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  • Science and tech neglect

    Pakistani engineers mostly get jobs in foreign countries

  • Premeditated?

    It was Maryam’s first public appearance after about five months

  • Russian vaccine

    Country has eleased no safety data about the vaccine

  • Local govt corruption

    Corruption in local councils and municipal bodies has long been rife. It needs to be curbed.

  • Chaman blast

    Frequency with which terrorists incidents have been happening in Balochistan can be viewed in the context of CPEC

  • Rains and floods

    Sindh and the country’s commercial capital of Karachi go underwater every time it rains

  • The cost of sin

    If there is one certainty about life, it is that it too will pass

  • Verdant Pakistan

    Pakistan is now counted among 10 countries in the world most vulnerable to effects of climate change

  • Prisoners’ release

    A deal would be critical in easing several security and socioeconomic problems created by the Afghan war

  • Violence against women

    Violence against women continues to grow in Pakistan

  • A declining nation

    Unfortunately, US suffers from a bigger crisis than the pandemic — the crisis of leadership.

  • Deforestation alert!

    150 major weather events have been reported across Pakistan from 1998 to 2018

  • All of God’s creatures

    Case of lions death has highlighted the abject regard we have for animals, especially the exotic kind

  • Police ‘misuse’ of power

    The police kill people who want to break the law and also when they themselves want to break the law

  • Historic ties

    Nothing should annoy a friend like Saudi Arabia with which our bilateral ties spans our entire existence as a nation

  • Prison reforms

    We hope that all these measures would go a long way in making prisons places of reform

  • Green signal for ML-1

    Higher speed trains will be a boon to trade and public transport

  • Worsening civic conditions

    The existing situation has exposed the hollowness of the promises made by Sind govt before Eidul Azha

  • Return to normalcy?

    The need for the people to follow SOPs and for authorities to ensure their implementation has grown

  • Kashmir at UNSC

    While UN is calling out India for its human rights record, India is conducting fresh abuses of its minorities

  • Heritage sites

    There are many colonial-era heritage buildings in Karachi and most of them are in a neglected state

  • Beirut explosion

    There may not have been a more sensitive time for Lebanon to see an explosion that may cost it $5b

  • Our new map

    But we must also look beyond words and maps

  • Austerity drive

    At the end of the day, the austerity measures should show concrete results and not exist on paper only

  • Kashmir: a year of lockdown

    One year on, Kashmiris have seen violence on the rise and their livelihoods destroyed

  • Trump’s vote delay call

    President Donald Trump is beginning a last-ditch effort to fully transition into a tinpot dictator

  • Dengue threat amid pandemic

    Our entire manpower and machinery has been focused on coronavirus prevention

  • Dual-national SAPMs

    Tania Aidrus and Dr Zafar Mirza's exit is not going to send a good signal in the efforts for reversing brain drain

  • Lead poisoning

    800 million children in the world carry five micrograms of toxic lead metal per decilitre in their blood streams

  • Electric cars

    EVs can be beneficial for citizens as, apart from being energy efficient, they are cheaper to run and maintain

  • The Festival of Sacrifice

    Sense of security must not be allowed to take over the caution that is still very much needed for Covid-19

  • Protecting wildlife

    Animals cannot speak, so we must speak for them and protect them from cruelties

  • Reformative restraints

    The fallibility of the criminal justice system is well documented but so is the reformative aspect of our jails

  • Hajj amid pandemic

    It has been one of the most pronounced images of the impact of Covid-19 on religion

  • IT and education

    Inequalities exist by regions, socioeconomic status, disability, religion and gender

  • Dangling live wires

    We also cannot forget that decades of malfeasance on part of city managers have led us to this point

  • Prudent approach

    Traders should strengthen the provincial government’s hands and abide by the lockdown

  • BRT: not this year, at least

    Deadlines after deadlines have passed, but the rapid bus transport system has yet to come into existence

  • Preventing hepatitis

    The prevailing conditions in Pakistan, especially in its urban areas, are nothing short of a ‘wonder’

  • US-China row

    The fallout from Trump’s foreign policy disasters will last well beyond his presidency

  • Humanitarian gesture

    This will create job opportunities for Pakistanis at home

  • Rain drain

    Long gone are the days when Karachiites would relish rains.

  • Terrorists in Afghanistan

    Several Pakistani soldiers, security officials have been martyred in militant attacks

  • Child protection

    It is encouraging to know that the K-P government is working to revive child protection units

  • Looming extinction

    Current pandemic crisis has highlighted environmental benefits of halting industrial, economic activities

  • So far so good

    Authorities should be mindful of limiting the imagination of the people

  • Syrian tragedy 

    This particular poll is another mishap on the long list of tragedies in Syria

  • Road to recovery

    We salute our heroes.

  • Locusts: drone remedy

    After eating humble pie on moon-sighting issue, Fawad found something to celebrate

  • Supporting trans persons

    Provincial meetings have been conducted in all four provinces to reduce the trans-phobic stigma