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Zionist zealotry

BOTH the Israeli military and far-right citizens of the Zionist state have been involved in appalling hate crimes...

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Dawn Editorial

Scarred at home

WHEN homes turn violent towards children, the psychosocial damage is lifelong. In Pakistan, parental violence is...

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Dawn Editorial

Removing subsidies

The government no longer has the budgetary space to continue carrying hundreds of billions of rupees in untargeted subsidies while the power sector...

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Dawn Editorial

Master Group of Industries: Driving Pakistan's future through carbon negative innovation

By embracing clean energy solutions, the group continues to contribute toward lowering dependence on conventional energy sources and encouraging a...

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Dawn Editorial

Climate uncertainty reshapes life in Pakistan as tree planting efforts shift towards survival

Climate uncertainty reshapes life in Pakistan as tree planting efforts shift towards survival

“The real work begins after the applause fades, in the quiet, daily acts of care that no camera records.”

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No real change

THE Indian sports ministry’s move to allow Pakistani players and teams to participate in multilateral events ...

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Dawn Editorial

Honour and impunity

THE Sindh Assembly’s discussion on karo-kari this week reminds us of the enduring nature of ‘honour’ killings...

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Dawn Editorial

Shifting climate tone

Shifting climate tone

Our financial system is geared towards short-term, risk-averse lending, while climate adaptation and green infrastructure require patient, long-term...

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Dawn Editorial

Indus Cloud Limited, Indus DC REIT and UBL form strategic partnership to accelerate Pakistan’s digital infrastructure and cloud adoption

Indus Cloud Limited, Indus DC REIT and UBL form strategic partnership to accelerate Pakistan’s digital infrastructure and cloud adoption

This collaboration marks a significant step toward strengthening the country’s digital backbone and locally hosted cloud services for enterprises...

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Dawn Editorial

Punishing dissent

THE Sindh government’s treatment of the Aurat March this week was a disgraceful assault on democratic rights. What...

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Dawn Editorial

Missed opportunity

A BIG opportunity to industrialise Pakistan has just passed us by. This has been reconfirmed by the investment...

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Dawn Editorial

A breakthrough?

The whole world would welcome an end to this pointless war.

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Dawn Editorial

K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Chapli Kabab Melts

K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Chapli Kabab Melts

Cheesy chapli kabab tortilla wraps with olives and jalapenos and a rich creamy cheese sauce grilled until golden and melty.

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Dawn Editorial

Feeling the heat

ANOTHER heatwave season has begun, and once again, the state is scrambling to respond to conditions it has long been...

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Dawn Editorial

Looking inwards

REGULAR appraisals by human rights groups and activists should not be treated by the authorities as attempts to ...

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Dawn Editorial

The May war

Rationality demands that both states come to the table and discuss their grievances, and their solutions in a mature manner.

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Dawn Editorial

An asymmetrical war

An asymmetrical war

The Iran war has exposed the limits of America’s military might.

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Zahid Hussain

Chery Master Pakistan wins Best Rising Star Global Award at Chery Global Conference 2026

Chery Master Pakistan wins Best Rising Star Global Award at Chery Global Conference 2026

The award reflects the rapid progress Chery has achieved in Pakistan, driven by strong market acceptance and growing consumer trust.

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Dawn Editorial

KP sets climate agenda, calls for global cooperation and green economy shift

KP sets climate agenda, calls for global cooperation and green economy shift

The task ahead is not to define the problem, it is to accelerate solutions.

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Dawn Editorial

PSL thrills

BY the end of it all, in front of fans who had been absent for almost the entire 11th season of the Pakistan Super...

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Dawn Editorial

Unchecked HIV

PAKISTAN’S HIV surge is no longer a slow-burning public health concern. It is now a system failure unfolding in...

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Dawn Editorial

Energy shock

The longer the crisis persists, the more profound its consequences will be.

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Dawn Editorial

Marq-e-Haq: Transformed Pakistan’s outlook

THE first anniversary of Marq-e-Haq (The Battle for Truth), the official name for the broader conflict between Pakistan and India from April 22 to May...

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Pakistan Observer

Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Kalash preservation

FOR centuries, the Kalash people have maintained a culture, way of life, language and belief system that is uniquely...

