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pb-2"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <h2 class="badge size-three uppercase theme--opinion theme mb-2">Opinion</h2>  <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border--bottom" data-id="1478083" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--left media--stretch col-sm-4 col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478083/a-technocratic-solution"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2019/04/5cbf9333d959c.jpg" alt="A technocratic solution?"/></a></div> </figure> <span class="story__byline "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/authors/966/zahid-hussain">Zahid Hussain</a></span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478083" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478083/a-technocratic-solution" class="story__link">A technocratic solution? </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">Greater reliance on technocrats in a parliamentary form of government weakens the political process. <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T06:52:35+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 24, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">06:52am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border--bottom" data-id="1478082" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--left media--stretch col-sm-4 col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478082/winning-with-empathy"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2019/04/5cbf92f6ab2ec.jpg" alt="Winning with empathy"/></a></div> </figure> <span class="story__byline "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/authors/410/rafia-zakaria">Rafia Zakaria</a></span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478082" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478082/winning-with-empathy" class="story__link">Winning with empathy </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">Entire movements in India have been constructed on the policy of Muslim exclusion. <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T07:51:53+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 24, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:51am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border--bottom" data-id="1478081" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--left media--stretch col-sm-4 col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478081/plane-to-prison"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2019/04/5cbf9296ee5dc.jpg" alt="Plane to prison"/></a></div> </figure> <span class="story__byline "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/authors/2117/muhammad-usman">Muhammad Usman</a></span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478081" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478081/plane-to-prison" class="story__link">Plane to prison </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">Recently the government has devoted significant attention to the issue of Pakistani migrant workers in prison abroad. <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T07:36:41+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 24, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:36am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border--bottom" data-id="1478080" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--left media--stretch col-sm-4 col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478080/unexpected-agony"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2019/04/5cbf9239780ad.jpg" alt="Unexpected agony"/></a></div> </figure> <span class="story__byline "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/authors/322/mahir-ali">Mahir Ali</a></span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478080" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478080/unexpected-agony" class="story__link">Unexpected agony </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">Why Sri Lanka was targeted is unclear. <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T06:52:35+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 24, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">06:52am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border--bottom" data-id="1477854" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--left media--stretch col-sm-4 col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477854/khans-eight-month-itch"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2019/04/5cbe727421d55.jpg" alt="Khan’s eight-month itch"/></a></div> </figure> <span class="story__byline "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/authors/57/arifa-noor">Arifa Noor</a></span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477854" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477854/khans-eight-month-itch" class="story__link">Khan’s eight-month itch </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">The PM hangs on to his time-honoured habit of making decisions abruptly with little thought for the consequences. <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T11:04:40+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 24, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">11:04am</span></span></span> </div> </article>  <div class="mb-4">  <div class="ad py-4 block sm-hidden" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="js-ad clearfix" style="max-width:300px;max-height:250px;text-align:center;margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden;"> <div class="radWrapper ad__wrapper"> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1455520357400-4" class="ad__wrapper__slot" style="width:300px;height:250px;"> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="ad py-2 hidden sm-block" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="js-ad clearfix" style="max-width:300px;max-height:250px;text-align:center;margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden;"> <div class="radWrapper ad__wrapper"> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1455520357400-5" class="ad__wrapper__slot" style="width:300px;height:250px;"> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border--bottom" data-id="1477853" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--left media--stretch col-sm-4 col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477853/heritage-of-hex-and-curse"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2019/04/5cbe720861e54.jpg" alt="Heritage of hex and curse"/></a></div> </figure> <span class="story__byline "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/authors/280/jawed-naqvi">Jawed Naqvi</a></span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477853" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477853/heritage-of-hex-and-curse" class="story__link">Heritage of hex and curse </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">Saffron-robed Pragya Thakur says she killed Hemant Karkare with her curse because the late policeman tortured her for <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-23T07:02:55+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 23, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:02am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border--bottom" data-id="1477852" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--left media--stretch col-sm-4 col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477852/centralised-rule"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2019/04/5cbe70fac35c3.jpg" alt="Centralised rule?"/></a></div> </figure> <span class="story__byline "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/authors/385/dr-niaz-murtaza">Dr Niaz Murtaza</a></span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477852" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477852/centralised-rule" class="story__link">Centralised rule? </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">However ugly the face of devolved elected rule is, it causes much less damage. <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-23T06:58:33+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 23, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">06:58am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border--bottom" data-id="1477851" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--left media--stretch col-sm-4 col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477851/untimely-rains"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2019/04/5cbe70c813853.jpg" alt="Untimely rains"/></a></div> </figure> <span class="story__byline "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/authors/8437/marwah-maqbool-malik">Marwah Maqbool Malik</a></span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477851" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477851/untimely-rains" class="story__link">Untimely rains </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">Can our farming practices survive changing weather systems? <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-23T06:56:29+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 23, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">06:56am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border--bottom" data-id="1477663" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--left media--stretch col-sm-4 col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477663/shop-talk"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2019/04/5cbcfd66ba2b6.jpg" alt="Shop talk"/></a></div> </figure> <span class="story__byline "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/authors/595/hajrah-mumtaz">Hajrah