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  • Promoting organic farming

    Overall, organic methods of farming have no or very little impact on the environment

  • Saffron terrorists

    The increase in violence against India’s minorities has been coupled with a spate of anti-minority legislation

  • An ordained Karachi

    Karachi is in need of lawful governance and judicious distribution of resources

  • Disaffected doctors

    The growing disaffection among health experts has compelled many to leave the country for a better life abroad

  • One nation, one policy

    The fact that the commoners’ interest has been recognised as a cornerstone is a step towards erecting a welfare state

  • Ensure civil liberties

    Taliban would be well advised to lower the guard on civil liberties

  • Year of economic woes

    Tough decisions based on sound ideas are needed now, not tomorrow

  • Karachi water woes

    The city of 20 million is receiving only 550 million gallons of water daily against its needs for around 1,200mgd

  • Lego-political wrangling

    The government, as usual, is in a panic mode, and there is no dearth of elements who have messed it up

  • Kashmir killings

    The recent killings took the December death toll in Occupied Kashmir to 18

  • Fencing the western frontier

    Fencing of the Afghan-Pakistan border with latest gadgets of technology is a tribute to Pakistan’s armed forces

  • Climate resilience and agriculture

    The national agriculture emergency programme needs a much more focused approach

  • Need for prison reforms

    Prisons are a grim place for poor prisoners as they are not fairly treated there

  • Open-air schools

    Those who stay at government schools are disadvantaged as odds are stacked against them

  • Digital bulge

    We need to reach every citizen with this service in a consistent manner while updating our practices

  • Revamp PTI, why?

    PTI is still in its labyrinth; it is, indeed, a one-man show

  • AI in healthcare

    Now in several hospitals in the country, robots have been employed to aid medical procedures, especially in surgery

  • No point in tariff hike

    No point in tariff hike

  • Rise in cotton output

    June to December was 7.27 million bales — one bale is about 155kg

  • Bettering Panahgahs

    Cleanliness and proper hygienic practices in the Panahgahs will inculcate healthy habits in the inmates

  • IIOJK: concerned British MPs

    2,500 other people have been detained — and virtually disappeared — by using brutal Unlawful Activities Prevention Act

  • Aid to Afghanistan

    It is yet unclear as to how the funds released by the UNGA will reach the implementing arms

  • Israel’s crime confession

    Maj Gen Heyman’s confession is an indictment of Israel. Iran will be well within its rights to seek retribution

  • Regional rail link

    The railway service will be more efficient than the sea route as it will be faster and will reduce cost

  • Failure on POS machines

    Shaukat Tarin had made POS machine adoption a major target, hoping to get about 500,000 machines registered

  • Growing urbanisation

    Most of the migration and the resultant urbanisation have taken place largely due to lack of planning

  • For poorest of the poor

    The government needs to get a handle on the economy fast if it hopes to bring any real change

  • Lifetime disqualification

    The assertive point behind this exercise is a deep-rooted political connotation

  • K-P locals speak up

    The need of the hour is to recreate harmony and semblance of order

  • OIC conference

    Unfortunately, despite the urgent calls to action, Sunday’s resolution left much to be desired

  • Businesses and human rights

    This long-existing anomaly needs to be corrected by ensuring equal pay for equal work

  • Justice for slain activist

    There are laws in the country against land grabbing, but the land mafia is too powerful and influential

  • Shershah blast

    The families of those killed must be compensated immediately in a befitting manner

  • Hope for Kashmiris

    This is the writing on the wall and derives a conviction that Kashmiris would be heard sooner than later

  • The debt mountain

    The heavy borrowing to shore up the current account deficit has already begun drying up

  • Solace for Gwadar

    The move furthered the envelope of reconciliation in one of the most backward provinces of Pakistan

  • Malnourishment challenge

    Pakistan ranks fifth in the world in terms of child malnutrition and third in terms of child deaths

  • Illegal university campuses

    The federal government must amend the law so as to give HEC the power to take relevant action

  • Bolstering internet services

    We live in an age where the internet has become as essential as oil

  • Islamophobia bill

    Boebert was recorded mocking Omar at a private event by comparing her to Islamist terrorists

  • SME bonanza

    With growth projected at 4%, SMEs invigoration will be a leap in prosperity

  • Deterrent punishment

    Over the past six years, around 22,000 rape cases have been officially reported

  • Rise in interest rate

    SBP has hiked the interest rate by 100 bps in an attempt to counteract high inflation

  • Entering the future

    Margalla Dialogue-2.0 reiterated the shift in Pakistan’s paradigm from geopolitics to geo-economics

  • Beggar mafias

    Strict action needs to be taken against those involved in running beggar mafias

  • Persisting gas shortage

    Domestic and commercial consumers are suffering a great deal

  • Taliban’s appeal

    Famine-like conditions are spreading across the country, driven by an economic collapse

  • Attacks on polio vaccinators

    Polio vaccinators, even with security, are soft targets, with attacks occurring with worrying consistency for years

  • Torpedoed local bodies

    Dichotomy has undermined the very essence of local bodies

  • Ghettoised Gazans

    The Gaza’s ruling dispensation, Hamas, is at odds with Israel and has fought four wars since 2007