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Unstoppable sugar prices
The government continues to insist that there are no supply shortages and that profiteers are to blame
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Talks with TTP
This is an unprecedented development, and has come against adverse public opinion to a larger extent
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Female legislators
Women legislators say most resolutions submitted by them in the House are either not tabled or approved
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Perfect 10
Team Pakistan is firing on all cylinders; batsmen, bowlers — and surprisingly even fielders
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Daska debacle
The Daska fiasco has once again stressed the importance of electoral reforms
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Agitation no solution
The best forum to flex muscles is parliament, and not the streets
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College admission policy
Studies have already suffered due to the coronavirus pandemic
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Halting deforestation
World leaders must first figure out a way to put an end to the fossil fuel industry
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Midnight hike
This raise has come not only as a surprise but also in utter disgust
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Shrinking space for journalism
Several govts have put draconian laws to ‘keep a tight leash’ on journalists working in the cyberspace, digital sphere
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SIA to terrorise Kashmiris
SIA may well conduct itself in manners that violate human rights
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Recovery figure
The anti-graft body is already in a tangle of its own
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Absurd PhD policy
Perhaps officials care more for quantity rather than quality to show that progress is being made
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FM Portal
The app is part of a commendable outreach drive by the Foreign Ministry and Pakistani embassies
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Relief package
The package carries with it a stigma of confusion as to who, where and how one can be supplemented through it
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SC order on breast cancer
CJP has expressed indignation at the absence of mammography and other tests in a majority of public hospitals
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Rising inflation
More worrying than the headline number, however, was the government’s reaction
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Grassroots representation
It’s high time the local government system was revived in all honesty
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Train fares hike
Financial health of Pakistan Railways has been unsatisfactory for many past years
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Trade gap
Despite reasonable current account reserves, the widening trade gap could soon cause an economic crisis
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Ordaining a law
Accountability process in Pakistan has always been up for debate, as those handling it were seen to be compromised
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Another deal
A renewed agreement between the government and the TLP has come as a whiff of fresh air
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NBP cyberattack
The entire national economy could collapse if something goes wrong at NBP
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Mohatta Palace
Mohatta Palace has acquired an added significance as a public cultural space in Karachi
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Bizenjo’s uphill task
Opposition’s internal divide stemmed them from posing a formidable challenge to the ruling dispensation
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A new future
One reason for the current situation is the combination of people adopting safety and preventive mechanisms
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Encroached parks, playgrounds
Parks, playgrounds and other open spaces act as lungs of cities
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Falling markhor population
Markhors are killed for their meat and for their use in preparing traditional medicines
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Digital payments
Regulators just need to ensure that this growth is equitable
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Rewriting a narrative
The crux lies in taking a stand and, as Moeed Yusuf pointed out, it has to be pragmatic and unapologetic
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Ramping up the heat
Environmentalists around have said it time and time again: global carbon emissions must decrease significantly
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Compliment or sedation
Six people have been arrested in Jammu, while raids were conducted at colleges and universities in IOK
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Landmark judgment
The Shariat Court decision has set the seal on the prohibition of under-age marriage in the country
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Intezar murder case
An anti-terrorism court has punished seven ACLC cops for the killing
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Continuing with sawra
Jurist consultant at Shariat Court argued that sawra violated several fundamental rights of females granted by Islam
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Need to defuse tension
Government should adopt a multipronged approach while dealing with the TLP and the likes
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Encroached Karachi
Karachi’s biggest enigma is that it is ghettoised into cantonments, corporate societies and an unmanned municipal sway
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Saudi support
The cash will reportedly be parked with the State Bank for three years
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Amicable settlement
Pakistan is at a crossroads of great upheavals in the region
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Mideast climate moot
Unfortunately while several countries talk a big game on climate change, practical action is less than forthcoming
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Liberate Kashmir, now
It is a clarion call to the conscience of the world to acknowledge that a nation is reeling under a brutal regime
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Chaman border closure
Closure of the border is hurting all those involved in trade between the two countries
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Change of guard
It showcased how vulnerable is politics in the desolate province, where instability has for long been a cornerstone
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More than just a sports win
It was a reminder of how unifying the game is, all had something they could get together and get behind
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Fourth most expensive
The current situation indicates that the sitting government, led by PM Imran Khan, has made all the wrong moves
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Regulating telemedicine
There was indeed the need for regulating online provision of healthcare services to eliminate the misuse of the system
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Bizarre prosecution
Shah had been booked in 2012, and an accountability court had directed NAB to file a reference against him
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Before a fifth wave
Minister for Planning Asad Umar has stressed need for meeting vaccination targets to avoid the situation altogether
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Petrol subsidy plan
While programme is ambitious, noble; it remains to be seen what modality will be used to implement it
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Undesired street politics
Unfortunate death of two policemen in Lahore as TLP supporters went over the brink is disgusting, highly condemnable