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media--fill sm:w-1/3 w-full media--no-margin-bottom "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580119/listen-to-the-critics"><picture><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2020/09/5f62c5a79b9dd.jpg" alt="Listen to the critics"/></picture></a></div> </figure> <!-- box/byline --><span dir="auto" class="story__byline "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/authors/1230/i-a-rehman">I.A. Rehman</a></span> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1580119" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580119/listen-to-the-critics" class="story__link ">Listen to the critics </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">Any organisation urging Pakistan to solve the matter of enforced disappearances is acting as a friend. <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-17T08:39:27+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">17 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">08:39am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" data-id="1580118" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/image --> <figure class="media media--left media--fill sm:w-1/3 w-full media--no-margin-bottom "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580118/economics-beyond-the-ordinary"><picture><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2020/09/5f62c5368d3ff.jpg" alt="Economics beyond the ordinary"/></picture></a></div> </figure> <!-- box/byline --><span dir="auto" class="story__byline "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/authors/6442/shahid-mehmood">Shahid Mehmood</a></span> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1580118" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580118/economics-beyond-the-ordinary" class="story__link ">Economics beyond the ordinary </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">What this country needs is a transformation, and not doses of palliatives that only lessen the pain but prolong the misery. <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-17T07:10:22+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">17 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:10am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" data-id="1580117" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/image --> <figure class="media media--left media--fill sm:w-1/3 w-full media--no-margin-bottom "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580117/the-fourth-r"><picture><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2020/09/5f62c4e689beb.jpg" alt="The fourth R"/></picture></a></div> </figure> <!-- box/byline --><span dir="auto" class="story__byline "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/authors/1314/f-s-aijazuddin">F.S. Aijazuddin</a></span> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1580117" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580117/the-fourth-r" class="story__link ">The fourth R </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">Pakistan needs to be closer to Russia. <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-17T07:08:31+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">17 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:08am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" data-id="1580116" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/image --> <figure class="media media--left media--fill sm:w-1/3 w-full media--no-margin-bottom "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580116/bones-of-the-city"><picture><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2020/09/5f62c450a7edc.jpg" alt="Bones of the city"/></picture></a></div> </figure> <!-- box/byline --><span dir="auto" class="story__byline "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/authors/8089/haseeb-ullah-siddiqui">Haseeb Ullah Siddiqui</a></span> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1580116" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580116/bones-of-the-city" class="story__link ">Bones of the city </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">More than ever, leaders are recognising the need to collaborate. <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-17T07:04:32+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">17 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:04am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" data-id="1579947" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/image --> <figure class="media media--left media--fill sm:w-1/3 w-full media--no-margin-bottom "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579947/of-crime-and-punishment"><picture><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2020/09/5f61767d143e7.jpg" alt="Of crime and punishment"/></picture></a></div> </figure> <!-- box/byline --><span dir="auto" class="story__byline "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/authors/966/zahid-hussain">Zahid Hussain</a></span> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1579947" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579947/of-crime-and-punishment" class="story__link ">Of crime and punishment </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">The motorway rape case has exposed once again the failure of our law-enforcement and legal systems. <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-16T08:32:43+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">16 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">08:32am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <div class="mb-4"> <!-- - - adsense: start - - --> <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;"> <script> render('div-gpt-ad-1455520357400-4') </script> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- - - adsense: end - - --> <!-- - - adsense: start - - --> <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;"> <script> render('div-gpt-ad-1455520357400-5') </script> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- - - adsense: end - - --> </div> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" data-id="1579945" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/image --> <figure class="media media--left media--fill sm:w-1/3 w-full media--no-margin-bottom "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579945/the-women-will-win"><picture><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2020/09/5f617623dd4a1.jpg" alt="The women will win"/></picture></a></div> </figure> <!-- box/byline --><span dir="auto" class="story__byline "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/authors/410/rafia-zakaria">Rafia Zakaria</a></span> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1579945" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579945/the-women-will-win" class="story__link ">The women will win </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">The fight before them, the fight against a mentality, a culture in which men feel entitled to violate women, is going to be an <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-16T07:20:23+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">16 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:20am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" data-id="1579941" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/image --> <figure class="media media--left media--fill sm:w-1/3 w-full media--no-margin-bottom "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579941/weak-structures"><picture><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2020/09/5f6175dc4cb58.jpg" alt="Weak structures"/></picture></a></div> </figure> <!-- box/byline --><span dir="auto" class="story__byline "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/authors/7476/dr-noman-ahmed">Dr Noman Ahmed</a></span> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1579941" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579941/weak-structures" class="story__link ">Weak structures </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">Buildings have been falling like ninepins in Karachi. <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-16T07:18:53+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">16 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:18am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - 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- - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" data-id="1579782" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/image --> <figure class="media media--left media--fill sm:w-1/3 w-full media--no-margin-bottom "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579782/the-outrage-machinery"><picture><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2020/09/5f6025a9137ce.jpg" alt="The outrage machinery"/></picture></a></div> </figure> <!