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States of exception: what the Constitution, 3 court rulings and 50 years say about the KP emergency

States of exception: what the Constitution, 3 court rulings and 50 years say about the KP emergency

Every player in this emergency has been on the other side of it before. The courts remember, even if they don’t.

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Asad Rahim Khan

KP Governor's Rule: An emergency in the street and state

KP Governor's Rule: An emergency in the street and state
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Fasi Zaka

What a hospital transfer reveals about Pakistan’s two top courts

What a hospital transfer reveals about Pakistan’s two top courts
09.10.2026 20

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Zainab Shahid

Interactive: When The Lai Rises

Interactive: When The Lai Rises
07.10.2026 10

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Farhan Afsar

How to go solar in Pakistan: Dawn’s 8-step guide to beating the bill

How to go solar in Pakistan: Dawn’s 8-step guide to beating the bill
05.10.2026 30

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Zil E Huma

Sahib Dino Mallah, weaver of the khes, keeper of the loom, dies at 66

Sahib Dino Mallah, weaver of the khes, keeper of the loom, dies at 66
03.10.2026 80

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Abdul Rehman

How the FCC is rolling back decades of progress through regressive jurisprudence

02.10.2026 40

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Rida Hosain

The all-men court rolling back women's rights in Pakistan

The Federal Constitutional Court just said that the only harassment that counts is sexual

01.10.2026 40

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Rida Hosain

Raise your hand for Miss Shamim

29.09.2026 20

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Rahim Khetran

Karachi has money for water. Here's how KWSC can actually earn it.

29.09.2026 30

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Hassaan F Khan

The anmol ‘crack’ down on Queen Pinky

28.09.2026 40

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Muzhira Amin

If they didn't, then who killed Naqeebullah Mehsud?

27.09.2026 40

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Zia Ur Rehman

Prism Reflections: The PM’s Rs75bn fuel relief forgets bus riders

27.09.2026 30

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Maha Shahzad

Holding back the Lai by hand

25.09.2026 80

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Zahra Naeemlaiba Nayyab

Prism Reflections: Preparation doesn’t travel on a Pakistani passport

24.09.2026 40

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Rameen Naseem

Here's to looking at you, Junaid Hafeez

22.09.2026 40

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Zaineb Munawar

Prism Reflections: Romance isn’t dead, but in Lahore, it is flatlining

22.09.2026 40

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Noor Ur Rehman

Prism Reflections: The recipe that puts Sindh's thirstiest crop on less water

22.09.2026 50

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Dr Nazar Gul

The recipe that puts Sindh's thirstiest crop on less water

Banana crop has been putting farmers across Sindh under pressure as they fight for water supplies...but not anymore.

21.09.2026 30

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Dr Nazar Gul

Romance isn’t dead, but in Lahore, it is flatlining

21.09.2026 40

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Noor Ur Rehman

Prism Reflections: The document doom loop of domicile certificates

20.09.2026 30

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Anonymous

An attack on the bar: The re-imprisonment of Imaan Mazari and Hadi Chattha

19.09.2026 40

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Asad Rahim Khan

Prism Reflections: I survived the MDCAT scandal, but the hardest question wasn't on the exam

17.09.2026 40

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Parkash Chander

In the event of a loss of Air Quality, secure your own CM first

16.09.2026 40

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Fatima Ameer

These Baloch fishermen don’t want fast food

15.09.2026 50

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Zareef Rind

Explained: Why is everyone so mad about Karachi province?

11.09.2026 50

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Dr Asma Faiz

The DNA detectives are changing the game for insect research in Pakistan

11.09.2026 50

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Muhammad Muneeb

Explainer: Climate finance is great but how do you get it?

07.09.2026 50

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Farhad Ullah

Clean air is an economic choice Pakistan can no longer postpone

07.09.2026 60

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Asim Jaffryprofessor Anthony S. Wexlerhuma Iqbal

Three women, one name, and the label that wouldn't come off

03.09.2026 80

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Mannan Samad

Playing Russian roulette with Pakistani rain

01.09.2026 50

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Aniqa Atiq Khan

Punjab wants faceless secret trials for terrorism cases

30.08.2026 50

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Ahmer Rasheed Bhatti

They told me to remove my uterus. I refused.

28.08.2026 50

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Haleema Younus

Pakistan's amateur radios are tuned in for the apocalypse

26.08.2026 50

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Farhan Afsar

To be a Karachi Bugti who yearns for watan and dry wood

25.08.2026 50

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Zareef Rind

Amin Mughal taught Pakistan’s Left and media to disagree without falling apart

24.08.2026 50

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Ikram Ul Haq

Reading Thucydides in the wolf world

22.08.2026 90

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Ejaz Haider

Product Overhang: The gap Sualeh Asif and Cursor found in AI

20.08.2026 90

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Dr Shafiullah Qureshi

No restrictions: The gap Pakistani founders saw in AI

As Cursor's cofounders showed, AI can already do things that no one has built a product around yet.

20.08.2026 70

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Dr Shafiullah Qureshi

The inclusive resettlement of ML-1 clears the track of living obstacles

18.08.2026 70

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Muhammed Toheed

The Gilgit-Baltistan village where no one says climate change but everyone talks about the weather

18.08.2026 50

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Mehnaz Parveen

What nine years of Pakistan civil awards look like when you turn them into data

17.08.2026 80

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Zehra Farooq

Explained: The Makkah Pact, a safety net with no strings attached

15.08.2026 100

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Muhammad Faisal

Explained: The Mecca Pact, a safety net with no strings attached

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan protect vital trade routes from the Arabian Sea to the Red Sea.

14.08.2026 80

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Muhammad Faisal

The geopolitics behind Pakistan’s $10 billion US request

13.08.2026 60

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Shuyan Huang

PM takes notice of future after ordering it cancelled

12.08.2026 60

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Puruesh Chaudhary

HEC’s new rules on student AI use won't work

11.08.2026 50

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Dr Shafiullah Qureshi

Mir Raza’s grave is not a silent one

10.08.2026 90

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Hira Haroon Karim

Explainer: Why jobseekers are protesting results of a major civil service exam

08.08.2026 60

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Yumna Khanzareef Rind

Raising Elia in a neurotypical world

07.08.2026 80

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Ambreen Sardar