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Hague decision

THE unanimous decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague is unambiguous: India’s unilateral...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Terrorism trials

THE Punjab Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2026, rests on a real problem. For decades, we have seen terrorism cases...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Will AI tear down the wall or build another?

From Silicon Valley to Shenzhen, a new digital curtain is descending across the world. The next Cold War may not be fought over nuclear arsenals. Its...

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The Express Tribune

Naveed R Khan

When culture becomes coercion

An episode in circulation on social media a few days ago involving the alleged photoshopping of photographs of a renowned female academician - and...

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The Express Tribune

Dr Syed Akhtar Ali Shah

Approaching 2047

Approaching 2047

A debate is currently gripping the country on whether or not the very underlying governance structure of the country needs to be changed in order to...

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The Nation

Dr Kamal Monnoo

Our Lifeblood

Our Lifeblood

Our Lifeblood September 02, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Editorials Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Sudden overhaul

THE logic of the decision has been questioned, with critics accusing cricket authorities in the country of pressing...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Azad Kashmir saga

Azad Kashmir saga

Controversial polls and the installation of an indirectly elected PM were bound to fuel anger.

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Dawn

Zahid Hussain

Performative Action

Performative Action

Performative Action September 02, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Editorials Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

New Provinces: A Need for Pakistan

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Daily Times

Sajid Salamat

Homo Sapiens: Boon or Bane?

Homo Sapiens: Boon or Bane?

Although no one knows the exact year when we made our entry into the life cycle of Earth, let’s say we came on the scene around 300,000 years ago....

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The Nation

Aamir Zulfiqar Khan

A bigger fool than the fool..!

THE only certainty of life is death. And yet most of us continue living as if death will never visit us. We do not prepare ourselves for it and live...

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Pakistan Observer

News Desk

Honours without honour

A national honour is not supposed to be a gift basket. It is not a retirement present, a political courtesy, a reward for friendship, or a token of...

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Pakistan Observer

Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

Good governance, not more provinces

PAKISTAN is once again debating creation of more provinces. The demand is neither new nor entirely without merit. In a country of more than 259...

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Pakistan Observer

Abdul Basit Khan

Oil on two wheels

Oil on two wheels

Motorbikes should be electrified first.

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Dawn

Moazzam Husain

The grandure of Istanbul

Istanbul is a city unlike any other, where Europe meets Asia across the Bosphorus and where more than 1,500 years of history continue to live...

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Pakistan Observer

News Desk

Islamabad’s Drowning Habit

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Daily Times

Sajid Salamat

Oppression and Resistance in Afghanistan

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Daily Times

Sajid Salamat

Will the US Flag Fly Again in Kabul?

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Daily Times

Sajid Salamat

Cartoon

Cartoon

Cartoon September 02, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Cartoons Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

International law over rhetoric!

IN a recent Newsweek opinion piece titled “A Treaty Pakistan Destroyed Long Before India Set It Aside,” Indian Ambassador to United States Vinay...

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Pakistan Observer

Faisal Ahmad

Moving upstream

Moving upstream

Pakistan’s digital state needs a new kind of lawyer — one who stops treating the system as somebody else’s department.

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Dawn

Salma Khan

IWT: The Permanent Court of Arbitration Affirms Pakistan’s Position

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Daily Times

Sajid Salamat

Just Another Day

Just Another Day

Just Another Day September 02, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Editorials Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

The absent voice

WHEN Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi recently declared that Pakistan’s existing system had failed and could no longer solve country’s...

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Pakistan Observer

Barrister Usman Ali

Punjab’s China opportunity

PUNJAB Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s four-day visit to China was more than routine diplomacy. It was development diplomacy with a clear...

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Pakistan Observer

Qudrat Ullah

Oil prices jump 4pc on supply fears

Oil prices jump 4pc on supply fears

Resumption in fighting between US and Iran renews fears of supply disruptions from the Middle East.

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Dawn Business

Reuters

A disaster foretold

A disaster foretold

Afghanistan is a political challenge.

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Dawn

Touqir Hussain

Rebuke to India’s Unilateralism

Rebuke to India’s Unilateralism

The Permanent Court of Arbitration’s decisions of Aug 31, 2026, in the Indus Waters Western Rivers Arbitration mark a significant development not...

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The Nation

Yahya Farid Khwaja

Nestle sells supplements business for $1bn

Nestle sells supplements business for $1bn

Says the transaction will allow it to focus resources on areas where it has the “strongest competitive advantage”.

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Dawn Business

Afp

Trust is the missing clause in the Islamabad MoU

The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding was conceived as a diplomatic bridge between Washington and Tehran at a moment when the region desperately...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

How Pakistan's costly mobile data is changing the way we watch YouTube

A video buffers halfway through, the progress bar freezes, and the monthly data package is already running low before the month is. For a growing...

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The Express Tribune Blog

Syed Shah Hussain Naqvi

IWT: Facts are Facts

IWT: Facts are Facts

India’s attempt to defend its decision to place the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance rests on a fundamental legal misconception: a state cannot...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

Karachi industry cries out over power tariffs

Karachi industry cries out over power tariffs

Says industrial sector is under severe pressure due to the high electricity and energy costs.

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Dawn Business

The Newspaper's Staff Reporter

President Tokayev’s Address at the Opening of the First Session of the Kurultai

On 28 August, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev presented the opening of the first session of the first Kurultai as the start of a new phase in...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

Whoever was at fault in the PIMS tragedy should be punished: SK Niazi

There is a mafia sitting in PIMS Hospital: Behramand Tangi, We have to restore people’s trust: Jahangir Jadoon ISLAMABAD: Editor in Chief Pakistan...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

Milad in the Twin Cities: From Celebration to Character

The streets of Rawalpindi and Islamabad took on a distinctive character on Eid Miladun Nabi. Green flags and buntings appeared on roads and buildings,...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

Interviewing Imran Khan’s Sons during a Cricket Match: A Few Questions

Interviewing Imran Khan’s Sons during a Cricket Match: A Few Questions

Asif MahmoodThe issue is neither Qasim Khan and Suleman Khan, nor their right to freedom of expression, nor even the interview itself. The real...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

If Washington Eases the Squeeze, Tehran May Return to Talks

The latest signals from Tehran suggest that the door to diplomacy with Washington has not been completely shut. But Iran has made its condition clear:...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

EU antitrust regulators Quiz Publishers on Google's AI search opt-out: report

EU antitrust regulators Quiz Publishers on Google's AI search opt-out: report

The European Commission circulated a detailed questionnaire to news and media publishers, asking whether they plan to utilize Google’s newly...

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The News International

Hafsa Naeem Baig