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Don’t get your hopes up
With nothing to show for its 11 months in power, the PDM government has come up with a plan to provide subsidized fuel to bikes and smaller cars . On the face of it, the proposal is not workable and...
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Uncontrolled militancy
This letter refers to the news report ‘Brigadier, three soldiers martyred in fight against terrorist’ . Terror incidents have become a regular feature in our country now, occurring almost every...
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For a bag of flour
Reports are emerging of people dying in stampedes and from overcrowding and exhaustion at free flour points. How is it that our state officials cannot handle such a simple task as forming ques and...
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Overhaul
Pakistan Day was an opportunity to reflect on the position of our country. Over the past year, we have plumbed new depths, lows many didn’t even know existed. Everything from the government to the...
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Primary level
The kind of primary education which is being imparted to our children is insufficient. Most of the teachers have neither the passion to teach nor are they properly trained to teach, which is why...
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Not now
As we woke for the first Sehri of Ramazan, we found that there was no gas. This gas loadshedding during Ramazan is totally unacceptable, especially immediately before Sehri and Iftar. The government...
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Disastrous decision
The ECP has announced that it will be postponing the Punjab elections from April 30 to October 8. This decision goes against the spirit of the constitution. The constitution is clear about the...
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Cut off
It is agonizing for the people of Pakistan that amid non-stop electricity loadshedding, they are now facing the shortage of natural gas too. Like many other localities of Karachi, the supply of gas...
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Democracy under attack
The ECP has unilaterally postponed the elections in Punjab, earlier fixed for April 30 by the Supreme Court. The latter had allowed for the deadline to be extended by the “barest minimum” in...
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Amplifier
This letter refers to the editorial ‘Water worries’ . It seems that, due to climate change and our mismanagement, the country has both too much and too little water simultaneously. Last year,...
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Vulnerable segment
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced a petroleum subsidy for the low income citizens using motorbikes, rickshaws and cars up to 800cc. This is a highly appreciable initiative and the...