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US air strikes won’t fix Nigeria’s security crisis but could make it worse

Femi Owolade The recent strikes by the United States on alleged ISIL (ISIS) targets in northwest Nigeria have been presented in Washington as a...

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The Frontier Post

The Frontier Post

Talk-talk, fight-fight?

Just because talks won't work doesn't mean people should not try. Almost a year after the last doomed attempt at political dialogue, the government...

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The Express Tribune

Fahd Husain

The stable (in) stability?

Social stability is indispensable for the progress and prosperity of a nation. In sociological lingo, social stability is a dynamic equilibrium and...

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The Express Tribune

Ali Hassan Bangwar

IMF sees Public Sector Deve­lopment Programme shrinking as defence outlay to rise

ISLAMABAD: Amid impr­oving fiscal space, the Inter­national Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a declining Public Sector Deve­lopment Programme...

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Dawn Business

Khaleeq Kiani

Advances to deposits ratio falls to 35pc while investments to deposits ratio goes up to 100pc: report

• Report finds lending to private sector lowest in Pakistan• Undocumented economy is 40pc of GDP KARACHI: The advances to deposits ratio (ADR)...

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Dawn Business

Shahid Iqbal

Russia delays LNG output target due to sanctions

MOSCOW: Russia has pushed back by “several years” a plan to reach an annual liquefied natural gas output target of 100 million tonnes, Deputy Prime...

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Dawn Business

Reuters

Government borrowing reverses course

KARACHI: The government’s borrowing from banks in the first half of FY26 has marked a sharp reversal from last year’s pattern, with Rs672 billion...

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Dawn Business

Shahid Iqbal

Trade rules often favour wealthy states, MNCs: WB

ISLAMABAD: Global standards have increasingly been used as tools in trade disputes since the turn of the century, reshaping trade flows and often...

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Dawn Business

Amin Ahmed

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The gap between the leadership’s narrative and reality

“There is one very obvious lesson that should be learnt and yet not being learnt.” “Hmmmmm.” “What?” “Few understand the widening gap between the...

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Business Recorder

Anjum Ibrahim

Stocks hit record closing above 172,000 level

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) surged to a record high on Friday, with the benchmark KSE 100 index breaking the 172,000-point barrier...

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Dawn Business

Muhammad Kashif

OPINION: Benazir: a symbol of democracy, resistance & people’s politics

In the political history of Pakistan, there are names that are not only names, but the name itself is the representation of a complete era, a...

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Business Recorder

Sharjeel Inam Memon

Poet's Corner

Poet's Corner

Poet's Corner

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Dawn Young Magazine

From Inpapermagazine

OPINION: PIA: curtain falls on state ownership

After an intense and unusually well-publicised competitive second round of bidding, the consortium led by Arif Habib Group has acquired 75 percent...

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Business Recorder

Farhat Ali

Movie Review: LEGO Disney Frozen — Operation Puffins

With Christmas around the corner and chill in the air, it’s the perfect time to revisit favourite animated characters that capture the chilliest of...

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Dawn Young Magazine

Muhammad Suhayb

Story time : Living the dream

“It’s almost winter break,” I broke the silence. The air felt chilly, almost too cold for Mia and me to be studying on the rooftop. “Mia!” I said,...

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Dawn Young Magazine

Sarah Salahuddin

Opinion: A thousand shades of green

Have you ever seen someone from a distance and instantly decided that you don’t like them? Perhaps they spoke with an accent or wore a certain type...

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Dawn Young Magazine

Rihab Naveed

Terror nexus

Kabul's smear campaign against Islamabad, blaming it for hosting a 'terror nexus', has fallen flat. The high-profile arrest of Islamic...

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The Express Tribune

Editorial

Drug trafficking

Transboundary drug trafficking has evolved into a systemic threat, thriving on gaps in enforcement and porous immigration controls, letting...

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The Express Tribune

Editorial

Foreign medical degree mills

The recent National Registration Examination results are an indictment of the standards of many foreign medical schools, which seem to spend most...

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The Express Tribune

Editorial

Fault lines in Pahalgam investigation

The submission of a 1,597-page charge sheet by India's National Investigation Agency in the Pahalgam incident, after an unexplained delay of eight...

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The Express Tribune

Durdana Najam

How to kill a language

No year-enders this time. I have not recovered enough from what this year inflicted on me to write dispassionately about it. But as the name...

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The Express Tribune

Farrukh Khan Pitafi

Benazir: a symbol of democracy, resistance and people's politics

In the political history of Pakistan, there are names that are not only names, but the name itself is the representation of a complete era, a...

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The Express Tribune

Sharjeel Inam Memon

Life's reverse engineering

An obituary, barely 75 words, attempts to capture the vastness of a human life: their beginnings, their bonds, their triumphs, and their final...