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Dawn Editorial

Climate readiness

AS policymakers gather for the Breathe Pakistan conference this week, the urgency is hard to miss. Each year, such...

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Dawn Editorial

Interlinked crises

The situation vis-à-vis the US-Israeli war on Iran remains tense, with hostilities likely to resume if the diplomatic process fails.

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Dawn Editorial

Troubled waters

PAKISTAN’S water crisis is often framed in terms of scarcity. Increasingly, it is also a crisis of contamination....

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Dawn Editorial

Inflation strain

PAKISTAN’S return to double-digit inflation after 21 months signals renewed economic strain where external shocks...

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Dawn Editorial

On press freedoms

THE citizenry forgets, to its own peril, how important a free and independent media is in the preservation of their...

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Dawn Editorial

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa expands climate action with one Million Tree Drive and forest reforms

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa expands climate action with one Million Tree Drive and forest reforms

The province is turning policy into action through a series of large scale programmes aimed at rebuilding ecosystems and improving resilience against...

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Dawn Editorial

Teaching inclusion

DISCRIMINATORY and exclusionary content in Punjab’s textbooks has been flagged in Inclusive Education for a United...

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Dawn Editorial

Tax shortfall

THE Rs684bn shortfall in tax collection during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is a continuation of a...

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Dawn Editorial

Iran stalemate

THE US and Iran are currently somewhere between war and peace. While a tenuous ceasefire — extended largely due to...

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Dawn Editorial

Labour rights

THE annual observance of May Day should move beyond statements about the state’s commitment to the rights of...

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Dawn Editorial

Vaccine policy

PAKISTAN has finally approved its first National Vaccine Policy; a step the health ministry has rightly described as...

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Dawn Editorial

Water vision

WATER insecurity in Pakistan has been building up for decades as per capita water availability has declined from...

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Dawn Editorial

Police ‘encounters’

THE killing of nine suspects by Punjab’s Crime Control Department across Lahore, Sahiwal and Toba Tek Singh ...

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Dawn Editorial

Uncertain recovery

PAKISTAN’S growth projections for the current fiscal present a cautiously hopeful picture, though geopolitical...

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Dawn Editorial

UAE’s Opec exit

THE UAE’s exit from Opec is another sign of the major geopolitical shifts that are reshaping the global order. One...

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Dawn Editorial

Taptap Send, Arshad Nadeem partner to highlight Pakistan’s unsung champions

Taptap Send, Arshad Nadeem partner to highlight Pakistan’s unsung champions

The initiative comes at a time when cricket continues to dominate national attention, often overshadowing achievements in other sports.

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Dawn Editorial

Protecting childhood

AN important victory for child protection was secured on Monday with the Punjab Assembly’s passage of the Child...

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Dawn Editorial

Constitutional order

FOLLOWING the passage of the 26th and 27th Amendments, in 2024 and 2025 respectively, jurists and members of the...

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Dawn Editorial

Growth to stability

THE State Bank’s decision to raise its key policy rate by 100 basis points to 11.5pc signals a shift in priorities...

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Dawn Editorial

Middle power moment

No doubt, it’s a feel-good moment, but it should not divert our focus from critical national challenges.

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Zahid Hussain

Breaking malaria’s grip

FOR the first time in decades, defeating malaria in our lifetime is possible, according to WHO. Yet in Pakistan,...

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Dawn Editorial

Solar vision?

THE recent imposition of certain regulatory requirements for small-scale solar systems, followed by the reversal of...

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Dawn Editorial

Unlearnt lessons

THE US is undoubtedly the world’s top military and economic power at this time. Yet as the Iran quagmire has ...

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Dawn Editorial

Saber-rattling and talks

PAKISTANI civil and military leaders have worked to bring the US and Iran back to negotiations. They hope to address the international economic crisis...

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Pakistan Observer

Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

NTL and Unikrew Solutions establish additional strategic understanding for potential transformation opportunities

Collaboration brings together complementary strengths to jointly pursue high-impact opportunities in Pakistan and international markets.

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Dawn Editorial

NexGen Auto (Nishat Group) to Introduce iCAUR in Pakistan

As one of Pakistan’s leading business groups, Nishat Group operates across key sectors including textiles, cement, banking, insurance, power and...

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Dawn Editorial