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Covid-19 and depression
Collectively, we should avoid talking unnecessarily about the virus, because this adds to the fear
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Nuclear security
Pakistan must play its part to ensure that such weapons never fall into wrong hands
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Healthcare system
A sickly workforce cannot be an engine of economic growth
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Time to bury the hatchet
The changing political dynamics in the region offer a good opportunity for Pakistan and Bangladesh
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Rise in kidnappings
The increase in kidnappings and other crimes underscores the need for creating more jobs
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Power and patronage
Obviously, this does great harm in a seemingly harmless way.
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Frequent changes
There is the inconsistency in the PM’s statemen
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The tool of accountability
There is an urgent need to bring amendments that could enable NAB to act independent of any influence
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Bit of hope on Covid-19
Even at the breakneck speed at which research is moving, we must keep our optimism cautious
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Peasants’ rights
Agricultural workers are fully prone to exploitation by landlords and their sordid tricks
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Another APC
Opposition has been a divided house ever since the PTI-led government has come into power
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Population and pandemic
Pakistan needs to adopt a serious integrated approach meant to cut down on the population growth rate
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Virtual crimes
Perhaps, a separate division for cybercrime courts would be able to solve this and expedite justice
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Rise in drug prices
Pakistan’s continuing failure to embrace generic drugs is a significant part of the problem
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The cost of sit-ins
But one injustice cannot be compensated through another injustice
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Boosting agriculture
Reservoirs will help produce hydro-electricity, a relatively inexpensive source of power
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In this together
Is it any wonder countries that reported best results in containing Covid-19 were ones with lower inequality
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Global hunger crisis
Pakistan will be at the forefront as it is directly and adversely affected by all these problems
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Kasur-style scandal?
The suspect had retired recently from a government job as a schoolteacher
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Same old story
Rain in Karachi is rare, and dangerous
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Limiting families
Family planning services have been badly affected by the coronavirus lockdown in Sindh
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Fake or not?
It’s the matter of the credibility of our aviation industry and the reputation of our country
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Wheat flour shortage
The government could use targeted rationing to ensure poor people can afford the commodity
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Unrecognised degrees
Sindh Pharmacy Council, which plays a pivotal role in the registration process, has been lying dormant for 13 years
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Diamer-Bhasha dam
The PM overstated the dam’s approval timeline by a few decades and oversold its overall significance
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Fattening public debt
The PTI government has now added over Rs10.2 trillion to the public debt since coming to power
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Differently-abled people
In the 2016 census, the differently-abled were not counted
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Forgotten Afghan refugees d
For too long, Pakistan has shouldered that burden
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Chabahar shock to Modi
As for India the deal serves a knockout punch
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Cattle market SOPs
It’s essential to educate people about steps to protect themselves from the deadly virus
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Another audio leak
PTI's leadership has been averse to holding leaders accountable until forced to do so
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In the line of duty
The mere fact that we need the army to be actively involved shows that our security problems are still worse than most
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Ecological improvement
The success on climate change should not be on paper only
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Incentivising housing to lift economy
Govt does deserve to be applauded for successfully convincing the world to allow amnesty of sorts
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Investing in tourism
One major hindrance that the country is yet to fully tackle is the security situation in the country
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Hagia Sophia Mosque
The Hagia Sophia decision is widely seen in the context of Erdogan’s quest for Islamising Turkey
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Load-shedding and Karachi
The power infrastructure remains so vulnerable that it cannot even withstand a very small amount of rain
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Thal Canal project
We hope the significant project does not fall prey to politics
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Bleak prognosis
All one can do is hope, which increasingly is harder to do
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EOBI: good news
Initiatives like those under EOBI and Ehsaas Programme provide some kind of social security
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State of railways
Not long ago the Pakistan Railways hauled the major freight traffic. Not so any more
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Equal emergency
AIDS was never a top priority but emergence of several other health emergencies have pushed this one to the backburner
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India and UN’s rights report
New Delhi’s refusal to even reply to the report within the stipulated 60-day period is not a surprise
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UN report on Soleimani
Even Trump appointees weren’t willing to back him up
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Educational activities
Let us be optimistic about the revival of educational activities in the country
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Pending NAB cases
That the dispensation of justice in Pakistan is notoriously slow is no overstatement
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‘Ghost schemes’
Rulers of Sindh seem to have gained expertise in introducing new terms carrying the prefix “ghost”
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Our saviours abroad
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the global economy
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New Trump order
The US was the biggest beneficiary of its international student programmes
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Away from Covid scare
A clean environment has played a significant role in keeping the coastal villages entirely safe from the pandemic