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The Express Tribune

Muhammad Ali Falak

Mailbox

Mailbox

The girl my mother once was This is with reference to the story “The girl my mother once was” by Rihab Naveed (YW, November 22). The story offered...

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Dawn Young Magazine

From Inpapermagazine

Cook-it-yourself : Orange Waffles

Cook-it-yourself : Orange Waffles

On cold winter mornings, nothing’s better than a warm and cosy breakfast. And for that, what’s better than a stack of crispy, buttery waffles?...

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Dawn Young Magazine

Muhammad Umar Shaheen

Stakeholders back PIA sale, call for divestment of other SOEs

• OICCI expects foreign interest once new management stabilises operations• Privatisation debate ignores what passengers actually need, says ex-PBC...

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Dawn Business

Aamir Shafaat Khan

Goodbye 2025, welcome 2026!

It’s that time of the year when you say goodbye to one year and welcome another, all within the space of a day. While the outgoing year, 2025, will...

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Dawn Young Magazine

Omair Alavi

Quiz

Quiz

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Dawn Young Magazine

The Quiz Master

Silver crosses $76 mark for first time

BENGALURU: Silver breached the $76 mark for the first time on Friday, while gold and platinum hit record highs, buoyed by expectations of US...

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Dawn Business

Reuters

OPINION: Stray dogs and manholes

Even as I write this article I can hear the barking of dogs in the distance. There has been such a solid growth of the dog population over the...

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Business Recorder

Zia Ul Islam Zuberi

Art Corner

Art Corner

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Dawn Young Magazine

From Inpapermagazine

Edible oil, meat fuel short-term inflation

ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), rose 2.83 per cent year-on-year in the week ending Dec 25 owing to an...

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Dawn Business

Mubarak Zeb Khan

FBR cracks down on healthcare tax evasion

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has intensified its enforcement drive across the country against tax evasion in the private...

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Dawn Business

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Taxila discovery

THERE is much to be excited about. A team of experts from the Punjab Department of Archaeology, conducting...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Credibility gap

SIRAJUDDIN Haqqani’s claim that Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is not a threat to any state and that the doors for ...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Privatisation push

ONE swallow does not make a summer. Does it? The sale of PIA has fetched the government much praise — if not much...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

The treaty tremor

Floodwaters can be steered into wetlands, abandoned lakes, and depleted aquifers.

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Dawn

Masood Lohar

Play, not phones

Unstructured playtime fosters a sense of community and camaraderie.

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Dawn

Muna Khan

In history’s shadow

So much water has flown under the bridge since 1971 that much of the animus of that period has evaporated.

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Dawn

Abbas Nasir

MENA partnerships

Pakistan’s role suits the architects of the new Middle East.

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Dawn

Muhammad Amir Rana

Indians Stranded in their own Country – an absolute loss of trust

H-1B holders stranded in India reflects a collective rejection of India as a homeland by its skilled professionals. India produces large numbers...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

Global Urban Growth

The extent to which the Global South will be at the center of the world’s growing urbanization is highlighted in the UN’s World Urbanization...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

Fear taints the Christmas celebrations in India

By Sardar Khan Niazi The usual cheer of Christmas in India marked by brightly lit streets, carols, and the warmth of family gatherings feels...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

India’s 1948 UN Referral Reasserts Kashmir’s Right to Self-determination

India’s 1948 UN Referral Reasserts Kashmir’s Right to Self-determination

“The deaths of Kashmiris are the death of the UN’s commitment to the right to self-determination.” Islamabad, December 22: India...

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Paradigm Shift

Institute Of Policy Studies

Hezbollah yields to Israel and must also for Lebanon’s people

Khaled Abou Zahr Hezbollah has reportedly conceded to Israel’s demands and is no longer present south of the Litani River, a key condition of the...

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The Frontier Post

The Frontier Post

The flip side

A euphoric picture of the economy painted by the financial guru is merely one side of the story. The fact is that Pakistan, in pursuit of abiding...

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The Express Tribune

Editorial

Growth model and IMF conditionalities – IV

In the ‘IMF [International Monetary Fund] Country Report No. 25/332’ it could be seen that for reaching the ‘binding’ primary surplus target the...

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Business Recorder

Dr Omer Javed

Clear messaging

AFTER the opposition Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan stated last Sunday that it still believes dialogue was the way out of the present crisis,...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

The mega-shadi

JUST as shadi season rolls around every year, so too must a column giving voice to all the silent suffering of people who have to attend the...

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Dawn

Rafia Zakaria

‘Failed’ economic model

‘Failed’ economic model

ABOUT two weeks ago, the head of the Special Investment Facilitation Council declared that Pakistan has a ‘failed’ economic model. As an...

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Dawn

Shahid Mehmood