In the past few years our prisons seem to have become increasingly porous. The escape of two suspects on trial for the 2013 massacre of 10 foreign climbers and their guide who were on a trip to scale Nanga Parbat comes as the latest setback in our fight against militancy. Obviously, if those held for the most heinous crimes are able to get away from jails, others gain encouragement from their ability to flee punishment.…
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ISLAMABAD: While billions are being spent on the perks, privileges and protocol of country’s elite, the authorities are reluctant to provide meagre Rs25 million required to enrol 10,000 out of school children in a Gilgit-Balistan district within a span of few weeks. Ghizer, the district in Gilgit-Baltistan, is the only such region in the whole of the country where the administration has complete data of out of schools children. The data has been collected by…