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I have serious doubts as it take ages to open web page on the mobile set Good luck with 4.5 G</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4638790">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4638790">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4638811" data-id="4"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">A. A.</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T17:07:19+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T17:07:19+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 05:07pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Its not about the speed (anything above 20Mbps is a good enough speed for almost all the internet services). Its about reliability of the connection. In my experience, Fibre to the user (FTTU) has been the most reliable technology for consistent high speed internet. I personally use a 500 Mbps connection at home and hardly see any difference in the quality of internet services in comparison to my old 100 Mbps connection. Suggest to concentrate on consistency than the Mbps numbers (speed).</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4638811">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4638811">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4638871" data-id="5"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">I m Pakistan</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T17:26:38+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T17:26:38+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 05:26pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Wi tribe once used to be a hope in Pakistani market, however very rapidly lost its place by surrendering it's quality goals. Now it's just a money grabbing machine. It won't make much difference what technology its using until it improves upon its customer care standards. It lacks coverage in major part of country. The outdated equipment thus spared by adopting 4.5G will be relocated to other areas hence they will still retain the tetechnology.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4638871">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4638871">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4638872" data-id="6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">I m Pakistan</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T17:21:36+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T17:21:36+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 05:21pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Wi tribe once used to be a hope in Pakistani market, however very rapidly lost its place by surrendering it's quality goals. Now it's just a money grabbing machine. It won't make much difference what technology its using until it improves upon its customer care standards. It lacks coverage in major part of country. The outdated equipment thus spared by adopting 4.5G will be relocated to other areas hence they will still retain the tetechnology.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4638872">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4638872">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4638895" data-id="7"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Prashant</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T17:29:00+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T17:29:00+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 05:29pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>You don't use a spectrum of 3.5GHz, that's insanity. </p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4638895">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4638895">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4638952" data-id="8"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">PTI SUPPORTER </div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T17:50:18+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T17:50:18+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 05:50pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>This would be great. I'm eagerly waiting for fastest internet.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4638952">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4638952">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4638965" data-id="9"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Mark</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T17:55:43+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T17:55:43+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 05:55pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Pakistan have only 2 G service ...Majority of people do not know how fast is 4G service ..WI-Tribe broadband service is rubbish. First they need to increase broadband service to minimum 10 MB</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4638965">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4638965">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639014" data-id="10"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Najum</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T18:13:23+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T18:13:23+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 06:13pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Wi-Tribe provides virtually no bandwidth quotas. You pretty much run out of BW allocations after watching about a dozen so youtube videos.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639014">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639014">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639071" data-id="11"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">apoorva</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T18:22:23+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T18:22:23+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 06:22pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Verizon is still testing 5g and Pakistanis are using 4.5 g .Great !!!!</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639071">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639071">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639089" data-id="12"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">N.Sid</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T18:32:58+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T18:32:58+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 06:32pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@Mark So you know more about Pakistan living in India. Pakistan has functional 3G and 4G service and broadband customers has surpassed 50 million.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639089">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639089">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639103" data-id="13"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Maxx</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T18:35:41+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T18:35:41+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 06:35pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@apoorva Read it again in the write up. "This is the first time that LTE-A is being inducted in Pakistan's broadband saturated market. This is also the first time that 3.5 Ghz is being deployed in South Asia and Middle East."</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639103">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639103">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639109" data-id="14"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Nawaz</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T18:37:48+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T18:37:48+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 06:37pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Nice joke!</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639109">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639109">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639119" data-id="15"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Fudayl Z. ahmad</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T18:40:01+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T18:40:01+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 06:40pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@Mark you should try to know more about Pakistan, no matter you are an Indian or not.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639119">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639119">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639123" data-id="16"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">JP Gupta</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T18:39:51+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T18:39:51+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 06:39pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Thats Nice!!. Good going Pakistan..