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Baba Farid blast
What we see is the unfolding of a terrible tragedy, the impact of which grows worse by the day.
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Problems with power tariffs
In fact, we are saddened to see the widespread lack of action towards resolving the problems of the power sector.
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When a bomber is not a bomber
Fiasco: govt mistakenly identifies two living individuals as the suicide bombers in Karachi shrine attack.
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Drone attack ambiguities
Will the US soften in front of the new ‘serried ranks’ of policy in Pakistan?
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Plagued by extortion
It is a shame that political parties have turned a blind eye to the rampant killings in Karachi.
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Tales of torture
WikiLeaks is performing an important service by putting reality before us as it unfolds.
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Aid action
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani says Pakistan had already spent more than the amount announced on the war effort.
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Gift of life
Illegal kidney transplants continue, notably in Punjab, involving the purchase of organs from impoverished vendors.
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Ministers and their cars
At a time when the country should be tightening its belt, official extravagance is plundering the national exchequer.
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Raise in power tariffs
The government needs to accept that Pakistan needs to find ways to help itself.
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Curfewed minds
With some signs of violence having abated there is a question mark over the need for a curfew.
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Significant friends
The feeling that Pakistan has not been doing enough to deal with militancy appears to have been growing of late.
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Returned to sender
Some jurists thought the ‘unanimous’ amendment was too strong for the Court to overturn.
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Law and the law-makers
It seems that those with any power appear to believe they are above the law and not expected to conform to it.
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US-Pakistan strategic dialogue
The dialogue is a good opportunity for both sides to air their grievances and hope to come to some common ground.
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Ending the violence
Until we know what sinister games are being played, we will not be able to stop the spiral towards chaos.
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Dussehra dangers
Few Hindus celebrated the Dussehra festival at Lahore’s Krishna Temple, in contrast to the high turn-out last year.
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Terror Inc
Failure to act now and stem the killings, catch the murderers and prosecute them will only prolong the violence.
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Good sense
The necessities of state demand that all institutions work together harmoniously, with the poise expected of them.
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Murder and mayhem
We see how different events in Karachi contribute towards growing tension and a general sense of mayhem in the city.
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Sixth time lucky?
If Qari Hussain is dead, someone equally cruel may take over, and that dampens whatever joy we may feel at his passing
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Lack of cooperation
The nation expects the PM to comply with HEC requirements and submit his certificates for authentication.
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Swallowing the medicine
FODP nations make no bones about the fact that Pakistan needs to make more effort to usher in domestic reform.
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Succumbing to a war of nerves
There has been a natural atrophy of the trend of “judicial activism” that began in India and was followed by Pakistan.
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Compensation for victims
Airblue must make speedy compensation a priority, especially for those families who have lost their sole breadwinners.
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Tax talk
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the European Union are finally saying what we’ve known for decades.
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High noon
The government, the judges, the media and everyone involved must play due role in ensuring the stormy sea is calmed.
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Minding miners
Quite evidently, value of life has a different meaning in our part of the world.
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Rap on the knuckles
We wonder if the remarkably thick-skinned PCB will realise just how serious a warning has been issued by ICC.
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Death squads
If the leaders of parties who represent people are murdered, who will the central commanders of our country talk to?
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Peace on the western front
Prime Minister Gilani got it half-right when he said that Pakistan was essential to the peace process in Afghanistan.
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A welcome proposal
The move by MQM to submit a bill in parliament to enact land reforms has to be welcomed given its aims and objectives.
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Grotesque torture
The latest example of police torture emerges from Toba Tek Singh and has been brought to the forefront by the HRCP.
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Talking to the Taliban
Hamid Karzai has once again set the world abuzz with speculation about how the end game to the war will play out.
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Presidential warning
It would be an immense tragedy for Pakistan to lose its democracy once more. This would set us back decades.
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Fear of friends
Woodward focuses on the threat Pakistan poses to the world but the the country presents a bigger risk to its people.
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The PML-N’s hollow call
The threat of a new long march sounds hollow as it will finally depend on the army for its successful denouement.
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Cycle of complicity
Police allegedly castrate a man after he refused to comply with orders to bark like a dog.
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SCBA polls and politics
The allegations floating around cast Asma Jahangir as a candidate of Babar Awan and President Asif Ali Zardari.
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A welcome law
The Competition Act has taken far too long to become law, encountering and ultimately overcoming powerful resistance
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Back to business
It has become necessary to find a strategy that can enable us to regain our independence and dignity.
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A plan for power
The government is finally willing to work on an action plan to solve the power crisis at the institutional level.
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The video game
The army chief’s orders to investigate the video comes, according to reports, as a result of pressure from Washington.
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A prize for peace
By choosing Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee has taken a step towards rehabilitating its reputation.
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Punishment for saints
This is an all-out battle between hardliners and the more moderate religious traditions of the sub-continent.
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EU trade concessions
The concessionary period, though not ideal, is a significant enough time to have a positive impact on the economy.
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Just say ‘sorry’
The apology the US Ambassador for the helicopter incursion has brought smiles to the faces of many of our politicians.
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Blasts in Karachi
Why can our intelligence agencies not penetrate terrorist networks and prevent such attacks?
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Punishment well-deserved
We need to ask ourselves how a young, college-educated, middle-class man like Faisal Shahzad turned into a terrorist.
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Teachers in trouble
The teachers have some right to be aggrieved, especially as a promise of more funds was made.