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Email: [email protected] March 2015 Way to the grass roots ..................................................................... 24 Contents PM’s visit to Saudi Arabia ................................................................. 25 Saving Radio Pakistan ........................................................................ 3 Music to the ears ............................................................................. 26 Another jailbreak ............................................................................... 3 Ludicrous suggestion ........................................................................ 27 Kashmir: the way ahead ..................................................................... 4 Return of IDPs .................................................................................. 28 Defence anxieties ............................................................................... 5 Diplomatic rigmarole ....................................................................... 29 Tensions with Dhaka .......................................................................... 6 Farmers’ protest ............................................................................... 30 IS’s war on heritage............................................................................ 7 Government’s confusion .................................................................. 31 Time to go back to parliament ........................................................... 8 Unusual IMF visit .............................................................................. 32 Minorities’ dilemma ........................................................................... 9 Solar takes off .................................................................................. 33 Graffiti menace ................................................................................ 10 A debatable judgment ..................................................................... 34 Senate’s welcome move .................................................................. 11 Reviving executions .......................................................................... 35 PSO results ....................................................................................... 12 Nine Zero raid................................................................................... 36 Polio narrative .................................................................................. 13 Investment climate .......................................................................... 37 A provocative address ...................................................................... 14 Senate challenge .............................................................................. 38 Strange disappearance .................................................................... 15 Unequal taxation .............................................................................. 39 More of the same ............................................................................ 16 More war powers? ........................................................................... 40 Utter chaos ....................................................................................... 17 Vaccines’ wastage ............................................................................ 41 Madressah financing ........................................................................ 18 Mystery of weapons......................................................................... 41 Misuse of ECL ................................................................................... 19 Release of Mumbai suspect? ........................................................... 42 Fond memories revived ................................................................... 20 Shafqat Husain case ......................................................................... 44 Float the rupee ................................................................................. 21 Militants’ pact .................................................................................. 44 Repair work for Senate .................................................................... 22 Roads and railway ............................................................................ 45 A thrilling win ................................................................................... 23 Shifting of prisoners ......................................................................... 46 WWW.THECSSPOINT.COM Page 1 March 2015 Where is the CCI? ............................................................................. 47 Blocking channels? ........................................................................... 71 Intelligence cooperation .................................................................. 48 China bank ........................................................................................ 72 Pakistan in quarter-finals ................................................................. 49 Aug 11 speech in textbooks ............................................................. 73 Margallas in danger ......................................................................... 50 Misbah hits out ................................................................................ 74 Way ahead for MQM ....................................................................... 51 LNG muddle ..................................................................................... 75 Reading Lahore’s lynch mob ............................................................ 52 Replacing NAB .................................................................................. 76 Obama’s realisation ......................................................................... 53 Ayyan’s assets .................................................................................. 77 Unabated polio killings..................................................................... 54 Yemeni conflict expands .................................................................. 78 An unequal justice............................................................................ 55 Karachi operation ............................................................................. 79 Netanyahu’s victory ......................................................................... 56 Minimum wage ................................................................................ 80 FDI decrease ..................................................................................... 57 Circular debt again ........................................................................... 81 Saulat Mirza’s ‘confession’ ............................................................... 58 Forgotten war .................................................................................. 82 Goodbye to World Cup .................................................................... 59 Moon-sighting consensus ................................................................ 83 Crime and punishment .................................................................... 60 LNG confusion persists ..................................................................... 84 Torture in custody ............................................................................ 61 Murky waters ................................................................................... 85 Progress on poll inquiry ................................................................... 62 Yemen conundrum ........................................................................... 86 Water warnings ................................................................................ 63 Applause for economy ..................................................................... 87 Sana’a bloodbath ............................................................................. 64 Deserving winners ............................................................................ 88 Pakistan Day ..................................................................................... 65 A job well done ................................................................................ 89 Juvenile justice system ..................................................................... 66 Power sector infighting .................................................................... 89 Currency correction ......................................................................... 67 Karachi bye-election campaign ........................................................ 90 The madressah problem .................................................................. 68 Gesture of defiance .......................................................................... 69 State Bank’s optimism ..................................................................... 70 WWW.THECSSPOINT.COM Page 2 March 2015 Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television
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