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Chief priorities
The courts must be treated as nothing less than an essential service.
Zarrar Khuhro
Dis-appointment
The tale of the ‘spokesman’ is the latest episode of the comedy series.
Beyond belief
Dissecting religious symbols and tales is a perilous undertaking.
‘I spy’
Phones know more about us than our family and friends do.
Free hugs here
We ask simply for the law to be applied to those who held us hostage.
Who’s your sultan?
The fruits of largesse were visible in the parroting of the Saudi line.
A red tide
Reality is increasingly becoming a matter of opinion.
An ill wind
We are not alone in this right-wing drift.
Amid the ashes
On the day of the fire, windows were barred, doors were padlocked.
Atif Mian and the kingdom of clowns
This is a government that caved and sacrificed not only its own credibility, but the good of Pakistan, with no payoff.
The winning game
The TLP vote cannot be written off as a mere spoiler.
Star wars
Paranoia may lead to disastrous miscalculation.
Out there
The search for viruses will take us beyond the confines of this planet.
On wings of air
Spiders can sense and exploit earth’s electrical field.
Digital death
Even the ‘savvy’ have no qualms forwarding nonsense.
Human races
We seem too certain of our immortality as a species.
Total recall
Memory implants and reactivation will be a life-changer.
Messiah complex
Unsurprisingly, evangelicals are also hardcore Trump supporters.
Endgame
Israel is trying to drive a wedge between Iran and the Assad regime.
Plumbing the depths
Scatological spying has a long history.