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  • Afghan girls’ education

    Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban’s deputy minister of culture and information, has brought to the fore a pertinent point

  • Synagogue attack

    It is disappointing that there was no condemnation of the incident by the Pakistani government

  • Lifeline inflows

    The fact is that Pakistan’s economy is in dire stress. It is crisscrossed in an inertia at home and abroad

  • Rehabilitating prisoners

    Jail authorities had not only encouraged him but also provided him with whatever resources he needs in order to study

  • That’s no fun

    TikTokers tend to be on the lookout for novel ways to muster ‘likes’ and become social media stars overnight

  • State as prosecutor

    Pursuing the case on behalf of the state will set a great precedent. It will act as deterrence in future

  • Street crime in Karachi

    A businessman from a minority community lost his life and money in a daylight robbery in the upscale Clifton

  • Mini-budget approval

    Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin also took an interesting approach to counter criticism of the massive tax bomb

  • NDMA ‘is to blame’

    A plethora of oops went altogether that led to the unimaginable Murree death toll

  • Containing HIV

    2019 incident saw more than 1,500 people being infected with HIV out of which at least 50 children died

  • 100m vaccine milestone

    Overall risk now remains high since we are knee deep in the fifth wave

  • Threatening debt crisis

    Short-term risks include societal divides, livelihood crises and mental health deterioration

  • Help save Afghans

    Afghanistan is in need of a global Marshall Plan

  • Curious case of harassment

    The U-turn by the alleged victim has given the case a Kafkaesque surrealist turn

  • Upbeat Baqir

    Baqir painted a picture so rosy he might have been mistaken for a florist rather than an economist

  • An organic state policy

    Real security is human security, and this new policy lays out a roadmap for it

  • Life in prison?

    As for prisoners’ hospitalisation, the law says they can be shifted only to government hospitals

  • Exit of TTP terrorist

    Notorious TTP activist grew in the rank and file of terror hierarchy, and was cajoling for reorienting splinter groups

  • Suu Kyi’s conviction

    Suu Kyi was found guilty of importing walkie-talkies and letting her security staff use them

  • Politics of hope, despair

    Politics of hope, despair

  • Rising number of diabetics

    Time to give serious thought to the issue and take preventive measures

  • Urea procurement

    Being an agrarian country, Pakistan should focus on a broad policy parameter to stock food grains

  • Pakistan, GCC horizon

    Pakistan enjoys a broadened wavelength of commonalities with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

  • Taxing the IT sector

    The total taxes amount to 35% with the addition of 19.5% GST on mobile calls

  • Shortage of burial spaces

    There are a few graveyards in all cities to accommodate those whose families cannot afford to pay the price

  • Deaths in snow

    Reaction from officials, including the Prime Minister himself, was appalling, to say the least

  • Ehsaas scholarships

    Educated people are needed to carry out tasks of modern times

  • Lord Nazir’s conviction

    Nazir, who said he would appeal the ruling, has a sordid history of sexual crimes

  • Door-to-door vaccination

    Governments over the world are making efforts to inoculate the maximum number of people

  • Triumph of merit

    Justice Ayesha’s elevation is worth appreciating

  • Dwindling dolphins

    It is time to rekindle efforts and work towards creating an ecosystem in which dolphins are able to self-sustain

  • Kazakhstan protests

    Tokayev, who initially promised harsh action, appears to have softened

  • ISPR chief’s presser

    On the contentious issue of Pak-Afghan border fencing, the ISPR chief said 94% of the fencing has been done

  • MoU on climate

    The PM noted that many countries were now taking proactive steps to address climate change

  • Historic buildings

    They fail to realise that old buildings are historic monuments, so they should be preserved

  • PTI’s foreign funding

    It is incumbent upon the PTI to come out clean, and never indulge in politics on this issue

  • State of govt hospitals

    These infirmaries are facing multiple issues like shortage of doctors, lack of medicines, long-deferred surgeries

  • Tax collection

    Income tax collection surpassed the target by just Rs5 billion

  • Make SAARC a success

    SAARC member states should rally behind Pakistan’s intention to make the regional body an organic entity

  • Reading in a new world

    There is indeed a case to be made for reducing taxes on imported paper if it can lead to publishing of cheaper books

  • Muslim women ‘auction’

    The investigation into the first has yielded no action against any suspects

  • Inflation challenge

    It is the government’s disastrous microeconomic management that is of particular concern

  • RDA: opportunity and risk

    There is also cause for caution, as money invested through RDAs may well be just that — an investment

  • Overcoming gas shortage

    PM Imran Khan has asked the relevant authorities to expedite the process of granting exploration licences

  • Lacking in innovation

    Country lacks a cohesive regulatory framework as the government remains ineffective for the most part

  • Medical college admissions

    Sindh govt maintains that under 18th Amendment, it has powers to decide issues relating admissions to medical colleges

  • Why penalise Balochistan?

    This is no less than a ploy, and is an indictment of negligence on the part of concerned authorities

  • Rise of Omicron

    Even though WHO claims that Omicron may be milder and less deadly than other variants, not everyone is safe

  • Quetta bomb blast

    The major aims of the enemies are to derail CPEC and projects related to it as the terror activities in Balochistan

  • Entering 2022

    With Covid-19 still a global problem, we can expect it to also continue undermining economic gains in the coming year