</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639123">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639123">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639140" data-id="17"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Awais</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T18:43:28+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T18:43:28+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 06:43pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>First introduce unlimited monthly usage packages, that would be a great start</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639140">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639140">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639196" data-id="18"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">saudagar </div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T18:52:49+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T18:52:49+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 06:52pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>let every pakistani and indian be able to pay all bills of electricity,housing,taxes,grocery,medics,cylinders,newspapers all errands ,this saves billions in travelling and man hours ,thanks to technology !</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639196">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639196">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639225" data-id="19"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">vikas</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T19:01:07+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T19:01:07+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 07:01pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Hey Did you guys finally get HD dish TV or still waiting for it? Maybe you can see TV in 4.5G phone now. Keep it up.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639225">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639225">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639239" data-id="20"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">A. A.</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T19:12:46+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T19:12:46+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 07:12pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@saudagar We pay bills online without stepping outside our homes via internet banking, easypaisa and other similar services (though most still goes to the banks, mainly due to lack of knowledge). I personally don't remember the last time I actually went to a bank to pay utility bills.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639239">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639239">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639385" data-id="21"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">72v</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T19:52:00+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T19:52:00+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 07:52pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Hope the price beats India price of less than 10 Rupees a day for 1 GB data</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639385">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639385">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639472" data-id="22"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Tariq GUlzar</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T20:20:51+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T20:20:51+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 08:20pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Handset availability of 4.5G handsets and network coverage will be the major challenges and until they become widely available it will be a theoretical and show case service only.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639472">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639472">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639478" data-id="23"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">SID</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T20:17:14+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T20:17:14+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 08:17pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@72v Good joke.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639478">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639478">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639516" data-id="24"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Zakir hussain</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T20:34:06+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T20:34:06+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 08:34pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@72v Hope the price beats India price of less than 10 Rupees a day for 1 GB data.. 10rs converted to pakistan currency will be around Rs5</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639516">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639516">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639657" data-id="25"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Sameer</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T21:27:34+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T21:27:34+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 09:27pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Blown my mind was. I was thinking of commenting congratulatory message...then I saw 100Mbps Max and 400Mbps by 2019. Not even half of what LTE A offers even in the 4.5G brackets. This is not even news.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639657">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639657">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639682" data-id="26"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">SWEET</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T21:31:46+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T21:31:46+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 09:31pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@Zakir hussain sir it will be 16 pkr not 5.pls check inr to pkr exchange rate.Not Ur imaginary rate.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639682">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639682">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639751" data-id="27"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">SID</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T22:04:22+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T22:04:22+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 10:04pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@Zakir hussain Reliance JIO offers 1GB 4G data @ INR 10 per day ( PKR @ 16 per day ) . After 1GB data consumption, speed will be down to 128 Kbps. Plus there free voice call for life time. </p> <p>Govt owned telecom giant BSNL has unveiled a plan for 2GB 3G data @ INR 11 per day ( PKR @ 18 per day.) This includes outgoing call free for 25 minute per day to any network.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639751">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639751">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4639814" data-id="28"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Zakir hussain</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2017-03-21T22:32:59+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-03-21T22:32:59+05:00">Mar 21, 2017 10:32pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@SWEET sorry typo..read 15 instead of 5</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <!-- <span title="Recommend this comment"> --> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639814">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1321941/up-4639814">0</span> <!-- </span> --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- .comment --> </section> </div> </div> </div> <!-- ******** /template/footer ******** --> </article> </div> </div> </main> <aside class="pb-4 "> <!-- - 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Noorani</a></span> </div></article> <!-- - - - /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 - - - --> <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="1391386" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/image --> <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224163957/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391386/back-to-the-future"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224163957im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90be0659f1e.jpg?r=719563700" alt="Back to the future"/></a></div> </figure> <!-- box/title py:0 --> <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391386" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224163957/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391386/back-to-the-future" class="story__link">Back to the future</a></h2> <!-- box/byline --><div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224163957/https://www.dawn.com/authors/112/abbas-nasir">Abbas Nasir</a></span> </div></article> <!-- - 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In Karachi’s... </div> </article> <!-- - - - /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:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;"> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <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="1391170" data-layout="story"><!-- box/date --><span class="story__time size-two text--gray font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> February 23, 2018</span> <!-- box/title xsmall --> <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391170" class="story__title size-four font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224163957/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391170/regrettable-verdict" class="story__link">Regrettable verdict</a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">The highest court in the land should be accorded the highest respect. 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