-- box/byline --><span dir="auto" class="story__byline "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/authors/57/arifa-noor">Arifa Noor</a></span> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1579782" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579782/the-outrage-machinery" class="story__link ">The outrage machinery </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">Women lawyers, women activists and women police officers were conspicuous by their absence on the channels. <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-15T10:10:12+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">15 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">10:10am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story mb-2 theme--white p-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" data-id="1579781" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/image --> <figure class="media media--left media--fill sm:w-1/3 w-full media--no-margin-bottom "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579781/impunity-isnt-exactly-popularity"><picture><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2020/09/5f60255b69bad.jpg" alt="Impunity isn’t exactly popularity"/></picture></a></div> </figure> <!-- box/byline --><span dir="auto" class="story__byline "><a class="story__byline__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/authors/280/jawed-naqvi">Jawed Naqvi</a></span> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1579781" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579781/impunity-isnt-exactly-popularity" class="story__link ">Impunity isn’t exactly popularity </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">Friends condole with friends with great concern that India has gone fascist. <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-15T08:38:56+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">15 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">08:38am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <div class="flex"> <div class="flex__item sm:w-1/2 w-full"> <div class="my-4"> <h2 dir="auto" class="badge inline-flex text-3 uppercase text-white theme--opinion theme p-1 mb-2 align-middle">Editorial</h2> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1580115" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1580115" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580115/unfair-justice" class="story__link ">Unfair justice </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">IN remarks that mirror reality, the attorney general of Pakistan, Khalid Jawed Khan, acknowledged that our criminal... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-17T07:04:25+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">17 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:04am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - 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He can continue to take refuge in the advice of his... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-17T07:03:15+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">17 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:03am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1579939" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1579939" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579939/public-hanging-is-no-remedy" class="story__link ">Public hanging is no remedy </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan must not allow himself to be swept along on the emotions of an enraged public. Even while... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-16T10:05:13+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">16 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">10:05am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1579938" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1579938" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579938/back-to-school" class="story__link ">Back to school </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">YESTERDAY, after a six-month hiatus, many schools, colleges and universities across the country opened their doors ... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-16T07:15:51+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">16 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:15am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1579937" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1579937" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579937/industrial-ambitions" class="story__link ">Industrial ambitions </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan’s declaration of Pakistan entering a new industrialisation phase has to be tempered with... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-16T07:15:24+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">16 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:15am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1579778" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1579778" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579778/power-at-grassroots" class="story__link ">Power at grassroots </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">SINDH Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has added another twist to the never-ending local government saga in the ... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-15T07:15:17+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">15 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:15am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <div class="mb-4"> <!-- - - adsense: start - - --> <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;"> <script> render('div-gpt-ad-1455520357400-7') </script> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- - - adsense: end - - --> </div> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1579778" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1579778" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579778/power-at-grassroots" class="story__link ">Power at grassroots </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">SINDH Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has added another twist to the never-ending local government saga in the ... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-15T07:15:17+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">15 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:15am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> </div> </div> <div class="flex__item sm:w-1/2 w-full"> <div class="my-4"> <h2 dir="auto" class="badge inline-flex text-3 uppercase text-white theme--opinion theme p-1 mb-2 align-middle">Letters to the Editor</h2> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1580128" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1580128" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580128/presidential-system-of-government" class="story__link ">Presidential system of government </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">APROPOS the news report ‘SC moved for referendum on presidential form of govt’ (Aug 28). There cannot be a more... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-17T07:17:44+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">17 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:17am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1580127" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1580127" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580127/incentive-for-expats" class="story__link ">Incentive for expats </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">OVERSEAS Pakistanis play a vital role in Pakistan’s economic growth. That is why the prime minister has laid... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-17T07:17:44+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">17 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:17am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1580126" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1580126" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580126/sewerage-system" class="story__link ">Sewerage system </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">OWING to the choked sewerage system sewage water inundated many streets and main roads after the recent heavy rains... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-17T07:17:44+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">17 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:17am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1580125" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1580125" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580125/a-barbaric-solution" class="story__link ">A barbaric solution </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">WHEN news of the motorway gang-rape case broke, an uproar went up from people demanding public hanging to discourage... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-17T07:17:44+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">17 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:17am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1580124" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1580124" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580124/helping-rape-victims" class="story__link ">Helping rape victims </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">PAKISTANIS find it uncomfortable to deal with sensitive issues like rape and sexual assault. This is also even more... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-17T07:17:44+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">17 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:17am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1580123" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1580123" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580123/online-certification" class="story__link ">Online certification </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">CORONAVIRUS has offered our students an opportunity to enter the virtual world. Developed countries and top... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-17T07:17:44+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">17 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:17am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1580122" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1580122" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580122/reckless-driving" class="story__link ">Reckless driving </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">RASH driving by the drivers of public passenger vehicles is once again assuming menacing proportions. I am a senior... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-17T07:17:44+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">17 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:17am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> </div> </div> </div> <div class="flex"> <div class="flex__item sm:w-1/2 w-full"> <div class="my-4"> <h2 dir="auto" class="badge inline-flex text-3 uppercase text-white theme--opinion theme p-1 mb-2 align-middle">50 Year Ago</h2> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1580129" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1580129" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1580129/from-the-past-pages-of-dawn-1970-fifty-years-ago-martial-law-in-jordan" class="story__link ">From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1970: Fifty Years Ago: Martial law in Jordan </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">AMMAN: King Hussein called the Army to power in Jordan today [Sept 16] and proclaimed Martial Law to end the state ... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-17T07:18:26+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">17 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:18am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1579972" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1579972" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579972/from-the-past-pages-of-dawn-1970-fifty-years-ago-election-schedule" class="story__link ">From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1970: Fifty Years Ago: Election schedule </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">ISLAMABAD: The schedule for elections to the National and Provincial Assemblies on the basis of adult franchise and... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-16T07:54:51+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">16 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:54am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1579800" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1579800" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579800/from-the-past-pages-of-dawn-1970-fifty-years-ago-israeli-lawlessness" class="story__link ">From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1970: Fifty Years Ago: Israeli lawlessness </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has condemned as an “unprecedented act of lawlessness” the detention by the Israeli... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-15T07:45:17+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">15 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:45am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1579627" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1579627" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1579627/from-the-past-pages-of-dawn-1970-fifty-years-ago-guerillas-proposal" class="story__link ">From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1970: Fifty Years Ago: Guerillas’ proposal </a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">BAGHDAD: Representatives of the Palestinian Resistance Central Committee in a meeting last night [Sept 12] with King... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2020-09-14T07:21:22+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">14 Sep, 2020</span> <span class="timestamp__time">07:21am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> </div> </div> <div class="flex__item sm:w-1/2 w-full"> <div class="my-4"> <h2 dir="auto" class="badge inline-flex text-3 uppercase text-white theme--opinion theme p-1 mb-2 align-middle">Others</h2> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1111016" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1111016" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1111016/other-voices-punjab-press-peanuts-for-the-people" class="story__link ">OTHER VOICES : Punjab Press : Peanuts for the people</a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">...[T]HE government tends to have the federal budget approved hurriedly while playing up its ‘successes’ in... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-06-07T01:41:33+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">07 Jun, 2014</span> <span class="timestamp__time">01:41am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - 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Dr... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-06-06T01:03:01+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">06 Jun, 2014</span> <span class="timestamp__time">01:03am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1110597" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1110597" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1110597/other-voices-far-east-press-top-security-official" class="story__link ">OTHER VOICES: Far East Press: Top security official</a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">DEFENCE Minister Kim Kwan-jin’s hawkish stance against North Korea has made him No. 1 target of Pyongyang’s... <!-- box/date --><span class="story__time uppercase text-2.5 "><span class="timestamp--label">Published</span> <span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-06-05T01:27:03+05:00"><span class="timestamp__calendar">05 Jun, 2014</span> <span class="timestamp__time">01:27am</span></span></span> </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story pb-2 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid mb-4" data-id="1110334" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/title --> <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1110334" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200918010927/https://www.dawn.com/news/1110334/other-voices-sri-lankan-press-natural-hazards" class="story__link ">OTHER VOICES: Sri Lankan Press: Natural hazards</a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt ">MOST people woke to the news of floods, giving an inauspicious start to the week. 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