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Tackling smog will take more than ‘lockdowns and prohibitions’

OVER the past many years, smog in Lahore has been a persistent challenge. The city regularly tops the charts for the worst air quality as soon as...

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Dawn Editorial

True Brits

THERE are ways in which Kemi Badenoch’s advent as Britain’s opposition leader, at the helm of the Conservative Party, can be seen as a...

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Mahir Ali

BISP overhaul

IT has emerged that the spouses of over 28,500 Sindh government employees have been illicitly benefiting from BISP. This troubling revelation during...

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Dawn Editorial

Jail reform policy

THE state is making a fresh attempt to improve conditions in Pakistan’s penitentiaries by developing a national jail reform policy. The first...

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Dawn Editorial

The extension game

IT was yet another bizarre night. In less than an hour, the government managed to steamroll a series of laws through both Houses of Parliament amid...

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Zahid Hussain

A vision to behold

OVER the course of its tumultuous existence, the story of Pakistan has been told in myriad ways. In keeping with the debate surrounding its very...

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Rafia Zakaria

Type 2 eyewash

EYEWASH arrangements are usually required at two locations: in industry, to provide emergency eye decontamination when a worker’s eyes are exposed...

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Naeem Sadiq

Rushed legislation

THE law minister and defence minister had noise-blocking headphones snapped on as they rushed through half a dozen pieces of important legislation...

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Cultural power

AS vital modes of communication, art and culture have the power to overcome social and international barriers. Cultural extravaganzas, therefore,...

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Dawn Editorial

Two wars

FOLLOWING 9/11, the ashes of the World Trade Centre in New York ignited fires in different parts of the world. Even now, 23 years later, those...

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Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Monetary policy

IN an aggressive move, the State Bank on Monday reduced its key policy rate by a hefty 250bps to 15pc. This is the fourth straight cut since June,...

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Choked by politics

IT is becoming harder and harder to find something new to write about as far as politics in Pakistan is concerned. The country is stuck in a time...

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Arifa Noor

Time to let Pak-India ties wait

THERE’S a time for everything, as the saying goes, which includes canvassing for better ties between India and Pakistan. Their relations since...

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Jawed Naqvi

Smog hazard

THE Punjab government would be keen to forget its first year of treating smog as ‘a year-round epidemic’ instead of a seasonal issue. The policy...

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‘Endure, my heart’

WE recently faced internet interruptions and wondered about the cause. Unsurprisi­ngly, the larger the problem, the harder it is to promptly find...

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Waqas Younas

Ceasefire charade

THE convention is that when parties are seeking a cessation in hostilities or a ceasefire, they engage in confidence-building measures that can...

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My enemy’s enemy

AMERICA has allies while its enemies have proxies; America’s allies have governments that must be supported while its enemies have regimes that...

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Zarrar Khuhro

Gamification of violence

ON Aug 28, police station Banr in Swat came under a militant attack in which one policeman lost his life and two others were wounded....

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Sohail Habib

Defeating TB

CONSIDERING the fact that Pakistan has the fifth highest burden of tuberculosis in the world as per the World Health Organisation, the state cannot...

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Politics of ‘nepo-babies’

PAKISTAN’S politics is still dominated by dynasties and family networks that manage to retain their grip over the country’s top political offices...

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Maleeha Lodhi

Disregarding CCI

THE 18th Amendment reflected the collective commitment of the 2008 parliament to increased participatory federalism. Its authors were aware that...

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Skardu’s water crisis

SKARDU, nestled in the heart of Gilgit-Baltistan, has rapidly transformed from a small town into a popular tourist destination because of its...

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Afzal Ali Shigri

Concerning measures

AN old law is being resurrected. Why? It is a question that the government must answer. On Friday, the law minister quietly introduced a bill in...

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Short-lived relief?

POLICYMAKERS must be jumping with joy. At the close of the first quarter of FY25, the budget posted a consolidated surplus of Rs1.7tr — 1.4pc of...

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Iran’s refusal to back down

THE deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Rev­olutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Gen Ali Fadavi, has said his country’s “response to the Zionist...

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Abbas Nasir

Beefing up security

THE dynamics of terrorism threats in Pakistan have shifted significantly since the Taliban took control in Afghanistan, challenging security...

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Muhammad Amir Rana

Paper tiger?

I WAS a graduate student during the 2016 presidential elections where I learned a lot about American media’s coverage of elections. We don’t...

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Muna Khan

Brisk spread

THE surge in polio cases has reached distressing levels with a tally of 45 last reported, after two cases emerged in Lakki Marwat and D.I. Khan....

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Jabalia death march

IT will live in history: the Jabalia death march. As reported by Al Jazeera, the fleeing Palestinians were carrying white flags while going through...

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Muhammad Ali Siddiqi

Mastung bombing

INSTABILITY continues to haunt Balochistan, as Friday morning’s bombing in Mastung has shown. At least nine fatalities have been confirmed —...

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Dawn Editorial

Plane speak

DESPITE all its efforts to facilitate PIA’s privatisation, it seems the government only ended up being taken for a ride. The long-promised sale of...

02.11.2024 4

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Dawn Editorial

Key takeaways

IT is now indisputable that Israel’s mass murder and destruction of Gaza had nothing to do with finishing off Hamas. The real reason was to...

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Arif Hasan

Trade distortions

PAKISTAN’s exports are not increasing at a fast rate, perhaps because the authorities give incentives to traditional export sectors and restrict...

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Dr Nadia Tahir

Basic structure, again

EVERY few years, questions regarding the limitations of parliament’s power to amend the Constitution, and the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction to...

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Reema Omer

High-stakes reserved seats

RESERVED seats for women and non-Muslims in our legislatures have been a long-standing feature of Pakistan’s political system, but they had never...

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Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

Ultimate price

AS the world marks the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists today, the dangers confronting media professionals have...

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