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Moody’s warning
The assessment comes at a time when Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have dropped to $10.23 billion
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The probe into RTS ‘failure’
How the ECP now counters the NADRA claim before the investigation panel remains to be seen
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The new new — austerity lite
The PM is no longer going to use his dedicated plane for foreign trips but for domestic flights
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Marriage suicide
In Lyari, an 18-year-old wife committed suicide allegedly after frequent brawls with her husband
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A scent of rapprochement
About 3,000 military personnel from China, Russia, India and Pakistan are to be brought together for joint exercises
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Wake-up call from Kerala
Major flooding in the Indian state of Kerala has killed more than 230 people and displaced more than a million others
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Re-booting the narrative
It is time for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led by Imran Khan to get on with the business of governance
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Raising steam
Across the sub-continent and much of Africa, the railways are a colonial legacy
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The first move
Few of his close companions don’t have a completely clean slate, this will definitely test Imran's impartiality
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No ceasefire in Afghanistan
The Taliban had made their point and there was to be no ceasefire
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Measures to strengthen the economy
Most of the previous governments in Pakistan have tried to attract foreign investment
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Future of largest minority in Naya Pakistan
Minority is named as per unique challenges that its members face: ‘crippled’
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The making of ‘new’ Pakistan
The ‘new’ is synonymous with broad and deep reforms in critical areas of governance
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Lack of informed opinion on IMET decision
US decision to suspend the IMET Programme to Pakistan military is not a new phenomenon
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Another gang rape
How many more children would be sacrificed before the state takes stringent actions?
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Hepatitic handlers
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority has revealed a ghastly fact with regard to hygiene in Kohat
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The foreign policy front
Foreign policy cannot be seen in isolation as it reflects a country’s domestic policy
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Time now to act
Khan is reported to keep the important portfolio to himself, apart from a few others
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What goes around comes around
The power sector is a weapons-grade migraine for the new government
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Twitter threat
Twitter should not have to concern itself with constitutional parameters of every country
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MNA education
According to FAFEN, many members newly elected into the National Assembly have obtained low levels of education
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The dark horse
Sardar Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar of Dera Ghazi Khan has been nominated for the key role of the Chief Minister of Punjab
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Compare and contrast
Parliament is set to once again become the pivotal point of national political life
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A fiscal minefield
PTI is going to have to hit the ground not just running but sprinting if it has to ward off a monetary dark cloud
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A new Prime Minister
Imran Khan, leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is to be the next prime minister
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a published poet who was thrice elected as Prime Minister of India, left for his heavenly abode
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Endless barbarism
At least 48 Kabul teenagers studying for college admission died when a suicide bomber detonated in their classroom
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The continued defection
Defections from the PML-N continue even after the elections
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Stepping softly — but forward
Indian PM Modi, speaking on August 15, has distanced himself from his militaristic line on India-occupied Kashmir
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Clearing the first hurdle
PTI has cleared the first hurdle, clinching the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
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The crisis in Turkey
Turkey is passing through a period of turbulence and is in a financial crisis
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The vulnerable e-vote
Around six million Pakistani citizens are residents of other countries and many of them are eligible to vote
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Politics and cricket?
A change may well be at the upper echelons of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
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Fiscal safety net
Foreign exchange reserves (Forex) have depleted to around $9 billion
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Preserving the Kalash
The Kalash and other minorities now have a champion in parliament, the first Kalash to be elected
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Polio challenge
Gratitude is owed to stringent military operations in the area and pursuing suspects in polio worker murder cases
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The FATF evaluation
There is unanimity of views among all pillars of the state that we need to get out of this mess
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Of mixed hopes
The hope to carve a future that is different from the past 71 years is a beacon of a more inclusive, embracing nation
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Congo on Eid
Health departments urge to pay more heed to the issue in order to prevent a potential epidemic
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Pak-India ties: 'new optimism'
The relations between the two countries have touched the lowest of the levels in recent times
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Dangerously short-sighted
The IMET programme was one of the more effective and durable bilateral linkages, fostering relations
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Transgender rights
Supreme Court is backing the push for equal rights to members of transgender communities across provinces
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Accepting reality
National victory of the PTI has pulled the rug from beneath the PML-N, which is now accepting reality
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Gilgit-Baltistan on target
Yesterday’s attacks targeted Gilgit-Baltistan and Balochistan — both vital in the context of the CPEC
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A national disgrace
Since January 2018 there have been 141 cases of rape recorded against minor boys and girls, with no convictions so far
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For the sake of children
An air strike on a Yemeni market in Saada by the Saudi-led coalition killed 29 children under the age of 15
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A new shape emerges
Days before the new prime minister is sworn in, pit is already evident that the winds of change are picking up
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Politicised police
Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar is no more at the helm of Karachi Police
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Things to come
Pakistan is passing through the Never-land of the interregnum, transition from one government to another
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Getting to know you
The Pakistan-US relationship fluctuates these days between poor and extremely poor