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  • Drop scene in Punjab?

    The refusal to swear in Hamza Sharif as CM and the reluctance in removing Governor Cheema are cases in point

  • Undue criticism

    The leadership across the board should rise to the occasion, build a narrative of compassion and collaboration

  • Melting glaciers

    Pakistan is home to the largest number of glaciers outside the polar region

  • Dwindling markets

    With the markets in urgent need of positive stimuli, our economic managers must fast-track efforts to reach settlement

  • Alarming suicide rate

    The youth — especially those between the ages of 15 and 25 — are the most vulnerable

  • Growing food insecurity

    56% families in Balochistan, 30% in Sindh face severe food insecurity due to drought, unemployment, price rise

  • Strict regulations

    The Taliban's regressive approach to discipline the society with a baton is problematic

  • Covid-19 in retrospect

    The pandemic didn’t just affect core institutions but also exposed vulnerabilities that had been long hidden

  • Militant attacks

    PICSS figures show that in April, 34 attacks occurred in which eight militants, 13 civilians were killed

  • Price bite

    Statistics at the moment are too hysterical

  • PM’s UAE trip

    Language in statements relating to his UAE trip were far vaguer, with no specifics on any economic proposals

  • IIOJK delimitations

    The report from the delimitation commission has already been rejected by all of the major political parties of Kashmir

  • Unconstitutional call

    Governor Punjab believes that the Army should look into the ongoing crisis in the province, and play its 'due' role

  • IIOJK rights violations

    Military ops and detentions have seen a spurt since 2019, though IIOJK had been witnessing state terrorism for long

  • Neglect at beaches

    Tragedies and safety steps are forgotten leaving people to their fate

  • Share smiles on Eid

    We are a deeply divisive society and lines are firmly drawn on likes and dislikes in the political realms

  • Saudi assistance

    The money is of critical importance for Pakistan because its foreign reserves have been crashing

  • ECP-PTI discord

    PTI has the right to plead its case, it should be careful of its verbatim while dealing with a constitutional organ

  • Afghan blasts

    Ever-growing frequency in incidents of violence points towards serious administrative and security collapse

  • Climate change and economies

    It will take much more than planting trees and initiating a few sustainable projects

  • State of law education

    SC expressed dissatisfaction with state of legal education, says it was PBC’s responsibility to ensure quality

  • UNSC reforms

    Meeting would discuss, scrutinise the veto and demand an explanation for why it was cast

  • Oath-taking at last!

    Punjab has been in a perpetual constitutional deadlock for almost a month

  • Time to introspect

    To ensure a healthy home environment, parents should allow their children to have agency and autonomy

  • Education City

    The Education City will greatly facilitate knowledge seekers, and also give multiple benefits to the people

  • Bilawal’s debut innings

    Despite the challenges, any success would be a massive feather in the cap of the young PPP chief

  • Riba is outlawed

    Now comes the task to overhaul the prevailing rusted system., the court saying all loans should be interest-free

  • BISP recipients

    PTI had struck off 820,165 names from the database of beneficiaries of the Benazir Income Support Programme

  • Loadshedding agony

    Shehbaz, who has a reputation of a doer, has directed the authorities to rid the country of the menace of loadshedding

  • Elections and delimitation

    PTI, allies accuse election officials of being unfair; ECP says PTI govt’s slow pace of work is largely responsible

  • Punjab’s political melee

    This is for the fourth consecutive week that the province is without a chief executive

  • Slaughterhouses

    Given the outbreak of lumpy skin disease, insurance of hygienic conditions of cattle farms, slaughterhouses is crucial

  • Macron again

    Almost a certainty that a considerable number of votes for Macron were cast because people did not want a bigot to win

  • Wretched act

    The unfortunate incident seems to be a continuation of vendetta acts, where a lobby is out to defame Pakistan

  • Another Nobel likely

    Akhuwat has distributed loans equivalent to $900 million over the last two decades

  • Modi’s Kashmir visit

    Unfortunately, while Modi continues waging war on his own people, the response from world powers has been muted

  • New IMF deal

    The new compassion, nevertheless, has some hard strings attached to it

  • Declining infant mortality

    The decline indicates socio-economic conditions, habits of hygiene and availability of medical facilities

  • IMF, World Bank assessments

    Who expects the government to slash subsidies, hike taxes, cut imports, when it is already struggling to hold?

  • NSC word

    This is for the third time that the assumption of conspiracy has been shunned, as apart from two NSC meetings

  • Re-emergence of polio

    Only three cases of type 1 polio have been reported in the world: one each in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Malawi

  • Peshawar air quality

    A staggering 850,000 motor vehicles were registered in Peshawar by the end of 2020

  • Kidnapping of newborns

    This incident has once again increased the sense of fear and insecurity about newborns’ safety in hospitals

  • State gifts

    What is required is a thorough probe, disclosure of contents received by successive govts and what their fate was

  • Fuel subsidy

    The biggest challenge that the incumbent government faces is to put an ailing economy back on rails

  • Summer blazes

    Lives lost and houses destroyed mark the inefficiency of the relevant fire brigade units

  • Ramazan relief

    Concerted efforts are required to ensure that commodities are actually available at the reduced prices

  • Change of heart in AJK

    The AJK legislators belonging to the PTI tabled a no-confidence motion against Niazi who was blamed for incompetence

  • A coalition cabinet

    Synergies should be channelised on a nationalist agenda rather than on witch-hunting

  • Lynching verdict

    The punishments, which can be appealed, are a welcome development in the harrowing case of mob violence