pakistan is eager for peace but it should not be interpreted as its weakness

  • Hands-off from politics

    Punjab is set to hold bye-elections in 20 constituencies

  • Continuing power crisis

    Pakistan’s coal consumption is minuscule in global terms, as is the country’s contribution to climate change

  • Recurring road accidents

    The government must look towards developing travel infrastructure in a planned and systematic manner

  • Karachi’s water woes

    It is said that over 550 million gallons of water per day is released from Dhabeji pumping station

  • Strike threat

    If a domestic shortage does take hold, results could be disastrous, as it would very likely lead to fuel rationing

  • No end to load-shedding

    In the meanwhile, all consumers – domestic, commercial and industrial – have been suffering like never before

  • Climate losses

    Pakistan’s losses will amount to $26 billion — second to India’s predicted average annual loss of $225 billion

  • Deficit syndrome

    The alarming rise in the trade deficit has happened despite a blanket ban on auxiliary imports

  • Preserving heritage

    Recently, netizens of the city were irked by a gate that was under construction at the entrance of Frere Hall gardens

  • Managing waste

    No proper mechanism has been developed to manage or even separate hazardous waste

  • Peaking inflation

    While the government warns of even tougher times ahead, it has no plan at work to subside the lethal impact

  • Legislating from the bench

    Six partisan American judges have chosen to poison the world to favour their political allies

  • Quid pro quo in Punjab

    The nail-biting proceedings at the Supreme Court were in the backdrop of a petition moved by the PTI on Friday

  • Budget approval

    Several amendments were made to meet IMF conditions while attempting to avoid too much backlash from voters

  • Unwarranted blame game

    BJP is responsible; had its spokesperson not been spitting fire against Islam, the situation would not have occurred

  • New bus service

    Doubt shrouds the scheme as people notice that the inauguration falls before the second phase of local elections

  • Uncontrollable fallout

    Zubair, one of the BJP’s harshest critics was arrested on blasphemy charges

  • Karachi’s power vacuum

    Karachi’s electricity conundrum is in need of a holistic solution; no piecemeal measures will help

  • India’s petty act

    No amount of bilateral communication can fully compensate for a multilateral discussion among major stakeholders

  • The G7 largesse

    The decision of G7 leaders to pool a staggering $600 billion over 5 years to compete with BRI, raises eyebrows

  • Addiction problem

    There are many instances where roadside drug abusers are tortured by the police and beaten up by onlookers