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K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Creamy Tawa Wings with Boiled Rice

K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Creamy Tawa Wings with Boiled Rice

Creamy spiced combo wings cooked with tomatoes and aromatic spices served hot with boiled rice.

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Dawn Editorial

No culling

CRUELTY implies an administrative failure to adopt humane solutions. Despite the Lahore High Court’s orders to use...

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Dawn Editorial

Growing numbers

FORWARD-looking nations do not just celebrate their advantages; they turn them into tangible gains. They also ...

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Dawn Editorial

Trump in Beijing

China is no longer just a rising economic power.

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Dawn Editorial

Judicial disaster

Judicial disaster

Independence of the judiciary is not secure.

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Anwar Mansoor Khan

Dangerous depths

Dangerous depths

Current US foreign policy is now a diplomatic prism.

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F.s. Aijazuddin

Faltering tax effort

Faltering tax effort

You cannot grow your economy while the state is busy bleeding it to fulfil its own expenditure requirements.

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Khurram Husain

Towards middle power status

Towards middle power status

Achieving middle power status requires a robust economic foundation.

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Ishrat Husain

Geopolitical shift in ME

Geopolitical shift in ME

A prolonged conflict will have far-reaching implications for regional geopolitics, sharpening the divisions among Gulf countries that are directly...

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Zahid Hussain

Locked in

THE acquittal of as many as 74 PTI activists by a Peshawar court in a case pertaining to the May 2023 violence is a...

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Dawn Editorial

Gwadar rising?

COULD the Middle East conflict prove to be a boon for the Gwadar port? Islamabad’s push to position Gwadar as a...

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Dawn Editorial

Unyielding stances

Every day that passes without clarity on how and when the war will end introduces fresh intensity to the uncertainty roiling global markets and adds...

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Dawn Editorial

Looming knight-fall

Looming knight-fall

The Starmer project wasn’t built to last.

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Mahir Ali

Rebuilding tax morale

Make taxation simpler — and more respectful of people’s time.

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Mohamed Yahya

The power of trust

It is all about reaching out and being honest with one another in spite of existing differences.

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Tariq Khosa

Buddhist heritage

THE revival of Buddhist chants at the ancient Dharmarajika Stupa in Taxila after nearly 1,500 years is much more ...

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Dawn Editorial

Cotton crisis

PAKISTAN’S cotton economy is once again facing a crisis that exposes the country’s flawed agricultural and...

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Dawn Editorial

Bannu attack

Bannu attack

The security narrative and strategy of the KP government diverges considerably from the state’s position.

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Dawn Editorial

Gone with the wind

Gone with the wind

The time seems ripe for a sequel to the 1932 epic.

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Dr Niaz Murtaza

Mere mortals

Mere mortals

They breathe the same air, yet their lives are different.

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Syed Sheheryar Raza Zaidi

When dismounting the tiger

When dismounting the tiger

Modi is going about wrecking the opposition as a man possessed. The tricks he has used can be regarded as his own patented innovations.

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Jawed Naqvi

A changed world

A changed world

The phrase ‘security provider’ sounds impressive but there is little clarity on what it means for the country.

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Arifa Noor

Pakistan’s first premium plug-in hybrid E-SUV officially hits the roads as Chery Master begins Tiggo 9 PHEV deliveries

Pakistan’s first premium plug-in hybrid E-SUV officially hits the roads as Chery Master begins Tiggo 9 PHEV deliveries

This accelerated rollout is backed by the manufacturing strength, operational capability and over 60 years of industrial and automotive legacy of...

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Dawn Editorial

'Where Silence Falls and Survival Speaks': The last guardian of Gabral Valley

'Where Silence Falls and Survival Speaks': The last guardian of Gabral Valley

In the remote Hindu Kush, Gabral Valley empties each year as winter approaches, leaving behind only one man who stays to guard its frozen silence.

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Dawn Editorial

Widening gap

PAKISTAN’S monthly trade deficit ballooned to $4.07bn last month, its highest level since June 2022, further...

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Dawn Editorial

A better start

THE first 1,000 days of a child’s life often shape decades to come. In Pakistan, where chronic malnutrition has...

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Dawn Editorial

New regional order

New regional order

The fact is that the US has only one true security commitment in the Middle East — Israel.

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Dawn Editorial

A girl’s age

A girl’s age

It seems that our marriage laws contain deliberate loopholes.

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Naeem Sadiq

Strongmen summit

Strongmen summit

Alarmingly, much is not on the agenda of the upcoming US-China talks.

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Huma Yusuf

Returns on multipolarity

Returns on multipolarity

In the current moment, emerging multipolarity is actually strengthening the status quo in both politics and economics.

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Umair Javed

Is the UN irrelevant?

Is the UN irrelevant?

The world body has failed in its core task but needs to be strengthened to address global challenges.

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Maleeha Lodhi

Momentary relief

THE IMF’s approval of the latest review of Pakistan’s ongoing Fund programme comes at a moment of growing global...

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Dawn Editorial

Battle of Truth

Battle of Truth

The myth of India’s conventional dominance has been broken.

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Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry

‘My best girl’

‘My best girl’

How we treat animals says something unambiguous about us.

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Muna Khan

Critical thinking: the missing half

Critical thinking: the missing half

The broader concept of critical thinking is about helping students understand their own and their people’s situations.

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Farid Panjwani

Prospects for peace?

Prospects for peace?

A year after the May hostilities, mistrust continues to dominate India-Pakistan ties.

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Muhammad Amir Rana

Aurat March restrictions

The message could not have been clearer: women may gather, but only if they remain politically harmless.

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Dawn Editorial

India’s global shame

INDIA’s rabid streak is at an all-time high. Prejudice is now an organised movement to erase religious freedoms ...

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Dawn Editorial

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

Farewell to Dubai

Farewell to Dubai

Alignments are changing in the Middle East, especially as high tensions between the US-Israel alliance and Iran show no signs of abating.

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Rafia Zakaria

Supreme in name only

Supreme in name only

The 26th and 27th Amendments must be repealed.

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Hassan Kamal Wattoo

Recognising women’s unpaid labour

Not valuing women’s productive and care work just because it is done by women is grossly unjust.

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Haris gazdar

Taxation with equity

Taxation with equity

Predatory taxation of the formal sector is a fundamental factor in rising informality.

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Sakib Sherani

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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Dawn Editorial

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