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Forgotten prisoners
There are thought to be at least 30 Pakistani inmates in the central prison
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Hassan Rowhani re-elected president
Mr Rowhani navigated his country past the economic crisis, reducing inflation and stabilising currency exchange rate
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No room for miscalculations
Pakistan will have to play its cards delicately and wisely
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Canvassing support
It is time we had a competent woman from the developing world heading the organisation
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PSL cricket scandal
We must ponder why such cases arise every few years
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Makran subduction zone
Islamabad should commission an immediate study on the subduction zone in Makran
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Full disclosure is needed
It is good that Pakistan and China have announced the creation of a transparency commission
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Aiming for cordiality first
Our prime minister will be one of a number of Muslim leaders who are also meeting Trump for the first time
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A lost cause
UN-sponsored negotiations have made little headway
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Fake news
Fake news has been a source of heated controversy during the US Presidential elections
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Child amputee case
Child labour must be tackled in a way that dissuades parents and employers from employing children
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Kidnapped in Romania
A campaign should also be launched which highlights the danger of illegally crossing borders
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Another stalemate over FATA reforms
JUI-F chief tore into the legislation and the two bills proposed by the Safron minister
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Thanks for the memories
The past decade has been a ‘good run’ for the two men and for Pakistan cricket
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Traffic in a bind
The traffic police is under no obligation to listen to directions of the city mayor
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Protecting the CPEC workforce
A similar pledge should also be made for local workers
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Provocative action
It is clear that North Korea wants to maximise its political leverage ahead of possible negotiations with the US
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Pointless benevolence
The commerce ministry is only underscoring that it has no actual will to improve the exports market
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Repatriation of the displaced
Many IDPs say their houses are either in ruins or badly damaged
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A step along the way
Any move that takes some of the heat out of the relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan is to be welcomed
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A global onslaught
Cyberattack is criminal in intent, a vast robbery, rather than an attempt to bring down any specific country
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Business trust is down
Business confidence was expected to decline against the backdrop of an unstable political and security situation
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Attack on JUI-F convoy
The horrific explosion is a reminder that the state’s blood-drenched battle against terrorism is far from over
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A changing culture
No culture anywhere is immutable. Aspects of all cultures are changing over time
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Bad apples within
It is a truism that workforces everywhere are a reflection of the cultures and societies they recruit from
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Slipping from control
Now is the time to read the writing on the wall
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Human wrongs
We expect no early improvement
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Utilisation versus capacity
The Law of Unintended Consequences is in play, and will be for decades to come
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Calming border tensions
Both sides could fall back on a host of recommended measures to tackle border irritants and the like
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Lahore traffic e-ticketing
Implementation of an e-ticketing system seems quite advanced for Pakistan
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Unfulfilled promise
Bilateral series between the two sides would have guaranteed some of those profits
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A drubbing for NADRA
CNIC is the passport to just about everything in the Pakistan of today
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Forever indebted
Moodys report pushes all the red buttons
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Macron: much French relief
It is unlikely that Macron is going to unify France any time soon
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A grave warning
Fact of the matter is that Pakistan cannot afford to get into an exchange of arms with Iran
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CPEC cost-cutting
Pay scales should be revised annually for all employees
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The value of midwives
Free hospitals that rely almost solely on donations are not necessarily sustainable models
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Advertising incompetence
He should have handed over the controls to the first officer, who was relegated to the observer’s seat
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Setting the stage
How the JIT performs may redraw the political map of the nation
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Attack on Chaman villages
Kabul and its border forces have stepped out of line again
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Death penalty for rape
Countless other women, alive and still seeking justice, wait in the wings of a system that is loaded against them
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A wasted opportunity
Pakistan struck its second lowest score of 81 against West Indies which is the tenth lowest score it has ever made
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Hub on the boil
The rule of law is cancelled by the blasphemy curse, and anybody so accused is immediately a dead person walking
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Blundering tax-men?
It should not be unreasonable to assume that FBR has awareness of tax status of projects associated with CPEC
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Shopian blockade
Mr Dulat says it is difficult to understand why India is refusing to discuss Kashmir with Pakistan
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An unending chill
This polluted relationship is going to sully the waters regionally for years to come
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Going circular again
The city is strangling from its own economic success
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Managing the floods
Millions are affected every time there is a major flood
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Talking crap — a beginner’s guide
The founders of the source of the Panama Papers, the firm of Mossack Fonseca, are in custody
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Unbuilding another tax dream
The average rate of tax on builders of all categories came to Rs33 per square foot