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Going after guns
Almost everyone has a story to tell about the time they were robbed.
Hajrah Mumtaz
Schools as cartels
Students and their parents have limited choices.
Language wars
How well is Urdu doing in Pakistan?
Public spaces
Most shut their eyes and avoid the garbage heaps.
Picture perfect?
Do media producers have a duty to effect positive change?
Dead in the water
We are drowning under the weight of our own trash.
Inmates or bosses?
Prisoners are acting as court clerks or helpers.
State in absentia
Survival is for those who can make their own arrangements.
Education concerns
Standards are falling even in the best schools.
Boon or a curse?
The mountain springs are filled with trash and sewage.
Faces of doom
Permafrost is an excellent preserver of viruses.
A nightmare in ice
Ancient germs may be springing back to life.
‘Mother’ Earth?
Climate change, real and devastating, is the result of human activities.
Becoming a statistic
The presence of police vehicles suggested some sort of collusion...
Mass slaughter
Simply killing off populations of stray dogs is ineffective.
Going pink
The world offers to women a special little place of their own.
Poisoned ocean
Sepa has been given a bad name for not enforcing the law.
Safety standards
Airline tragedies in Pakistan are papered over.
Born disadvantaged
Over 9m Pakistani children experience chronic malnutrition.
Lethal standards
Contaminated food and drink hardly bother the state.