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Crypto MoU

IT turned into a surprisingly high-profile event. On Wednesday, Pakistan signed an MoU with SC Financial...

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Dawn Editorial

Visa freeze

THE US government’s decision to suspend immigration visas for nationals of 75 countries, including Pakistan, marks...

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Punjab’s EV transition

THE Punjab government’s decision to restrict future official vehicle purchases to electric and hybrid models...

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Oil, rock, crypto

The combination of bravado and terror portends more darkness.

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Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

Difficult times

We need to start thinking about how we can create more income-generation opportunities.

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Faisal Bari

Faith and action

Men are not what they think but what they do.

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Ghulam Shabbir

Multipolar South Asia

A multipolar South Asia will limit Delhi’s ability to unilaterally shape the norms of regional forums.

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Khurram Abbas

Potato exports

THE federal decision to permit potato exports to Pakistan’s main markets — Afghanistan, Central Asia and beyond — through Iran is unlikely to offer...

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End of stability

AROUND the same time last year, I wrote the economy has reached what I called “peak stability”. This was a stage where all the measures taken to...

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Khurram Husain

The Don-roe doctrine

A Great Dane is no match for a hungry Rottweiler.

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F.s. Aijazuddin

Politics of hate

HATE speech against Muslims in India is no longer sporadic. It is organised and increasingly led by those in power. ...

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Road to safety

HOME is often described as a sanctuary for safety and comfort, but for countless victims of domestic violence (DV), it becomes the very place where...

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Rida Tahir

Pakistan’s climate moment

AMERICAN President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the UNFCCC has created a crisis for global multilateralism and international climate...

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Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

K&N’s SmartCooking Recipes: Peri Peri Wings

Ingredients  -K&N’s Combo Wings (425g) -Coriander for garnish -Peri peri sauce as required Method Assembling: 1. Prepare K&N’s Combo Wings as per...

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Visa checks

IT is a pragmatic response to the various immigration-related issues that had been accumulating. On Tuesday, Pakistan and the UAE agreed to pursue...

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Spiralling crisis

WITH Iran standing at the very edge of a dangerous precipice, regional powers must step up and do what they can in a diplomatic capacity to defuse...

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Gunboat diplomacy

The unrest in Iran seems to have encouraged the US president to threaten military action.

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Zahid Hussain

Enhancing exports

THE planning minister’s proposal to declare an ‘export emergency’ reflects a growing realisation that there ...

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Iranian nights

ROUTINE predictions about the impending demise of Iran’s repressive theocracy over the past couple of decades tended to be little more than wishful...

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Mahir Ali

Not the NFC’s fault

WITH the constitution of the 11th National Finance Commission, the debate around revenue sharing takes centre-stage. For years, the federal...

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Waqar Wadho

Development divide

IMBALANCED human development lies at the root of the polarisation and perennial conflict witnessed in Pakistan. A recent report District...

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Naseer Memon

Bodycam order

PUNJAB’S decision to strap body-worn cameras onto nurses, ward boys, security guards and pharmacy staff is the...

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Blaming the IMF

THE call by a panel, led by the planning and development minister, for “urgent ease of doing business reforms” to more than double export revenues...

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With the sleeves rolled up

This is the time for the left to be initiating and, where possible, spearheading mass movements against the rightward slide.

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Jawed Naqvi

Solo flight

THE KP chief minister’s eventful visit to Sindh has thrown up the same questions that his recent, equally eventful...

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Unchecked LPG use

THE tragic blast in Islamabad that killed a newly-wed couple and six others, and left many injured, has once again...

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Misogyny’s polite face

Authority is kept from women at the workplace.

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Khadija Bari

Biggest conglomerate

Competition is constrained by design, not accident.

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Ehsan Malik

Cities in our memories

Islamabad’s greenery is being replaced by big roads, flyovers and underpasses.

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Arifa Noor

Melos to Maduros

NOTHING truly fundamental has changed in humanity. Sure, we traded skins for suits and spears for smart bombs but at our core we have remained...

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Zarrar Khuhro

Mental health in a broken world

“The stark reality for the vast majority of people in the non-Western world, transcending everything, is poverty. Currently one quarter of the...

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Murad Moosa Khan

Police-levies merger

THE Balochistan government’s decision to formally merge the over century-old levies force into the Balochistan Police and abolish the distinction...

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Deathly processes

IT is often said that every process has at least three versions. How the bosses think it works, how it actually works and how it ought to work. Let...

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Naeem Sadiq

‘Donroe doctrine’ in action

OVERTHROWING governments in Latin America has long been the US practice from a familiar playbook. The US has for decades intervened by military...

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Maleeha Lodhi

Denuded future

THE political leadership appears out of sync with the annual wrath of the elements. Scores of trees in Islamabad ...

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The morality trap

WHEN Donald Trump says that his power is restrained only by “my own morality”, he is not just boasting, he is making a case for a philosophy that...

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2025 PMGC captures the pulsating energy driving global esports

Bangkok became the stage for one of the biggest moments in esports this year. As the PUBG MOBILE Global Championship (2025 PMGC) Grand Finals lit...

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