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Mpox rise
Public health emergency on the rise, health authorities now believe local transmission may be taking place
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Exit Tessori, enter Hashmi
Tessori's replacement is a result of PPP's frustration with his criticism of Sindh's ruling party
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Counting on China
Pakistan's inclusion of Beijing in improving relations with Kabul is tactical diplomacy
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Iran's ceasefire terms
Iran is saying it wants foolproof guarantees that it won't be a victim of aggression once again
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5G rollout
Pakistan has finally taken a long-delayed step into the fifth-generation mobile era
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Thalassaemia testing
Bill mandating premarital thalassaemia screening much-needed first step towards reducing incidence of blood disorder
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Medicine shortage
Pakistan's stock of pharmaceutical raw materials is sufficient for only one and a half months
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Borrowing beyond means
We are now leaving our children with what could be a perennial contender for the world's worst-run country
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MPs' assets immunity
IMF rightly questioned attempts to restrict the people to know the assets of elected representatives, their income
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Bridal burial
Such cases are a part of a larger pattern of under-investigated, often disregarded cases of crimes against women
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Perpetual emergency
A state that cannot discipline its own expenditure in calm times cannot summon that discipline in turbulent ones
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Fingers-crossed
A spokesperson for Syed Mojtaba Khamenei has made it clear that 'diplomacy is not on the cards'
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Succession and war spiral
The firm support that Mojtaba Khamenei has drawn from Russia is a game-changer
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The right pause
State Bank's decision to hold its policy rate at 10.5 per cent is the discipline Pakistan's economy needs
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Thumping performance
The Surya Kumar Yadav men did not let the Pakistan boycott saga take its toll on their performance
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Hockey qualification
The context of this qualification cannot be separated from the chaos that preceded it
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No to power subsidies
Rs990 billion in subsidies is not an investment but the price tag of institutional failure
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Operation Epstein Diversion
"Bombing a country on the other side of the globe won't make the Epstein files go away," says Massie
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Laxity in law
Blatant laxity in dealing with criminal behaviour is unfortunately present at every step of the procedure
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More May 9 convictions
No honest observer can deny the gravity of what happened on May 9
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Petrol bomb
Rise of Rs55 per litre or 20% in petrol prices is more than the climb in the international market
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Education illusion
Learning poverty deepens as 77% of 10-year-olds fail basic reading tests
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Deepening cotton crisis
Pakistan’s cotton collapse forces $3bn imports, exposing deep policy failures in agriculture
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Seven days and counting
Iran war fallout spreads across the Gulf as oil prices surge, regional economies brace for shocks
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Kurds for regime change!
It seems the United States and Israel are clueless after blundering into a war with the Islamic Republic
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Borrowed breathing space
SBP's admits that it has purchased $24 billion from the local market over the past three years
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K-P and women empowerment
The women of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have long been the province's most under-utilised asset
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A surplus of problems
Power prices in Pakistan are not reflective of the buying power of the average Pakistani
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Climate action plan
Pakistan has pledged to "phase down" coal, reduce projected emissions by 50% by 2035
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Oil supply concerns
Islamabad seeks an alternate route for oil supply from Riyadh
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Pending justice
For a security discourse-changing tragedy, the slow drift of proceedings is deeply unsettling
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India's water war
Pakistan's water storage projects could go beyond what had been agreed under the IWT
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Broadening war spectre
Iran is unrelenting, takes on the Gulf monarchies
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Unprotected domestic workers
Bill for protecting domestic workers' rights in Sindh has taken too long to be enforced
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Tax shortfall
Pakistan's challenge is not the lack of tax measures but their uneven enforcement
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Fury vs Promise
Pushback from Iran has taken the Middle East by surprise, forcing President Trump to ask Italy, Oman for mediation
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New K-IV deadline
A decade on, Karachi’s K-IV water project faces delays, doubts, another deadline
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Curtains for Team Pakistan
Pakistan’s T20 campaign ends in frustration as middle-order failures, timid tactics cost dearly
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Human smuggling solution
Pakistan, Italy, Spain, Greece push legal migration to curb trafficking
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Prison overcrowding
Under-trials form 73% of Pakistan’s prison population
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Failing girls on education
13.4m girls out of school despite improved infrastructure
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Back to war
Middle East on brink as Iran retaliates against US–Israel strikes
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Window of opportunity
Consensus must be rooted in constitutional supremacy, restoration of democratic processes
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Ghazab Lil Haq
Airstrikes on Kabul, Kandahar, meant to target terror sanctuaries, are a lawful retaliation from Pakistan
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Of jet and begging bowl
Punjab’s Rs11.7bn VIP jet sparks outrage amid inflation and public hardship
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Plug the leaks
Power losses top Rs1trn as Pakistan’s grid falters under theft and inefficiency
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Outrage abroad
UK MPs urge fair trial for Imran Khan as Islamabad court fixes sentence suspension pleas
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Basant deaths
Without stricter safeguards, celebration cannot trump human life
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Taxing health services
FBR must ensure tax reform targets evasion, not essential medical care
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Kabul's desperation
Cross-border attacks risk regional peace, violate international law


