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  • Unpredictable as always

    Pakistan have a lot to ponder on in the days leading up to the third Test that starts on July 4

  • An uphill task

    If K-P administration is dragging its feet over reconstruction of temple in Karak, we are not in the least surprised

  • A worthless list

    Despite evidences of IS's presence in the country, it does not appear on the list of banned organization in Pakistan

  • A tough road ahead

    With a little over half of the total $6.6-billion loan already been utilised, the road ahead is the toughest yet

  • One year of the Islamic State

    System based on barbarity and a degenerate ideology will find it difficult to sustain itself for an indefinite period

  • Amnesty in Balochistan

    Govt must realise beside amnesty schemes, grievances of the Baloch people also need to be addressed politically

  • Fix the structure

    Re-nationalisation of K-Electric will not make life better for anyone in Pakistan

  • Health crisis in Dir

    There is a national lack of preparedness for events such as both Dir and the ongoing tragedy in Karachi

  • Regulating NGO funding

    While in broad terms, it has to be welcomed, there are questions whether its application is going to be equitable

  • The Afghan blame game

    Both countries need to realise that the opportunities created by the recent warming of relations must not be wasted

  • Greece dodging and weaving

    Greece is not going to expire in existential terms, but Tsipras may find himself joining the unemployed before long

  • Imprudent suggestions

    The answer lies in improving K-Electric’s performance and investigating its current poor show

  • The plot thickens

    MQM is a major party with huge following in Karachi. It needs to explain its position given seriousness of allegations

  • Day of reckoning

    It is essential that Israel be prevented from moving ahead with further atrocities against the Palestinians

  • A humanitarian approach

    When sending millions of people back to Afghanistan, compassion must not be lost

  • Modernising meteorology

    PMD is outdated in its methodology and lacks the tools required to track weather conditions as they develop

  • Women commandos in K-P

    It is time we made all efforts to ‘normalise’ presence of women in public spaces & in jobs that require public dealing

  • Hindus are also Pakistanis

    While criticising Modi & his anti-Pakistan policies, parliamentarians should not indulge in the denigration of Hindus

  • Fractured supply chains

    Furnace oil stocks are going to be depleted as PNSC has refused to supply vessels for transportation of fuel to PSO

  • Glory in Galle

    With two more Tests to be played, Pakistan are in the driving seat

  • A killing heat

    Karachi is poorly-equipped to cope with extremes of meteorological events, from extreme rainfall to extreme heat

  • Afghan parliament attack

    Once again the Afghan Taliban have demonstrated just how far they are from being beaten

  • The American illness

    Charleston incident is emblematic of two defining American preoccupations of recent years—gun violence & racial hatred

  • Powerlessness in the power sector

    The govt has offered a 30 per cent discount to power defaulters if they clear their dues by July

  • Pulling up the PPP

    While Mr Zardari’s speech was a highly ill-advised one, the fact is that Pakistan’s political arena needs the PPP

  • The plight of refugees

    When it comes to embracing refugees from different corners of the globe, rich and powerful seem to shy away

  • Able stewardship

    Incorporating Senate’s non-binding suggestions is an admirable adherence to unwritten constitutional conventions

  • Medical diplomacy

    The Iranian offer of the provision of free oral polio vaccines is to be warmly welcomed

  • The march of devolution

    The cast of characters in the provincial capitals is as varied as the nation they represent

  • Save the dolphins

    12,000 dolphins are killed annually due to the use of large gillnets between Pakistan and Iran’s coasts

  • The fuzzy math of the CPEC

    Any inequity in CPEC's execution will detract from what should be the great equaliser for Pakistan’s political economy

  • Talking to The Bear

    Improving ties with Russia is part of a more mature foreign policy geared to the needs of a changing world

  • Helmets for all

    It is govt’s responsibility to create awareness & make people understand that the helmet drive is for their own safety

  • Call from the blue

    The fact that Mr Modi has made what appears to be an effort to restore some normalcy is something to be welcomed

  • Zardari’s speech

    It should be clear to all what is needed at this stage are calm words to help answer questions of national importance

  • An uphill battle

    A series win will put Pakistani team in the right frame of mind ahead of the limited-overs matches that follow

  • Underlying primitivism

    Women are used as bargaining chips to settle territorial disputes or as equivalent of ‘blood money’ in cases of murder

  • Nabbing the crooks

    Let us see prosecutions and convictions on back of these arrests, as these crooks must not be allowed to wriggle away

  • Words of wisdom

    It is not in the interests of Pakistan to play into the hands of Mr Modi

  • A hard-fought year

    The operation is being viewed so positively that there is now talk of moving to battle terrorists in urban areas

  • Failing on the dengue front

    300 cases of dengue have been reported in Punjab this year — and this is before the dengue season is fully developed

  • Transgender persons in jail

    The mistreatment of women, of transgender people, of differently-abled people points at a scathing lack of empathy

  • The death of a fly

    Without evidence, without fleshing out bones of the report, any ‘counterterrorism operations’ are utterly worthless

  • Rescuing the Rohingyas

    Pakistanis, particularly Shia Hazaras, like Rohingyas, get on rickety boats everyday in hope for survival elsewhere

  • A victory for Urdu

    The step taken by Apple will help save a language which has faced a consistent threat

  • The true rate of unemployment

    Any layman can understand that with a growth rate of 4.24 per cent, job creation is a far-fetched dream

  • Carrying weapons to school

    Weapons should not be anywhere near school premises, nor near children, ever

  • Polio — the long haul

    Eleminating polio is going to require a consistency of political will that spans successive govts and constant funding

  • Alarm bells for travellers

    Failure to eradicate polio has brought us travel ‘difficulties’, failure to control people-trafficking will bring more

  • Zaheer Abbas for ICC president

    With him perched at the helm of ICC, he has a real chance of playing an active role in this regard