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Upholding rights

EVEN a perceived threat to civil rights and freedom of expression undermines democracy; it impedes the enforcement of laws and creates a trust...

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Dawn Editorial

Extremism virus

MANY societies affected by extremism mistakenly believe that countering and preventing extremism is the exclusive domain of government agencies....

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Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Back in parliament

MORE than two years after MNAs loyal to former prime minister Imran Khan fatefully resigned from the legislature following the April 2022 vote of...

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Dawn Editorial

AMR crisis

A GLOBAL and local public health threat, antimicrobial resistance is also a development challenge. AMR occurs when bacteria, parasites, viruses and...

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Arif Azad

Revolutionary change

IT is again that time of the year when we start talking about how bad things are, how irreversibly corrupt and inept our system is, and how we need...

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Basil Nabi Malik

Solar disruptions

PAKISTAN is not usually an early mover on global climate concerns. But at least from one perspective, that is exactly what is happening as rich...

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Asha Amirali

Brutal crime

THE horrific incident of a woman allegedly gang-raped in front of her husband and three-year-old daughter near Sukheki in Hafizabad district,...

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Dawn Editorial

Judicial constraints

THERE is little wrong with the proposal in principle, even if the timing raises some concerns. During a Wednesday session, the Senate Standing...

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Dawn Editorial

An unsafe country

HOW safe a place is Pakistan for young women? According to the human rights ministry, in the last three years, 63,000 cases of violence against...

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Zubeida Mustafa

PTI’s ‘hunger strike’

IN a theatrical display of protest, the PTI has introduced a novel concept: the four-hour hunger strike. While one might appreciate the creativity...

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Dawn Editorial

Macabre spectacle

ISRAELI Prime Minister BENJAMIN Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday was a shameful spectacle. Here, a man accused...

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Dawn Editorial

Revitalising UETs

THERE has long been a debate about why other technology universities globally and Indian institutes of technology (IITs) in the region have...

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Najeeb Ullah

Mosquito attack

A DISTRESSED colleague called me about what started out as an acute fever, but which progressed, within days, to pain in all the muscles. He was...

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Naseem Salahuddin

qPHC education and training

LET me first clarify that while the title of this article might give the impression that we are educating and training our medical students about...

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Zafar Mirza

PHC education and training

LET me first clarify that while the title of this article might give the impression that we are educating and training our medical students about...

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Zafar Mirza

Crooks together

EITHER Thomas Crooks — the 20-year-old sniper who shot Donald Trump during the recent election rally in Pennsylvania — was an excellent marksman...

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F.s. Aijazuddin

Rating risks

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s recent discussions with the executives of the two top global credit rating agencies, Fitch and Moody’s,...

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Dawn Editorial

The billionaires bash

THERE is nothing quite like a punch-up among the billionaires. That is exactly what we have going on these days with the whole ‘capacity payments...

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Khurram Husain

Urban flooding

TAKING precautionary steps to minimise the damage wreaked on life and property seems high on the agenda of the various tiers of government in...

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Dr Noman Ahmed

Hamas-Fatah deal

THE Beijing Declaration signed in the Chinese capital on Tuesday reiterates the need for internal Palestinian unity at a critical time when people...

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Dawn Editorial

Bad measures

THE ongoing tussle between the current regime and PTI will only end up causing lasting harm to Pakistan. This much can be expected when all rules...

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Dawn Editorial

A caring economy

THE World Economic Forum’s 2024 Global Gender Gap Report provides some information on how the burden of caring for children and the elderly, is...

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Samia Liaquat Ali Khan

Reforming militants

A MAJOR question confronting the state concerns those militants who have laid down their arms — euphemistically referred to as the ‘good’...

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Giving up is good sometimes

THIS is not just about the decision of the president of the United States. That is, however, a good place to begin. On Sunday, President Joe Biden...

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Rafia Zakaria

IPP debate

A FIERCE debate blaming the exorbitant electricity prices on expensive power purchase agreements with IPPs has been raging for the past couple of...

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Dawn Editorial

Fallacy of digital terrorism

AFTER months of silence, we heard from the military’s spokesperson. The televised presser was supposed to be a briefing on counterterrorism...

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Zahid Hussain

No joy in Dhaka

THERE is a sense of irony in watching tanks and armoured personnel carriers on the streets of Dhaka, defending a government that traces its lineage...

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Mahir Ali

Political vendettas

IT seems that the PML-N and PPP need to be reminded again that they are doing themselves a considerable disservice by either directing or quietly...

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Dawn Editorial

Mental health rights

SOME years ago, in a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court issued a transformative decision in the Safia Bano case, significantly advancing the...

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Ali Burhan Mustafa

Security concerns

THE clarification was much needed and, perhaps, could have come sooner. The DG ISPR’s Monday press conference was helpful in addressing some key...

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Dawn Editorial

Animal farm

WHAT is common between Jackie Kennedy, Melania Trump, and Princess Nefertiabet who lived more than 4,000 years ago in Egypt? All three are known to...

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Shahzad Sharjeel

The people’s distrust

MUCH has been predicted on TV this past week about the dark fate awaiting the PTI. There was a lot of finger-wagging as those in the know made dire...

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Arifa Noor

Frankfurt vandalism

THE state needs to seek serious answers from the German authorities regarding the July 20 mob attack targeting Pakistan’s consulate in Frankfurt....

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Dawn Editorial

Stressed cotton economy

DECREASING cotton production should be a worry for the government because of its socioeconomic implications. Early arrivals for the current period...

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Dawn Editorial

On the edge, again

WE are at a familiar spot today — on the edge of a deep precipice where we land every few years during intra-elite conflicts where some elites...

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Dr Niaz Murtaza

Communalism and the budget

THERE was a time in India when the display of wealth and conspicuous consumption was frowned upon as an immorality associated with parvenu classes....

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Jawed Naqvi

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