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  • Harvesting the sun

    These initiatives need to be taken forward and the full potential of solar power pulled down, too, out of the sky.

  • ‘Misuse’ of power

    Parents are still allowing their kids to misuse the resources that should not be at the disposal of the children.

  • Confusion over WHO travel advice

    Getting nomadic tribes-people vaccinated is a more difficult than getting those who travel by air.

  • War and peace

    Focus on defeating militants should combine armed action with development activity carried out by civilian authorities

  • Baby trafficking

    It is time for hospitals to regulate their spaces and require validation of identity at the primary points of entry.

  • Another voice silenced

    Rehman is yet another casualty for a fast-thinning last-line of defence against bigotry in Pakistan.

  • No more bailouts, please

    Textile industry is pleading for a bailout from the government instead of dealing with its own structural incompetence

  • Better access to justice in K-P

    One should wary of what is asked in return for generous donations by the international development organisations.

  • Medical college anomalies

    Many of the seats available to ‘foreigners’ do not get filled for and thus become a wasted opportunity.

  • Unblock YouTube

    It is high time that the government responded to the will of the people and unblocked Youtube.

  • Deadly drains

    The tragic incident in DI Khan calls for a strict watch on companies by EPA as to where and how waste is disposed.

  • Polio travel restrictions

    The travel restrictions are a direct result of the export of the polio virus to countries like Syria.

  • A national disgrace

    Balochistan is an overlapping Venn diagram of conflict, the bottom layer of which is women and children.

  • Stranded fishermen

    On purely humanitarian grounds if nothing else, let these men go because nothing is gained by holding them.

  • A practice most foul

    Exchanging little girls for settling family disputes is akin to human trafficking and ought to be outlawed.

  • A welcome rapprochement

    Israel’s decision to withdraw from peace talks certainly shows the side which is least interested in achieving peace.

  • Lowering our debt burden

    Many of those who blame governments for ‘begging’ donors for loans themselves do not pay their fair share in taxes.

  • Managing waste

    Rubbish collectors, their carts are not going to fade into background, effort needs to be made for integrating them.

  • An irresponsible withdrawal

    Half of 240 ranges will be handed over to Afghan army, but fate of rest, whether they will be cleared, remains unknown

  • Long, hot summer

    Actions so far taken may be pointers to the government’s sincere resolve to tackle the huge power default problem.

  • World Press Freedom Day

    Despite threats, Pakistani press is delivering a vital public service and has fast become a crucial agent of change.

  • General Sharif’s welcome speech

    The army chief has voiced the military’s readiness to jump into action against TTP should the dialogue process fail.

  • Reclaiming encroached land

    The authorities should tackle the matter with a humane approach and keep the worries and woes of the poor in mind

  • Extortion in Peshawar

    The state needs a two-prong approach to catch the extortionists and re-establish the writ of the state.

  • At Downing Street

    The right things have been said and in the future, we may see positive results emerging from the interactions.

  • Hajj troubles again

    The credibility of the religious affairs ministry is once again on the line.

  • Threats to journalists

    It is high time the government demonstrates that it will do all it can to minimise risks faced by media workers.

  • Lights out

    By starting with itself, the government is trying to send a message that no one will be spared from paying its dues.

  • Tyre problems

    Influx of smuggled tyres are so great that industry is unable to sustain a level of sales that would turn a profit.

  • Regulating universities

    Only with transparency through a system of checks and balances can a nation weed out the flaws in its systems.

  • Well done Sindh Assembly!

    Setting an age limit on marriages is a step in the right direction in ensuring the rights of young people.

  • An honourable man

    No Pakistani politician, public figure would ever find themselves offering resignation because buck stops with them.

  • Karate gold

    T here is little support and even less money for the people taking part in sports other than cricket.

  • Making amends

    Prime minister is doing the right thing by visiting Tehran as it would clear doubts and misconceptions.

  • Dying tigers

    As has previously been the case, zoo animals have died due to utter negligence and ignorance on the part of the staff.

  • Rising infections

    There is a need to devise and implement a plan to educate the age-relevant populations for AIDS.

  • Fight for accountability

    If we are ever to see accountability in Pakistan it will have to be fought for.

  • Remembering Bhagat Singh

    The district government’s decision to establish the Lyallpur Heritage Foundation, is a step in the right direction.

  • The Gwadar conundrum

    Inwards investment, stability, developed economy, infrastructure make freeports, we hope that this all materialises.

  • Karachi blast

    People cannot constantly live lives dominated by fear; we cannot have blood spattered across our streets so often.

  • Changing times

    Kabul and Islamabad need to work together to end the militancy which has inflicted so much suffering on the people.

  • Another law enforcer gone

    The police department needs to make sure the cases he was pursuing are carried forward so that his work is not wasted.

  • Opening the spectrum

    Until the packages are rolled out we will not know how much 3G or 4G services are going to cost the average user.

  • Frightening facts

    We will need to find a way to wipe sectarian intolerance away and that, of course, is not going to be a simple task.

  • Preparing for the worst

    If India elects Modi, it would be what they deserve as in democracy; people get the government they deserve.

  • Our public health crisis

    Implementation of Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution has been little short of a catastrophe for public health.

  • Encroachments

    The encroachments are as immovable as the mindset of those tasked with their clearance.

  • Avoidable child deaths

    More children can die if the immunisation programme does not go ahead.

  • No room for complacency

    We would advise the government to fashion a carefully choreographed strategy to tackle the monster called terrorism.

  • The BJP rears its ugly head

    India’s moniker of ‘the world’s largest democracy’ will mean little if its Hindu majority targets its Muslim...