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Troubling events

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

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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...

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Dawn Editorial

‘Good night and good luck’

Political and media landscapes are witnessing their own version of McCarthyism.

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Muhammad Amir Rana

Karachi flyovers

Flyovers have not solved the city’s problems.

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Arif Hasan

It’s too political

The premise of movies like ‘Anniversary’ is not far-fetched.

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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, ...

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Living in interesting times

Against the international backdrop, Pakistani foreign policy has so far delivered well.

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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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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...

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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...

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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...

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Dawn Editorial

Forgotten women

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

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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...

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Dawn Editorial

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...

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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....

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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 ...

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Dawn Editorial

Remittances: boon or bane?

Absorbing new labour force entrants domestically is increasingly difficult.

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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...

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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,...

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Khurram Husain

Trust no one

Is no refuge sacred? Apparently not.

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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

Cleaner energy

PAKISTAN’S decision to seek UNESCAP’s policy advisory and technical support for developing an energy transition investment plan reflects a growing...

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Narrow escape

SECURITY agencies have prevented what could have been one of the most devastating terror attacks Karachi has faced in years. Acting on intelligence...

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Dawn Editorial

Trumpian imperialism

THE image of a blindfolded and handcuffed Nicolás Maduro being taken to a prison in New York presented the ugly face of Trumpian imperialism. It is...

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Zahid Hussain

Wild, wild west

IT seemed almost miraculous when the east coast of the US transitioned into 2026 on a pleasant note, occasioned by the inspiring inauguration of...

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Mahir Ali

OOSAY who?

DESPITE their scale, out-of-school adolescents and youth (OOSAY) are the most overlooked demographic, remaining largely invisible in policy...

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Arooj Waheed Dar

Opposition leader?

THE continuing delay in appointing leaders of the opposition in the National Assembly and by extension, the Senate,...

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How corporate action is shaping gender inclusion in Pakistan

Women are central to Pakistan’s economy yet real inclusion depends on recognising protecting and elevating their work.

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Dawn Editorial

Challenging times

LOOKING back at 2025, several regional inflection points stand out: Pakistan’s four-day confrontation with India, the conflict between Israel and...

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Fahd Humayun