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Water-starved city

IT is an injustice that finds few parallels. Karachi, home to a burgeoning population of over 20m and the primary...

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A mixed bag

SINDH’S Rs3.45tr budget for the next fiscal year seeks to combine populism with provincial tax reforms while also...

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‘Declaration of war’

ISRAEL’S provocative behaviour has, once again, brought the Middle East to the precipice of a full-blown war. The...

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Climate realities

EVEN as he faced a difficult crowd at the finance ministry’s post-budget press conference, it seems that Finance...

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Iran attack fears

AS the fate of the US-Iran talks remains undecided, there are worrying signs that in case the negotiations collapse,...

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Minimum wages

Minimum wages

THE ‘admission’ of the Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution that over 80pc of industries had not...

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Kashmir mediation

ONE of the noteworthy outcomes of last month’s limited clashes between Pakistan and India is that the Kashmir ...

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Taxing e-commerce

FOR the first time, the government has the digital economy in its crosshairs. With a slew of new measures proposed ...

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Lack of direction

Lack of direction

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s call to fellow parliamentarians, seeking support for new legislation that...

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Road to stardom

Road to stardom

FOR an icon of women’s cricket — in fact, women’s sports — in Pakistan, Sana Mir’s induction into the...

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Battlefield LA

THE disturbing scenes emerging from Los Angeles, one of America’s richest cities, resemble the chaotic events ...

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Ambitious goals

Ambitious goals

THE budget for the next financial year, announced on Tuesday, seeks to deepen fiscal consolidation in order to pave...

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Bruised innocence

EVERY revelation of child sexual abuse is another nail in a society’s coffin. Abhorrent paedophile activity has...

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High-seas terror

THE message from Israel is clear: anyone trying to express solidarity with Palestine’s people — particularly the...

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Behind the numbers...

Behind the numbers...

PAKISTAN has achieved economic stability, with the fundamentals showing significant improvement in the last year and...

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Detention law

CITIZENS will be presumed guilty until proven innocent. At least that is the message the political leadership of...

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Pushed into poverty

A WORLD Bank finding that nearly 45pc of Pakistanis live below the poverty line should not come as a surprise....

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Time for reflection

Time for reflection

HAJ and the subsequent Eidul Azha celebrations are a time for reflection and unity, when Muslims across the world...

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Unfair taxation

WITH the next budget just days away, all eyes are on the additional taxation measures the government proposes to...

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ECP reshuffle

IT would appear that the process of consultations between the government and opposition over key appointments in the...

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Need for dialogue

Need for dialogue

If mistrust continues to build up and ties remain frozen, the next conflict may only be a matter of time.

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Cultural rot

IT is telling how much outrage follows when women say, ‘yes, all men’. It is, after all, not a universal...

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Water security

Water security

It is doubtful whether new water storage schemes are the answer to India's threat of throttling flows from rivers.

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Karachi jailbreak

Karachi jailbreak

The Malir jailbreak cannot be ignored, and should lead to visible changes in jail security and management.

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Unprepared Karachi

IN recent days, over a dozen low-intensity earthquakes have been felt in different parts of Karachi, sparking panic...

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LG indifference

A STRANGE paradox has been observed in Pakistan. Ostensibly democratic parties have tried everything in the toolkit...

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Development crisis

Development crisis

The government must also stop liberally handing out development funds to keep the loyalties of lawmakers.

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Sporting success

THE euphoria following the thrilling climax of the Pakistan Super League spilled over to the next week. In fact, the...

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Exporters’ woes

WITH the next budget coming up, hosiery and garments exporters have asked for the prime minister’s support on...

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Warming ties

Warming ties

The sudden improvement in relations appears to be largely the work of Chinese diplomacy.

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Coastal development

A MULTIBILLION-dollar development scheme, spread over hundreds of acres, is in the works for Karachi’s coast....

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Muzzling criticism

Muzzling criticism

As the HRCP report rightly underscores, Peca has morphed into a blunt instrument used to silence critics, weaken fundamental freedoms.

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The cost of relief

The cost of relief

No final agreement reached with IMF due to differences mainly on proposed increase in defence expenditure and tax cuts.

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Refuge for journalists

AFGHANISTAN’S journalists have access to the news but not the freedom to report it. Fear grips them and others who...

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Overzealous justice

Overzealous justice

AN Islamabad antiterrorism court has handed out varying sentences to 12 individuals, including a PTI National...

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Crypto fever

THE government must check its enthusiasm. The speed with which it is moving on cryptocurrency adoption has created a...

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Save the girls

SOME traditions that hinder individual progress are a heavy cross for society to bear. In Pakistan’s deeply...

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Why just K-Electric?

NEPRA has taken serious note of relentless and excessive power blackouts exceeding 12 hours a day in Karachi during...

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Security threats

Pakistan’s elevation of diplomatic relations with Afghanistan to ambassadorial level should help improve matters.

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Online disgrace

WE live in times of instant humiliation. In a toxic online setting, civility is a tall order and anyone is fair ...

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Bangladesh tumult

REVOLUTIONS and upheavals are messy things, and unless proponents of the new order have a solid plan to replace the...

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Muddled strategy

Politicians from both sides need to realise that at stake is the nation’s shared vision of a democratic future for this hapless country.

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Patriarchal views

THE CII’s commitment to stalling pro-women legislation with conservative interpretations of religion and tradition...

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Bread & bullets

AS if the anti-Pakistan venom being spewed by hyper-nationalist sections of the Indian media was not enough, sadly,...

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Going cashless

Govt needs to create an ecosystem for digital transactions before we can actually hope to become a cashless economy.

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27 years after Chagai: nuclear shadows & doctrinal dilemma

Pakistan’s quid pro quo plus aims at preventing all-out conflicts, but India’s reckless behaviour to expand geographic scope risks nuclear...

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Killing journalists

AMID constant sociopolitical turmoil, Pakistan’s journalists have been under siege for long. As attempts to...

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Lies & politics

FOR journalists, it is something many dream about. The job of reporting crime and corruption could be made much...

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Budget strategy

Reforms focused on increasing the tax base for boosting tax-to-GDP ratio to a globally acceptable range can be a strategic measure.

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Qalandars triumph

A PAKISTAN Super League season that had to be halted and then restarted, losing some star power in the process,...

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