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  • Ripples in Punjab

    The PTI–PML-Q combine is now contemplating ousting Deputy Speaker Dost Mazari

  • Flash floods in Balochistan

    Emergency situation in Balochistan, as rain has caused severe damages

  • Crashing rupee

    Rupee continues to fall against the USD and has seen the lowest of all times

  • Dhaka taps IMF

    Dhaka apparently is eager to seek a credit line of $4.5 billion as its forex reserves take a dip

  • Monsoon relief efforts

    Army stepped in to save Sindh and Balochistan from the monsoon havoc

  • SC mandates Elahi as CM

    Yet another twist in Punjab politics

  • TTP-Ulema moot

    Round of talks between the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Pakistani delegation

  • India’s Fake News Obsession

    India hasn't been a good neighbour and there have been several instances where this was evident

  • Monkeypox Emergency

    WHO has yet again announced Monkeypox as a danger to the world

  • Monsoon havoc

    The rain spell has badly affected Karachi, leaving many deprived of the basic needs

  • Vaccine hesitancy

    Barely two-thirds of Americans are fully vaccinated — one of the lowest rates in the developed world

  • Assisting Afghanistan

    A stable Afghanistan will bring strength and prosperity to the overall region

  • Elahi goes hit wicket!

    The whirlpool aftereffects of political upheavals in Punjab will now be felt across the country

  • Emerging mental health crisis

    Worsened public mental health will have a drastic impact on the country’s demographic, resources, labour productivity

  • Water management

    More dams and reservoirs must be created to improve supply; should be regulated to avoid shortages

  • Human trafficking report

    Federal, provincial govts criticised for failing to address 'credible reports of official complicity'

  • Battered economy

    The rehabilitation seems remote unless the political discord is put to rest, and a stable administration is ushered in

  • Energy lockdowns

    In order to ameliorate the crisis, Sindh must formulate a plan to decrease the energy deficit in the province

  • Europe burns

    Temperatures hitting record levels — including the UK, Germany, Italy and Belgium — more suffering is in store

  • New decorum in Punjab

    The worry is that with Punjab slipping out of PML-N’s hands, the federal dispensation will also be at stake

  • Burial costs

    In the absence of government relief or support for vulnerable groups, burials have become an ordeal

  • Czar in Tehran

    Putin’s landmark visit to Tehran has come close on the heels of his Chinese sojourn in February

  • Rupee nosedives

    Finance Minister Miftah Ismail’s decisions are tough but necessary

  • Investing in agriculture

    The project initially targets about 190,000 smaller farms and covers about 1.4 million acres of irrigated land

  • Biden’s tour-de Mideast

    Biden listed out Tehran, Beijing and Moscow as prime adversaries and toed a line of action

  • PTI’s ballot triumph

    A good omen that the bye-elections came up with is the assured neutrality of the Establishment

  • Fighting plastic pollution

    Hope has been presented in the form of a robot fish that “eats” microplastics developed by Chinese scientists

  • Shrinking job market

    Companies are cutting costs and reducing workforces in order to cope with sky-rocketing inflation and fuel prices

  • A case for Article 6?

    Under the law, only the federal government can move a complaint under Article 6 of the Constitution

  • Social inclusion

    At least six seats will be reserved in both categories in the three towns of the West district

  • Poll day in Punjab

    The biggest challenge for the local administrations is to hold the poll in a peaceful decorum

  • Rise in polio cases

    The reports of new cases in parts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa may be disappointing for the polio workers

  • Pre-election relief

    Tarin said on Twitter that the cuts should have been about Rs44 per litre for both petrol and diesel

  • Agreement at last!

    The extension of the Extended Fund Facility-supported programme till June 2023 is a good omen

  • Gender gap and Pakistan

    Pakistan’s improvements in most categories were its highest ever since the first report was published in 2006

  • Speaker acted in ill-will!

    The verdict dilates that the speaker acted in violation of parliamentary norms, as well as constitutional provisions

  • Thar suicides

    Uniquely local factor is the demographic breakup of the region, which has the highest Hindu population in the country

  • Covid-19 resurgence

    With monsoon rains impeding people’s ability to get tested and vaccinated, everyone should be extra cautious

  • Anarchy in Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka’s socio-political debacle is owing to ad-hocism at work

  • Politics of hatred

    As we know, the skipper is both responsible for and sets the example for how his team conducts itself

  • Rain deaths

    At least 26 people were killed as a result while thousands were left stranded without shelter, electricity or food

  • China’s clarion call

    G20’s resolve under Biden to foment a parallel fund of $600b in next five years to browbeat the Chinese BRI initiative

  • Let’s embrace with a smile!

    Let’s mark the day by burying the hatchet, and moving forward as a monolithic community

  • And now gas prices

    The ECC of the Cabinet has approved an increase in natural gas prices in the range of 43% to 235%

  • Maternal malnutrition

    Pakistan is already at the forefront of a malnutrition crisis

  • Baseless claim

    The report does parrot Indian propaganda; to paint Pakistan as unworthy of being removed from the FATF blacklist

  • Rise in interest rate

    The SBP raised the interest rate by 125 basis points to 15 per cent – the level last witnessed in year 2009

  • Exit Johnson

    Even senior leaders of the Conservative Party claimed Johnson 'doesn’t have the support of the Party, or the country'

  • No to state gifts!

    Bill states that public office-holders, family members should not be allowed to retain or purchase gifts

  • Another deadly monsoon

    Existing mitigation and rescue measures are outdated in the face of these unprecedented rains