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  • Hesitancy and AIDS

    The tendency of people to dangerously delay proper treatment for various diseases is causing many avoidable deaths

  • Bye-elections

    PTI needs to focus on controlling price hike and providing at least some relief to the people before it gets too late

  • Transgender rights

    Transgender community is one such group that is constantly harassed and at even killed, simply for being different

  • Digitising a dinosaur

    Pakistan Post’s position in the market, its access to resources and overall reach is unparalleled

  • A familiar feeling

    It has been 11 years since the last award was finalised and six since the term of that award expired

  • Vaccine inequity

    It has become a challenge for poorer countries to protect populations from the pandemic

  • Ignorance of the law

    Experience shows that even governments and lawmakers seem to be ignorant of laws

  • Covid vaccination

    We must remember that vaccine doses earmarked through Covax are not enough to even cover the over-65 population

  • The climbing legacy

    Even though the mountains have now embraced him forever, he has given Pakistan a legacy that we all can be proud of

  • The PSL-6

    That PSL has been a great multi-dimensional success story goes without saying

  • RDA and rising remittances

    The government also needs to advertise the scheme in a proper manner so as to extract its full benefits

  • Another mining accident

    Media has to play an important part in highlighting mining accidents but so far it has only been disappointing

  • IMF is back

    These measures are likely to make life difficult for the common man as well as the business community

  • Amnesty and climate activist

    What the Modi regime is doing is: “Terrorise one to silence one thousand.”

  • Sharif’s passport

    The government may well fear that the rejection of an Interpol warrant would serve as vindication for Nawaz

  • Withdrawal warning

    While US, Nato cite uptick in violence as reason to extend their stay, we can't ignore that it takes two to tango

  • Shortage of public buses

    Motorcycle rickshaws are filling the gap created due to the unsatisfactory state of public transport

  • Brexit baggage

    UK can only hope that talks under way to establish understanding on financial services end well for London

  • Trump ‘not guilty’

    Republicans hid behind false technicality to protect the man who remains the face of their party from being convicted

  • Arsenic content in water

    A lethal combination of corruption, complacency and negligence has produced the present sorry state of affairs

  • Reset Earth

    We cannot, at any cost, undermine the damage that the environment has incurred over the past decade

  • Scramble for vaccines

    Tackling the raging coronavirus pandemic must be global collaborative undertaking

  • Per capita debt burden

    Per capita debt stood at Rs175,000 at the end of last fiscal year, an increase of 46%, or Rs54,901, on every citizen

  • Vulnerable in Yemen

    Nearly half the population of Yemen is now acutely food insecure, with 2 million facing crisis levels of hunger

  • Buildings sans public safety

    The construction of emergency exit ways is mandatory in buildings exist but they are not being implemented

  • Regressive rules

    All that the new rule does is force discomfort on students while letting lazy cops relax in comfort

  • Unhealthy air quality

    SEPA report contains truths like containers of toxic chemicals are being kept at the port for the past several years

  • Embracing ‘special’ students

    Unfortunately, special education in Pakistan has severely deteriorated over the past many years

  • Govt employees’ protest

    The fact that the government let the protests drag and reach the point of violence is concerning

  • Another fatal fire

    The regular fire incidents point to the careless attitude of all those concerned to safety issues

  • Vote bargain video

    There is a reason that many people see Senate elections only as an avenue to reward cronies or raise funds

  • Introducing 5G

    Pakistan’s telecommunication market has struggled immensely with expansion and access

  • Education and all that

    There is the long-persisting problem of ghost schools, ghost teachers and ghost staffers

  • Well done, Team Pakistan!

    Team Pakistan needs to lift its performance to a level where they can be equally good in away games

  • Fake biometric machines

    The majority of culprits involved in the scam have been identified through mobile phone

  • Lawyers at it again

    This is a grave situation that threatens us all irrespective of class and profession

  • UNSC terrorism report

    Unless Kabul and its funders can eradicate terrorist safe havens across border, Pakistan will remain under threat

  • Senate voting ordinance

    If held under a secret ballot, the Senate elections will unveil how deep perceived cracks within PTI coalition are

  • Low-hanging fruit

    Pakistan has one of the cheapest prices for petroleum products for non-oil producing countries in the region

  • Metro Train service

    The profit-loss figures of Lahore’s Orange Line Metro Train service are discouraging

  • Rethinking education

    Most Pakistanis remain fixated on education purely as a means to secure a well-paying job

  • Commoditising children

    In an age where human rights are constantly being violated, issue of human trafficking has taken precedence globally

  • Misuse of welfare fund

    Under the Ehsaas Governance Plan, the government is continuing with the process of rectifying BISP data

  • United on Kashmir

    The whole of Pakistan erupted in solidarity with the oppressed Kashmiri people on Friday in a remarkable show of unity

  • Primary sciences

    In the modern world, success of nations depends on their proficiency in basic sciences

  • Greedy coup

    The criminal gang running Myanmar is now cutting internet access in order to maintain its illegitimate grip on power

  • PDM 2.0

    So here is a new-found PDM which appears convinced that it should rely on ‘democratic ways’ to oust the PM

  • 26th amendment bill

    No one would disagree that horse-trading is a well-entrenched reality of electoral politics in our country

  • Kashmir Solidarity Day

    We have reached a point where world powers must intervene and force India to the dialogue table

  • BRT: relief for PTI

    To satisfy principle of accountability for all, K-P chapter of PTI should present itself for a probe