Mumtaz</a></span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477663" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477663/shop-talk" class="story__link">Shop talk </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">Speed and precision are essential, and can be sometimes brutal. <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-22T06:59:57+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 22, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">06:59am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border--bottom" data-id="1477662" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--left media--stretch col-sm-4 col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477662/notre-dame-lessons"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2019/04/5cbcfce7b558b.jpg" alt="Notre Dame lessons"/></a></div> </figure> <span class="story__byline "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/authors/252/huma-yusuf">Huma Yusuf</a></span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477662" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477662/notre-dame-lessons" class="story__link">Notre Dame lessons </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt "> Our leaders should take note: grand gestures no longer compensate for venality, incompetence, or dissemblance. <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-22T07:26:38+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 22, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:26am</span></span></span> </div> </article>  <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6 col-12"> <div class="my-4"> <h2 class="badge size-three uppercase theme--opinion theme mb-2">Editorial</h2>  <article class="box story pb-2 border--bottom mb-4" data-id="1478086" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478086" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478086/security-concerns" class="story__link">Security concerns </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">PRIME Minister Imran Khan’s statements on Monday at a joint press conference with President Hassan Rouhani during... <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T06:52:45+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 24, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">06:52am</span></span></span> </div> </article>  <div class="mb-4">  <div class="ad py-4 block sm-hidden" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="js-ad clearfix" style="max-width:300px;max-height:250px;text-align:center;margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden;"> <div class="radWrapper ad__wrapper"> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1455520357400-6" class="ad__wrapper__slot" style="width:300px;height:250px;"> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <article class="box story pb-2 border--bottom mb-4" data-id="1478085" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478085" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478085/anti-polio-panic" class="story__link">Anti-polio panic </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">PANDEMONIUM gripped KP amidst a province-wide polio eradication drive, threatening to stop this critical campaign in... <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T08:39:11+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 24, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">08:39am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story pb-2 border--bottom mb-4" data-id="1478084" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478084" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478084/foreign-tourists" class="story__link">Foreign tourists </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">EARLIER this month, the Pakistan Tourism Summit kicked off with a host of well-known foreign vloggers in attendance.... <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T08:11:15+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 24, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">08:11am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story pb-2 border--bottom mb-4" data-id="1477850" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477850" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477850/sri-lanka-blasts" class="story__link">Sri Lanka blasts </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">EVEN in times like these when mass-casualty attacks have become frighteningly common, Sunday’s bloodbath in Sri... <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-23T08:12:27+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 23, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">08:12am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story pb-2 border--bottom mb-4" data-id="1477849" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477849" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477849/pbbcs-resolution" class="story__link">PbBC’s resolution </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">A DANGEROUS — and increasingly familiar — storyline about the integrity of the justice system is unfolding,... <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-23T06:52:40+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 23, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">06:52am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story pb-2 border--bottom mb-4" data-id="1477848" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477848" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477848/medical-malfeasance" class="story__link">Medical malfeasance </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">THE loss of a child is every parent’s worst nightmare, and that grief is compounded by the knowledge that their... <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-23T06:51:58+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 23, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">06:51am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story pb-2 border--bottom mb-4" data-id="1477659" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477659" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477659/polls-in-former-fata" class="story__link">Polls in former Fata </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">THE passage of the 25th Amendment last year finally set into motion the long overdue process of bringing the former... <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-22T07:00:23+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 22, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:00am</span></span></span> </div> </article>  <div class="mb-4">  <div class="ad py-4 block sm-hidden" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="js-ad clearfix" style="max-width:300px;max-height:250px;text-align:center;margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden;"> <div class="radWrapper ad__wrapper"> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1455520357400-7" class="ad__wrapper__slot" style="width:300px;height:250px;"> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <article class="box story pb-2 border--bottom mb-4" data-id="1477659" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477659" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477659/polls-in-former-fata" class="story__link">Polls in former Fata </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">THE passage of the 25th Amendment last year finally set into motion the long overdue process of bringing the former... <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-22T07:00:23+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 22, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:00am</span></span></span> </div> </article>  </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 col-12"> <div class="my-4"> <h2 class="badge size-three uppercase theme--opinion theme mb-2">Letters to the Editor</h2>  <article class="box story pb-2 border--bottom mb-4" data-id="1478097" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478097" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478097/lal-shahbaz-qalandars-urs" class="story__link">Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s Urs </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">THE 767th annual urs will take place at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s mazaar in Sehwan Sharif today (Wednesday). Every... <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T06:52:40+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 24, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">06:52am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story pb-2 border--bottom mb-4" data-id="1478096" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478096" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478096/polio-vaccines" class="story__link">Polio vaccines </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">POLIOMYELITIS or polio is a crippling and potentially fatal viral infection which has no cure. Most children with... <span class="story__time uppercase size-two "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T06:52:40+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">Apr 24, 2019</span> <span class="timestamp__time">06:52am</span></span></span> </div> </article>   <article class="box story pb-2 border--bottom mb-4" data-id="1478095" data-layout="story">  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478095" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424070133/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478095/uniform-pensions" class="story__link">Uniform pensions </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt ">APROPOS the letter ‘Govt pensioners’(April 16). 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