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Complied & Edited By Shahbaz Shakeel (Online Content Manager) www.cssmentor.com BUY CSS BOOKS ONLINE CASH ON DELIVERY ALL OVER PAKISTAN WWW.CSSMENTOR.COM/STORE ALL COMPULSORY AND OPTIONAL SUBJECTS BOOK FROM SINGLE POINT ORDER NOW 0726540316 - 03336042057 October 2016 Table of Contents Mounting tensions ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Oil price uncertainty ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Regional isolation? ...................................................................................................................................... 10 PTI’s protest politics .................................................................................................................................... 11 Muharram security ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Fourth Schedule in disarray ........................................................................................................................ 13 Defusing tensions ........................................................................................................................................ 14 Helmets for bikers ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Impediments to CPEC projects.................................................................................................................... 16 Women as property .................................................................................................................................... 17 Mining tragedy ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Missed opportunity ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Overseas workers’ dues .............................................................................................................................. 20 Fallout of war on refugees .......................................................................................................................... 21 Violent start to Muharram .......................................................................................................................... 21 Turkish purge .............................................................................................................................................. 22 The PTI puzzle ............................................................................................................................................. 23 The real challenge is poverty ...................................................................................................................... 24 Disrupted cultural ties ................................................................................................................................. 25 Cricket: a clean sweep ................................................................................................................................ 26 Geotagging seminaries ................................................................................................................................ 28 Karachi arms haul ........................................................................................................................................ 29 Foreign policy woes .................................................................................................................................... 29 Zikri leader’s murder ................................................................................................................................... 31 Arrest for cyber stalking .............................................................................................................................. 32 Promise of SDGs .......................................................................................................................................... 32 Right to information .................................................................................................................................... 33 State of mental health ................................................................................................................................ 34 Middle East carnage .................................................................................................................................... 35 Higher gas prices ......................................................................................................................................... 36 Cap on school fee hike ................................................................................................................................ 37 Nepra’s independence ................................................................................................................................ 38 3 www.cssmentor.com October 2016 Reaction to Dawn story ............................................................................................................................... 39 Constitutional rule ...................................................................................................................................... 40 Nepra’s independence ................................................................................................................................ 41 Reaction to Dawn story ............................................................................................................................... 42 Constitutional rule ...................................................................................................................................... 43 Hunger amidst plenty ................................................................................................................................. 44 Weak Afghan state ...................................................................................................................................... 45 Peaceful Ashura .......................................................................................................................................... 46 Farewell to the IMF? ................................................................................................................................... 46 Anti-extremism steps .................................................................................................................................. 48 Nobel’s unexpected winner ........................................................................................................................ 49 Public officials’ accountability ..................................................................................................................... 49 Stop child marriage ..................................................................................................................................... 50 In honour of Shahlyla .................................................................................................................................. 51 PPP’s rally in Karachi ................................................................................................................................... 52 Failing the PSEs ........................................................................................................................................... 53 Bus tragedy ................................................................................................................................................. 54 PTI’s protest tactics ..................................................................................................................................... 55 BRICS summit .............................................................................................................................................. 56 Academic dishonesty .................................................................................................................................. 57 Auditing asset declarations ......................................................................................................................... 58 Kabul-Taliban talks ...................................................................................................................................... 59 Jerusalem resolution ................................................................................................................................... 60 MQM in disarray ......................................................................................................................................... 60 A campaign code ......................................................................................................................................... 62 Pak-India cultural ties ................................................................................................................................