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  • Unstoppable sugar prices

    The government continues to insist that there are no supply shortages and that profiteers are to blame

  • Talks with TTP

    This is an unprecedented development, and has come against adverse public opinion to a larger extent

  • Female legislators

    Women legislators say most resolutions submitted by them in the House are either not tabled or approved

  • Perfect 10

    Team Pakistan is firing on all cylinders; batsmen, bowlers — and surprisingly even fielders

  • Daska debacle

    The Daska fiasco has once again stressed the importance of electoral reforms

  • Agitation no solution

    The best forum to flex muscles is parliament, and not the streets

  • College admission policy

    Studies have already suffered due to the coronavirus pandemic

  • Halting deforestation

    World leaders must first figure out a way to put an end to the fossil fuel industry

  • Midnight hike

    This raise has come not only as a surprise but also in utter disgust

  • Shrinking space for journalism

    Several govts have put draconian laws to ‘keep a tight leash’ on journalists working in the cyberspace, digital sphere

  • SIA to terrorise Kashmiris

    SIA may well conduct itself in manners that violate human rights

  • Recovery figure

    The anti-graft body is already in a tangle of its own

  • Absurd PhD policy

    Perhaps officials care more for quantity rather than quality to show that progress is being made

  • FM Portal

    The app is part of a commendable outreach drive by the Foreign Ministry and Pakistani embassies

  • Relief package

    The package carries with it a stigma of confusion as to who, where and how one can be supplemented through it

  • SC order on breast cancer

    CJP has expressed indignation at the absence of mammography and other tests in a majority of public hospitals

  • Rising inflation

    More worrying than the headline number, however, was the government’s reaction

  • Grassroots representation

    It’s high time the local government system was revived in all honesty

  • Train fares hike

    Financial health of Pakistan Railways has been unsatisfactory for many past years

  • Trade gap

    Despite reasonable current account reserves, the widening trade gap could soon cause an economic crisis

  • Ordaining a law

    Accountability process in Pakistan has always been up for debate, as those handling it were seen to be compromised

  • Another deal

    A renewed agreement between the government and the TLP has come as a whiff of fresh air

  • NBP cyberattack

    The entire national economy could collapse if something goes wrong at NBP

  • Mohatta Palace

    Mohatta Palace has acquired an added significance as a public cultural space in Karachi

  • Bizenjo’s uphill task

    Opposition’s internal divide stemmed them from posing a formidable challenge to the ruling dispensation

  • A new future

    One reason for the current situation is the combination of people adopting safety and preventive mechanisms

  • Encroached parks, playgrounds

    Parks, playgrounds and other open spaces act as lungs of cities

  • Falling markhor population

    Markhors are killed for their meat and for their use in preparing traditional medicines

  • Digital payments

    Regulators just need to ensure that this growth is equitable

  • Rewriting a narrative

    The crux lies in taking a stand and, as Moeed Yusuf pointed out, it has to be pragmatic and unapologetic

  • Ramping up the heat

    Environmentalists around have said it time and time again: global carbon emissions must decrease significantly

  • Compliment or sedation

    Six people have been arrested in Jammu, while raids were conducted at colleges and universities in IOK

  • Landmark judgment

    The Shariat Court decision has set the seal on the prohibition of under-age marriage in the country

  • Intezar murder case

    An anti-terrorism court has punished seven ACLC cops for the killing

  • Continuing with sawra

    Jurist consultant at Shariat Court argued that sawra violated several fundamental rights of females granted by Islam

  • Need to defuse tension

    Government should adopt a multipronged approach while dealing with the TLP and the likes

  • Encroached Karachi

    Karachi’s biggest enigma is that it is ghettoised into cantonments, corporate societies and an unmanned municipal sway

  • Saudi support

    The cash will reportedly be parked with the State Bank for three years

  • Amicable settlement

    Pakistan is at a crossroads of great upheavals in the region

  • Mideast climate moot

    Unfortunately while several countries talk a big game on climate change, practical action is less than forthcoming

  • 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

  • Chaman border closure

    Closure of the border is hurting all those involved in trade between the two countries

  • Change of guard

    It showcased how vulnerable is politics in the desolate province, where instability has for long been a cornerstone

  • 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

  • Fourth most expensive

    The current situation indicates that the sitting government, led by PM Imran Khan, has made all the wrong moves

  • Regulating telemedicine

    There was indeed the need for regulating online provision of healthcare services to eliminate the misuse of the system

  • Bizarre prosecution

    Shah had been booked in 2012, and an accountability court had directed NAB to file a reference against him

  • Before a fifth wave

    Minister for Planning Asad Umar has stressed need for meeting vaccination targets to avoid the situation altogether

  • Petrol subsidy plan

    While programme is ambitious, noble; it remains to be seen what modality will be used to implement it

  • Undesired street politics

    Unfortunate death of two policemen in Lahore as TLP supporters went over the brink is disgusting, highly condemnable