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<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/20180221002621/https://herald.dawn.com/news/1153983/will-the-fata-merger-and-other-related-reforms-ever-become-a-reality"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180221002621im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2018/01/5a5e4904185e8.jpg" alt="Will the Fata merger and other related reforms ever become a reality?"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1153983" class="story__title size-ten "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180221002621/https://herald.dawn.com/news/1153983/will-the-fata-merger-and-other-related-reforms-ever-become-a-reality" class="story__link">Will the Fata merger and other related reforms ever become a reality?</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-six ">Despite assurances from Abbasi that the matter will be resolved in days and not months, there still exists uncertainty </div> </article>   <article 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</article>   <article class="box story my-4" data-id="1153977" data-layout="story">   <figure class="media media--left media--stretch col-sm-4 col-12 px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180221002621/https://herald.dawn.com/news/1153977/will-the-revival-of-the-model-town-incident-create-problems-for-the-sharifs"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180221002621im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2018/01/5a561cc94cc76.jpg" alt="Will the revival of the Model Town incident create problems for the Sharifs?"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1153977" class="story__title size-ten "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180221002621/https://herald.dawn.com/news/1153977/will-the-revival-of-the-model-town-incident-create-problems-for-the-sharifs" class="story__link">Will the revival of the Model Town incident create problems for the Sharifs?</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-six ">The 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