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K-IV imbroglio

IF the success of a project were to be judged by the number of times it has been inaugurated then the Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme Phase IV...

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Dr Noman Ahmed

Leadership matters

RECEP Tayyip Erdogan has won a third presidential term. His dominance of the Turkish political scene for over two decades has been marked both by...

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Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry

Pemra’s edict

IN an effort to mould the narrative, and prevent “undesirable” opinions from making it to the airwaves, Pemra has warned TV channels not to give...

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Dawn Editorial

Our anaemic exports

WHY are our exports less than half our imports? Why are our imports more than twice our exports? I have posed these seemingly identical questions...

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Riaz Riazuddin

New IMF programme?

WITH the PTI chief effectively sidelined for now, the PML-N-led government is looking to provide some relief to the people and businesses before...

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Dawn Editorial

Crypto dreams

THOUGH the majority of the global financial community has wholeheartedly embraced the promise of cryptocurrencies, Pakistan’s central bank has...

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Dawn Editorial

Don’t ban PTI

THE PTI is visibly crumbling. Each passing day sees senior members deserting their supreme leader. Those who have always served power were...

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Pervez Hoodbhoy

Narrowing the gap

THE rupee made a substantial recovery of 11.5 against the dollar in the open market a day after the State Bank allowed commercial banks to purchase...

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Dawn Editorial

The cycle of making and breaking political parties in Pakistan is in motion once again

THE old is being dismantled and the new is being born out of its debris. And this is not the first time that it is happening. Making and breaking...

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Dawn Editorial

Is the PTI a political party?

THE vicious vengeance directed against leaders and supporters of the PTI is a clear sign that the ruling parties in power have given up on even the...

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S. Akbar Zaidi

Balanced approach

POLITICAL equations are never easy to engineer, let alone solve. A political crisis should either be allowed to burn through or resolved via the...

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Dawn Editorial

Rise in attacks

AN enduring security dilemma for Pakistan has been the issue of cross-border havens in Afghanistan for militants, particularly the banned TTP....

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Dawn Editorial

Morbidity of hope

“I did not myself know what I wanted: I feared life, desired to escape from it, yet still hoped something of it.” — Leo Tolstoy WE are all...

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Zafar Mirza

Sound treasures

MAN is by nature a collector. What he collects and how he manages his collection depends on his personal commitment and style of working as well as...

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Zubeida Mustafa

Near collapse

IT is said that contrary to its intended purpose of driving social growth and producing well-informed human capital, higher education in the...

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Nazir A. Jogezai

Deadly symbiosis

TERRORISM is theatre, and the internet a stage where terrorists can perform certain roles. For example, while executing a terrorist attack,...

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Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Military courts

PAKISTAN is set to try civilians in military courts for violence committed on May 9 in the wake of the arrest of former premier Imran Khan. The...

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Sikander Ahmed Shah

Virtual SCO summit

HOSTING multilateral summits is a matter of great prestige for states, as world leaders gather at the same table to talk global politics and...

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Dawn Editorial

Missing anchorperson

IT gives insight into the obduracy of those in whose custody Imran Riaz Khan is being held that multiple appeals from various quarters have not had...

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Dawn Editorial

Free, fair & timely

THE Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has been made to suffer a steep price for the events of May 9. It appears deflated in the wake of a sweeping crackdown...

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Dawn Editorial

Climate-smart NFC awards

AT the heart of the controversies surrounding Census 2023 is the National Finance Commission award that determines the basis of financial flows...

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Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

‘Noli me tangere’

THE term ‘untouchable’ has a different connotation in each culture and religion. To Christians, the words noli me tangere are attributed to...

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F.s. Aijazuddin

Only the rejected ones quit PTI, May 9 attacks mere excuse

WHILE the question about the ban or no ban on the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) after the May 9 arson attacks on the state buildings and military...

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Dawn Editorial

Game of political engineering

THEY all appeared to be reading from the same script as they renounced their affiliation with the PTI. They left in droves; many of them had...

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Zahid Hussain

Constitutional courts

THIS government’s legislative interventions will be remembered for making even good things seem bad because of how cynical and self-serving the...

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Dawn Editorial

Move to try arsonists in military courts raises eyebrows

THE decision of the military’s top brass to try those arsonists who attacked various sensitive installations and monuments in the country in the...

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Dawn Editorial

Erdogan again

IN the end it was Recep Erdogan who won yet again. Over the weekend, the results of the run-off Turkish election revealed the former prime minister...

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Rafia Zakaria

Never say die

HENRY Kissinger, often viewed as a war criminal, marked his 100th birthday last Saturday amid the usual accolades of the high and mighty, alongside...

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Mahir Ali

Caregivers’ burden

A STUDY on Maternal Stress and Health Quality of Life in Mothers with Special Needs Children, authored by Sara Jafree and Khadija Burhan of FCC...

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Rukhsana Shah

Authorities’ indifference teaches Swatis how to help themselves

A MAN carrying goods passes through the flood-damaged Bahrain bazaar, on Saturday.—Photo by the writer SWAT: Frustrated with the government’s lack...

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Fazal Khaliq

Hunger pangs

A RECENTLY released report by two UN agencies should serve as a wake-up call to the ruling elite — that is, if they can spare some time from...

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Dawn Editorial

No-Tobacco Day

DESPITE successive governments’ efforts, tobacco use continues to remain a significant public health challenge for Pakistani authorities....

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Dawn Editorial

Judicial quarrels

THE rift within the Supreme Court shows no signs of healing. With the incumbent and incoming chief justices still seemingly jousting over issues...

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Crunch time for Indian politics

IT’S crunch time for Indian politics. It became inevitable after the Karnataka verdict hit the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the solar plexus....

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Jawed Naqvi

Erdogan’s victory

THOUGH he managed to win the presidential run-off by a whisker, Recep Tayyip Erdogan will stay in Turkiye’s driving seat for the next five years,...

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Dawn Editorial

Trees in the shade?

FOR years, successive tree plantation policies have come up short. Nevertheless, the latest effort to go green comes from the Sindh Forest...

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Dawn Editorial

End of chaos?

WRITING about our national chaos in my last piece, I had said that one side would nix the other to end the chaos soon. But even I am amazed at how...

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Dr Niaz Murtaza

Beyond the crackdown

THE PTI’s juggernaut has been slowed down; the crackdown has had its effect as politicians and electables around it are exiting quickly, leaving...

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Arifa Noor

Forums under law

THE Industrial Relations Ordinance (IRO), 1969, is meant “to amend and consolidate the law relating to the formation of trade unions, the...

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Parvez Rahim

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