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Counterterror talks
Pakistan and the US are turning a new leaf in their counterterrorism collaboration
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Crushing public debt
Unnecessary subsidies continue to be a drain, and the government still refuses to cut them to a sustainable
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Age limit for marriage
It has long been globally established that the age of maturity in the contemporary era equates to 18 years
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Bail for women
Providing bail would equally help reduce prison populations and in some cases speed up the legal process
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Unaffordable Hajj cost
The government has slashed the quota for Pakistan-based pilgrims in half
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Bolan barbarism
Another daredevil attack on the security forces in Bolan is a moment of serious introspection
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Seaview sewage
Seaview beach has become a dumping place for trash and sewage, which can cause the spread of water-borne diseases
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Migrant crisis
Unemployment, lack of opportunities and record-level inflation has turned Pakistan into an underdeveloped nation
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Terror fissures
The government’s going slow in its efforts to net the abettors and terror-financiers
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Homeless children
There are 1.5 million street children in Pakistan and the number is rapidly rising
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Combatting identity theft
Data protection service to require a person's consent before third parties can access their NADRA data
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Election date
The credit goes to the CJP for taking a suo motu notice
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Uplifting Karachi harbour
The promise of water tanks, a pump room, and proper sewage network is yet to be actualised
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Menace of rape
Instances of rape have not abated and every week, new heinous cases come to the fore
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Chinese prescription
International creditors must evolve a proactive lending policy and developing states be provided with space to operate
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Crippling loan programme
The harsh IMF conditions are intolerable for the common man as well as the business community in the country
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Internet curbs in India
Almost half of all politically-motivated internet blackouts worldwide in 2022 occurred in India
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Iran’s bomb contours
The West’s policy perception towards Iran is one of bias and mistrust
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Digitising census
Citizens can register and submit information themselves on the online platform
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SC’s election verdict
The top court ruled that elections for the dissolved provincial assemblies should be held within 90 days
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Kabul’s moment
The region can neither afford to see instability nor return to war-mongering in Afghanistan
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Migrant boat disaster
The death toll —63 so far — may cross 100, according to several news outlets
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Gangsters or students?
Police must launch a crackdown to dismantle this group before it strengthens
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Raise in BISP stipend
How does the government have enough to spare to increase the amount of stipends and how will they create space for it?
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Rajanpur by-election
PTI’s Mohsin Leghari comfortably beat PML-N’s Ammar Leghari in the NA-193 Rajanpur by-election
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Aqaba accord
The intention is to pledge de-escalation in an earnest attempt to broker a long-term solution to the imbroglio
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Right to education
Many children remain out of school due to lack of government facilitation, misappropriation of funds and poor outreach
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Conserving energy
We need to make use of the immense daylight we are blessed with by the nature
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G20: Bengaluru discord
Russian aggression against Ukraine has literally challenged the unipolarity of the globe
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Digital safety
Awareness and regulations are a must to mitigate the wrong use of social media and the internet
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Failed antics
The incumbent coalition seems to be unfazed by Imran's Jail Bharo Tehreek
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Doomed economy
The strategy to generate revenue in an attempt to bridge the fiscal deficit is taking the economy nowhere
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Threat of AI
AI has been developed so that it can learn, adapt and grow on its own
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Elahi in PTI
Elahi’s joining suggests that ties between the PTI and the establishment are not irreparable
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Kabul yatra
Pakistan and Afghanistan had a tête à tête over evolving a new security paradigm
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Nablus raid
Tensions between Israel and Palestine have aggravated again after Israeli troops killed 11 Palestinians on Wednesday
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Austerity measures
Cutting perks is mostly only applying to people for whom their government salaries are pocket change
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Suo motu hearing
The Supreme Court is seized with an existential issue of parliamentary democracy
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NAB chief resignation
Speculation began that he wanted to quit due to the pressure on him to take actions that he found “unacceptable”
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Gridlock in state affairs
So where are we heading, if not a confrontation?
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Bail hearing circus
Imran missed several deadlines to appear before the court
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Hampered flood relief
Heads must roll and officials must be penalised for sheer negligence and ignorance
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GLOF-II project
One of the best ways to tackle climate-induced natural disasters is to be pre-prepared as much as possible
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Secrecy over Kashmir letters
They may include some details on how political control over Occupied Kashmir was established
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IMF’s advice
Georgieva said the rich should be taxed adequately, and the poor be cushioned from the side-effects of IMF conditions
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Honey-trapping
Victims are usually lured by suspects with the promise of cheap tractors, livestock and other things
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Taxing the rich
High-income taxation can help provide some balance in the economy by downscaling inequality
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Damascus under attack
Nothing much that the world can do than merely logging in one more Israeli aggression
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Energy demands
A serious challenge of managing fuel imports has perplexed the PMLN-led federal government
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Karachi disaster
The audacious attack on the Office of Karachi Police Chief is a serious security lapse