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New museums
. Windows should be kept open for fresh air
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To close schools or not
There is a cloud over re-examinations for intermediate students, admission tests for universities and assessments
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KCR revival
Politicians and the common people have described the latest KCR revival as mere lollipop
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Khadim Rizvi’s passing
Rizvi’s legacy will be complex. His death leaves a void of sorts in the political far-right
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Imran in Kabul
As the PM reaffirmed, Pakistan is for a ‘peaceful, stable, united, democratic, sovereign and prosperous Afghanistan’
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Madad chahti hai…
After Modi came to power in 2014, rape and other crimes against women in India have increased manifold
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‘Charter of Pakistan’
Instead of hitting the streets in protest it’s better for the opposition to adopt the mode of negotiations
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Voting machines
Most democracies actually avoid or have abandoned e-voting because of issues, along with additional privacy concerns
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PSL takeaways
The fifth edition of the league saw even better arrangements, keener players, closer contests, and bigger cash rewards
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Availability of wheat seed
Mere 6% of the total requirement for next season is available in the public sector and the rest is in private sector
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Senate reforms
As much as its defenders would try to label it as a democratic structure this is rarely the case
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After the US vote
Biden also faces the possibility of having a hostile Senat
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‘Rightsizing’ PIA
PIA has long been in the red mainly due to being overstaffed
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Economy: encouraging indicators
Sustaining the economic momentum is the real challenge for the government
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Corona waste
There are reports of unscrupulous contractors stealing waste being produced in Covid-19 hospital wards
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A historic precedent
It is a welcome sign that G20 nations have struck a historic pact to restructure debt for low-income nations
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G-B elections
The ruling PTI did come out as the single largest party in G-B, but failed to achieve a simple majority of 12 seats
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PM in Turbat
Balochistan has long been licking wounds of neglect and underfunding by federation
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Undeniable evidence
There are other irrefutable proofs of India’s rogue activities that are aimed at destabilising peace in Pakistan
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Rising cases of dog-bite
Since 2019, thousands of dog-bite incidents have occurred in the province
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Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal
It is a miracle that the dispute was resolved relatively quickly
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Deconstructing inequality
Poverty has been rising and rising, and the rate of malnourishment has skyrocketed in recent years
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Case for castration
It is time to make rapists have the bitter aftertaste of their monstrous deeds
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Covid-19: on the rise again
A lockdown will spell an economic and social doom
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Babar, the skipper
A skipper should be an automatic choice, his selection must not be in doubt so that he does not become a liability
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Tackling stunting
In the country, now 38% children are stunted. This figure for Sindh is depressingly high at 50%
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Billionaires in parliament
More than half of the 12 self-admitted billionaires in the National Assembly are members of the ruling coalition
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Biden and Afghanistan
The good news is that this might not be a deal-breaker for the Taliban
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Skewed subsidies
The PM gave instructions to take steps for rationalsation of subsidies
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Timely action
The ‘Karachi incident’ had left the Sindh police force ‘demoralised and shocked’
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Gandapur comments
Gandapur needs to learn to keep his mouth shut until he learns how to conduct himself like a public servant
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A potential vaccine
Further testing is yet to reveal how long the immunity from the vaccine will last
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To have or have not
The government is taking measures to control prices
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Black sheep in police
It is heartening to note that the police are swiftly proceeding to weed out the black sheep from their own ranks
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Politics of kindness
Ardern won our hearts with her composed, empathetic response to the white supremacist terrorist attack
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Cracks in PDM
But again difference of opinion exists within the Maulana’s own party over Nawaz’s no holds barred rhetoric
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Karachi: deplorable transport system
It is about time that authorities worked to rebuild and redesign the transport system of Karachi piece by piece
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President Joe Biden
Trump refuses to accept the result and files lawsuits against it
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Water pollution
People have become so used to consuming unsafe water that now they might fall ill if they consumed safe water
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Fresh Covid curbs
The deadly virus first emerged in the country in February this year and hit a peak in mid-June
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Value of life
The Sindh Wildlife Department, along with police traced and arrested the man who manhandled the dolphin
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Dialogue with EU
Key human rights issues for the EU remain Pakistan's use of the death penalty and the “misuse” of the blasphemy law
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Problem of a single story
During the Vienna attack and other such earlier incidents, Muslims have helped save lives
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Disgruntled allies
However, the PM must realise that most of the demands put forward by his coalition partners are pretty genuine
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Elitist of the elite
Dar is calm and composed — one of the foremost traits of an umpire that enables him to handle pressure on the field
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Virtual banking
We would hope that new companies also offer innovative products rather than merely filling a void
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Declining cotton output
Pakistan’s import of cotton has steadily been increasing over the past decade
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Fire safety laws
We all aspire to utopia, but the prevailing situation shows that we are moving towards dystopia
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Close race
Things, however, seem to be happening just as Bernie Sanders had predicted
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Rising dengue cases
There is nothing surprising about this trend because in the beginning of winter season