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Towers of death
News Desk
The deadly fire on November 25 in a shopping plaza located in a densely populated and bustling area of Karachi has ignited serious concerns regarding the recurrent fire incidents in the city and the...
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K-pop mania
News Desk
In recent years, the K-pop industry has taken the world by storm, and this wave has not spared Pakistan. The growing trend of K-pop has reached incredible levels of popularity. Yet, beneath the...
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Bone dry
News Desk
According to a recent Unicef study, severe water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, affects 347 million children in South Asia – more than anywhere else in the world. This impacts Pakistani...
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Transport shift
News Desk
Both Lahore and Peshawar are being blanketed by hazardous levels of smog. We must transition from old, fuel-based private vehicles towards more environmentally friendly and sustainable means of...
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Lax policing
News Desk
In Sindh, particularly in Larkana, it is no exaggeration to say that the roads have become hazardous. Traffic has become a critical issue in the city. During the morning rush, it is incredibly...
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Beyond the remit
News Desk
This refers to the letter ‘Full disclosure?’ by Hussain Siddiqui. Aside from the filing of assets and returns etc, I think that this is the most unusual caretaker setup ever, trying to take...
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Brain drain
News Desk
Every year, hundreds of thousands of students graduate from our universities, but most do not have or see a future for themselves in Pakistan. Many of them leave for the West in search of better...
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Spend wisely
News Desk
This letter refers to the article ‘Vision Pakistan 2047: Part - II’ by Malik Ahmad Jalal. The writer cites lack of public-sector capability as a cause of the frequent delays in the...
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Negligence kills
News Desk
This letter refers to the news report ‘KE, fire brigade booked for Karachi shopping mall fire’ . This seems like yet another case of either negligence or incompetence on the part of the...