Thus, Ambassador Rafiuzzaman Siddiqi, who was posted as Pakistan’s high commissioner in Dhaka in 2016 and was one of the speakers at the PIIA event, described his personal experience of the impact of such gestures.
[Sorry Syndrome by Zubeida Mustafa: Dawn/06.09.2024]
Dr Masuma Hasan, who was presiding, explained that in his visit to Dhaka in 2002, General Pervez Musharraf had written in the visitors’ book at the National Martyrs Memorial that the “excesses committed during the unfortunate period are regrettable”.
[Sorry Syndrome by Zubeida Mustafa: Dawn/06.09.2024]
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However, as has been seen in the past, unless these responses are carefully calibrated, they can cause a much bigger conflagration.
PAKISTAN’S media is abuzz about Imran Khan's bid for the chancellorship of Oxford University.
The conversations seem to discount his having been chancellor of the University of Bradford in 2005-2014.
Assuming Khan is elected, will he announce his withdrawal from electoral politics during the chancellor’s term, which is 10 years?
[Oxford Chancellor Election by Nadir Cheema: Dawn/06.09.2024]
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Little wonder then, local polls are never held regularly in any province or in Islamabad. {Starting a sentence with "Little wonder"}
This reluctance against strong and powerful local democracy stems from the fear that this might make provincial governments redundant, ultimately diminishing the influence of provincial and federal legislators. {Participle clause added at the end of the sentence.}
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DAWN/07.09.2024
1-Eventually, developers will turn the library and the land around it into high-density concrete housing creating a heat island effect and destroying the area’s rich biodiversity, which has been documented beautifully by the young people of the area.
[Mapping Cities by Arif Hassan. Dawn: 07-09-2024]
Lesson: Note the use of present participle form of verbs; also note the use of which-clause at the end.
2-Conspicuous by its absence, though, was a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC), which had almost always met whenever a serious security situation arose in the country in the past.
[Missing NSC by Ahmed Bilal Mehboob. Dawn: 07-09-2024]
Lesson: Note the use of adjective (complement) in the beginning of the sentence.
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DAWN 09-09-2024
1. No matter how rigged the elections held under the ousted ruler of Bangladesh were and no matter how repressive her rule became, the Modi government was always the first to offer support and succour.{Note the use of Past Participle Form of the verb 'held'.}
2.This involves not only strengthening domestic waste management systems but also actively participating in regional initiatives aimed at reducing waste. {Note the use of GERUNDS}
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DAWN/10.09.2024
That the party is also worried is obvious from therecent statement attributed to Nawaz Sharif, who spoke of all parties and others joining hands to address the challenges and crises facing the country. {The 'That-clause' in the beginning is the subject of the sentences.}
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DAWN/ 12.09.2024
With Pakistan also ranked among the top three for conflict exposure, our predicament is both a symptom and a warning of these escalating global trends. {Note the first clause starting with, 'with'.}
Source:
DAWN Editorial
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We must not continue to fail those who most need our help. {'Most' in this sentence is an adverb.}
Source
DAWN Editorial
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DAWN on 15.09.2024
1. There’s no knowing how long the reforms will last or if other states will follow suit. But suppose the system were introduced in Pakistan — how would it function? The implications of a democratically elected judiciary in Pakistan are intriguing.
{Note the use of Past Subjunctive Verb.}
2. If Pakistan were to have an elected judiciary, it could spark a debate about the supremacy of parliament versus that of the apex court.
{Note the use of Past Subjunctive Verb.}
Source:
by Muhammad Amir Rana
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1. The WHO, of which Pakistan has been a member since the beginning, says in its constitution: “Governments have a responsibility for the health of their peoples which can be fulfilled only by the provision of adequate health and social measures.” {See the use of relative clause}
Source:
DAWN: 20 September, 2024
2 .DAYS later, the possible repercussions of what could have been had the government’s planned amendments to the Constitution been bulldozed through parliament are still being discussed.{Conditional Sentences in which the "Had-Clause comes at the end.}
Source:
DAWN: September 19, 2024
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1. Even if we choose to ignore the specifics of these conflicts and carefully insulate ourselves so that we are not exposed to the news and its macabre content, the general malaise is contagious.
Source: Moments of dread by Rafia Zakaria
DAWN: 02 October 2024
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If only the IMF had considered the trade-off between austerity measures and the sacrifice it demands from growth, confronted by a situation of high rate of unemployment with all its social implications, they would have arrived at the need to deregulate the economy, decentralise governance, get the government out of the habit of fixing prices and develop markets without bureaucratic interference.{Conditional Sentences Type 3}
Source:
DAWN Columns: 24 October, 2024
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