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Continuing terror
Blasts in official buildings add panic to prevalent uncertainty, can affect the electoral turnout.
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Protesting drone attacks
Protesting drone attacks in UN is Pakistan's right but it should not use this as an excuse for lack of action.
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Death of a war hero
It is unfortunate that many among the younger generation do not know more about men like Mr Alam.
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Murdered for a song
Acts of unprovoked violence in Kohistan video scandal have to be punished, no matter what is said about tribal custom.
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Derailed relations
Breaking off people-to-people contact is a surefire way to sow even further hatred and ignorance.
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Promises and purposes
A list of repetitive promises does not make up a manifesto.
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High rewards
Government spent its last five hours gorging on the national exchequer and did nothing to improve the country.
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Six months and counting
What has Pakistan gained in the six months of the ongoing ban on YouTube?
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Providing justice
The Supreme Court has now become the first and last avenue of justice in Pakistan.
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Away with the cane
The well-entrenched practice of beating up schoolchildren is on its way to becoming illegal.
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Fate of Balochistan
The end of governor’s rule in Balochistan is unlikely to bring about any significant change in the province.
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A true martyr
Parveen Rehman's crime was to fight on behalf of some of the poorest citizens in our country.
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Escaped
People are reluctant to report crimes due to incompetence of police,criminals and murderers can operate with impunity.
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Unfair pay
Salary structure of public servants in all categories has become badly distorted.
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An independent ECP
The apex court is more powerful now so to have it throw its weight behind the ECP is reassuring.
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Dilapidated schools
Honest officials need to be appointed who will take oaths to faithfully fulfill their roles.
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Containing North Korea
The problem with sanctions is they end up hurting the people while doing little to dislodge a dictatorial government.
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Pipeline priority
The project, which will cost Pakistan $1.5 billion, must be welcomed wholeheartedly.
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Journey to Ajmer
Spiritual journeys are performed on hard-earned legitimate earnings, not on taxes collected from the deprived.
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Policing priorities
Policing is in disarray and there is a complete lack of public confidence in the abilities of the force.
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Missing persons
The Baloch are not about to come to the negotiating table as long as the military refuses to own up to past misdeeds.
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Shock waves from insanity
Tragic stories are emerging, a bride saw her dowry plundered and burnt on her wedding day.
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Safety for sports
It is better for us to accept the unlikelihood of countries sending their sports persons here.
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Treating HIV
We, as a country, have ignored the AIDS epidemic.
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Abbas Town rehabilitation
In Pakistan, the government should have a reserve rehabilitation fund to compensate all citizens.
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The fight against polio
Militants in Pakistan have killed polio workers this year but it is the afflicted people who are the real victims.
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Reviving debate
The Pak Tea House will herald a new era of public debate in Lahore and Pakistan.
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Tourism in Pakistan
We should promote domestic tourism and protect tourist sites, so when security situation improves we can cash in.
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Pay raises
The government is in no mood to practice austerity, it is far more concerned with its re-election prospects.
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Magnificent manifestos
PML-N's Manifesto stays almost silent on the crucial issue of militancy and law and order.
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Standstill in Karachi
we must ask if strike calls are the right way to protest or if there is political point scoring in the strike call.
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International Women’s Day
If we are to make a difference to the lives of women, we need to move a few steps beyond the March 8 festivities.
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A tribute in facts
Best tribute that can be paid to Hugo Chavez, man who changed face of his country and Latin America, comes in facts.
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Switching sides
The PML-N has dealt a fatal blow to the PPP in Balochistan, after getting 22 members of the party to defect to it.
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Curbing terrorism
Urgent reform of the judicial tackling of terrorism is needed to plug the loopholes allowing terrorists to walk free.
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Populist decision-making
Government has been making economically unwise decisions like subsidising power, removing NTN to buy a car and so on.
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Denying the obvious
The Shia and Sunni residents of Abbas Town have chosen to stick together while senate remains confused.
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Another year without Basant
The ban on kite-flying is symptomatic of a government that prefers quick, superficial fixes.
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The genocide continues
Genocide is what we are now facing in our own country, and the Shias are the victims
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A welcome win
It is important that the team does not get carried away with this victory.
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Corporal punishment
The law should be repealed because no one, including parents, should be allowed to hit their children
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US politics and the Republicans
As support base of republicans shrunk, they resorted to thinly-veiled attacks on Obama’s race and “Muslim” heritage.
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Ordered out of Wardak
Although President Karzai is widely seen as a US puppet, he has often had strained relations with the Americans.
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Into thin air
We must quickly & methodically act to save Balochistan before it disintegrates into further disarray before our eyes.
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Sorting out the police
For the police to be effective in Karachi, hiring needs to not only be increased but done on merit alone.
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Expensive embassies
It makes no economic sense to maintain lavish diplomatic presence, especially when we have little to show for it.
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Into the abyss
Virtually all major parties are willing to talk to a force, which openly says it does not believe in the Constitution.
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Proof of the pudding
Military will have learned from Musharraf era that it can still do as much as it used to working behind the scenes.
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Another journalist falls
The reason behind killing journalists is almost certainly to prevent accurate information from reaching the people.
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Life support for PIA
It makes no sense to keep pumping in money without first ensuring PIA goes through a process of economic cleansing.