Paramedics to protest denial of service structure - Newspaper

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"><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/authors/609/herald-exclusive">Herald Exclusive</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391402" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391402/can-the-three-pillars-of-the-state-coexist-in-harmony"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90df2ff3e38.jpg" alt="Can the three pillars of the state coexist in harmony?"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391402" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391402/can-the-three-pillars-of-the-state-coexist-in-harmony" class="story__link">Can the three pillars of the state coexist in harmony?</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "></span> </div></article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border--top border--thick border--black mx-sm-2 mx-0 clearfix"> <h3 class="opinion-stories font--playfair-display my-2"><a class="opinion-stories" href="/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Opinion</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list pr-0 pr-sm-2 col-sm-4 col-12 float-left slideshow--opinion--first mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:99%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391612" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--stretch col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391612/unfair-positions"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a921cc9e19e8.jpg" alt="Unfair positions"/></a></div> </figure> <div class="clearfix"></div>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391612" class="story__title font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391612/unfair-positions" class="story__link">Unfair positions</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">Subservience to authority rather than a suitability is the selection criteria. </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list slideshow--opinion col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391611" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391611/missing-links"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a921c452681d.jpg" alt="Missing links"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391611" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391611/missing-links" class="story__link">Missing links</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/authors/772/nazish-brohi">Nazish Brohi</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391610" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391610/a-double-squeeze"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a921bdfb7f97.jpg" alt="A double squeeze"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391610" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391610/a-double-squeeze" class="story__link">A double squeeze</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/authors/193/cyril-almeida">Cyril Almeida</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391596" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391596/reversing-the-downward-spiral"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a91ef93c5e57.jpg" alt="Reversing the downward spiral"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391596" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391596/reversing-the-downward-spiral" class="story__link">Reversing the downward spiral</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/authors/179/bina-shah">Bina Shah</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 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font--georgia ">NOW that the news from the just-concluded round of meetings of the Financial Action Task Force held in Paris has ... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391592" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text--gray font--arial ">February 25, 2018</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391592" class="story__title size-four font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180225071335/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391592/nab-bureaucracy-war" class="story__link">NAB-bureaucracy war</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">THE provincial and federal bureaucracies are deeply flawed, ineffective and widely perceived to be corrupt. 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