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Melos to Maduros

‘Cease quoting the law to men with swords’.

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Zarrar Khuhro

Mental health in a broken world

The medical model of mental health thrives on individualisation of systemic problems.

yesterday 60

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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...

yesterday 70

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Deathly processes

Getting a routine death certificate is a complex process.

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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 ...

yesterday 100

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Dawn Editorial

The morality trap

Pakistan’s own history shows what happens when power claims to stand above law.

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Dawn Editorial

2025 PMGC captures the pulsating energy driving global esports

The energy inside Siam Paragon, which hosted the event from Dec 12 to 14, was electric.

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Dawn Editorial

Troubling events

DARKNESS has descended over next-door Iran, where widespread, violent protests refuse to abate, posing the most serious governance and security...

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Dawn Editorial

Suffocating existence

A NEW report by the UN strips away whatever little ambiguity remained around Israel’s conduct in occupied West Bank. For the first time, a UN...

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Dawn Editorial

‘Good night and good luck’

MCCARTHYISM is a ghost that survives within political and institutional systems. It thrives on witch-hunts, rejects scrutiny, and shields itself...

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Muhammad Amir Rana

Karachi flyovers

FLYOVERS are being demolished all over the world because they are considered ugly and they break the openness of the city. The space they occupy is...

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Arif Hasan

It’s too political

I’M surprised the lords ruling my algorithm did not alert me about Jan Komasa’s film Anniversary, or that it didn’t receive the media attention it...

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Muna Khan

Cricket concerns

SCHEDULE uncertainty persists at yet another multilateral cricket tournament to be held in South Asia. Once again, it involves India, which has...

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Dawn Editorial

Living in interesting times

SINCE the so-called rules-based order is crumbling in whatever flawed form it existed, those with power are asserting themselves in the most...

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Abbas Nasir

New mobile services

PAKISTAN is no stranger to the sharing economy, yet a recent news item about big changes in the country’s...

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Dawn Editorial

Flight of harmony

AFTER 14 years, direct flights between Bangladesh and Pakistan are ready for take-off. Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ first Dhaka to Karachi flight...

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Dawn Editorial

Colonial romance

An effective criminal justice system evolves.

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Mohammad Ali Babakhel

When might becomes right

THE US invasion of Venezuela — however it is ultimately justified in Washington — marks more than a regional rupture. It signals a deeper shift in...

saturday 100

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Aisha Khan

IWT: the legal response

Pakistan must protest at every step India takes towards building works on the western rivers.

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Ahmer Bilal Soofi

Pound of flesh

ONE would think that everyone in the world knows that nothing is free. Every favour granted, every kindness bestowed has its cost — sometimes the...

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Rafia Zakaria

Anti-terrorism fight

PAKISTAN’S troubled relationship with Afghanistan now forms the centre of its security crisis. The International Crisis Group notes the irony that...

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Dawn Editorial

Riverine criminals

THE Sindh government’s decision to launch what its home minister described as a “massive operation” to eliminate bandits in the katcha areas...

09.01.2026 100

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Dawn Editorial

More than words

IT appears that ‘dialogue’ is fast becoming a buzzword in the federal capital. After both the treasury and...

09.01.2026 100

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Dawn Editorial

Forgotten women

Women’s daily decisions shape the fertility of our soils.

09.01.2026 100

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Nasira Habib

Pre-monsoon audit

THE NDMA’s decision to launch a nationwide Infrastructure Audit Programme before the monsoon is a welcome step. It...

09.01.2026 100

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Afterlife of disaster

FIFTEEN years after the Airblue ED 202 plane crash that killed all 152 people on board, an appellate court in Islamabad has awarded Rs5.4 billion...

09.01.2026 5

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Maria Ahmad

People are eating less

Macroeconomic repairs are being carried out by impoverishing the people.

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Zafar Mirza

Excluded from healthcare

WOMEN’S access to healthcare in Pakistan is shaped not only by poverty, but also by the intersection of documentation, marginalisation and gender....

09.01.2026 2

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Tahera Hasan

Course correction

IT has been said at length before, but bears repeating: the 27th Amendment was a monumental mistake. The same has ...

08.01.2026 100

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Remittances: boon or bane?

Absorbing new labour force entrants domestically is increasingly difficult.

08.01.2026 100

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Ishrat Husain

K&N’s SmartCooking Recipes: Loaded Nachos with Nuggets

Ingredients -K&N’s Nuggets (12 Nuggets) -Nachos as required -Sour cream as required -Salsa as required -Parsley for garnish Method In a bowl add...

08.01.2026 40

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Publishing Partner

Solving Pakistan

THE same question keeps coming up: why don’t you write about the solutions? Let me give two answers here. The first answer is that, in all honesty,...

08.01.2026 100

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Khurram Husain

Trust no one

Is no refuge sacred? Apparently not.

08.01.2026 6

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F.s. Aijazuddin

Preserving dance

IN Pakistan, the word most commonly used for dance — naach — is often deployed as a form of ridicule. To say someone naach raha hai is rarely...

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Naween A. Mangi

Cricket looking up

PAKISTAN’S under-19 cricket team has momentum, and wins, under their belt, as they head into the ICC Under-19 World Cup later this month. A...

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Dawn Editorial

Flawed pricing regime

THE government’s reported plan of containing the gas sector circular debt of Rs3tr by further raising the petroleum development

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Dawn Editorial