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Football suspension

ONCE again, Pakistan has been ousted from the global football family. FIFA recently suspended the Pakistan Football...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

SECP warns public against investing in realty schemes

SECP warns public against investing in realty schemes

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Friday reiterated that registration of a company with the SECP does not...

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Dawn Business

The Newspapers Staff Reporter

KLF Day 1: Resignation, frustration hang heavy in the air as experts talk economy

KLF Day 1: Resignation, frustration hang heavy in the air as experts talk economy

Economic experts held an air of resignation and frustration on Friday when talking about Pakistan’s financial challenges and the way forward on day...

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Dawn Business

Mahira Sarfraz

Begging in Karachi

Begging in Karachi

The growing menace of beggars at traffic lights was brought to the attention of courts the other day by a petition filed by one Sumaira Mohammadi...

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Business Recorder

Zia Ul Islam Zuberi

The Afghan conundrum

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The News on Sunday

Engr Ihsan Ullah Khan

A necessary evil?

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The Express Tribune

The Express Tribune Editorial

Police Reform

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

USAID – A Ball of Worms

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The Nation

Dr Qaisar Rashid

Local makers meet 95pc demand for smartphones in 2024

Local makers meet 95pc demand for smartphones in 2024

KARACHI: The production of locally manufactured or assembled mobile phones increased by 28 per cent in December 2024 amid high demand for...

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Dawn Business

Shahid Iqbal

Fighting terrorism

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The News on Sunday

Muhammad Ejaz Khan

Open door

THE door is still open for talks, National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has reminded the PTI. What matters, however,...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Women in prisons

Women here remain unaware of their legal rights.

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Dawn

Rida Tahir

Trump’s Gaza takeover proposal

In a proposal that has sent shockwaves across the globe, President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the US “take over” the Gaza Strip and turn it...

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The Frontier Post (Editorial)

The Frontier Post

Chinese construction firm wins all bids for Rs120bn road project

Chinese construction firm wins all bids for Rs120bn road project

ISLAMABAD: The National Highway Authority (NHA) on Thursday opened financial bids for over Rs120 billion Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation...

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Dawn Business

Syed Irfan Raza

Cartoon

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Premier vows more cuts in power tariffs

Premier vows more cuts in power tariffs

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said electricity tariff will further be reduced for domestic and industrial consumers through...

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Dawn Business

The Newspapers Staff Reporter

Gold sets new record as per tola rate goes above Rs300,000

Gold sets new record as per tola rate goes above Rs300,000

KARACHI: In continuation of a record-setting spree, the local one-tola gold bar price crossed the benchmark of Rs300,000 on Friday for the first...

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Dawn Business

Aamir Shafaat Khan

Mailbox

Mailbox

The forest guardian This is regarding the story “The forest guardian” by Fatimah Khurram (YW, November 23). The narrative highlighted the...

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Dawn Young Magazine

From Inpapermagazine

Poet's Corner

Poet's Corner

Poet's Corner

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Dawn Young Magazine

From Inpapermagazine

Art Corner

Art Corner

Art Corner

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Dawn Young Magazine

From Inpapermagazine

DIARY OF A SOCIAL BUTTERFLY: CAIRO CALLING

An unexpected vacation in Egypt has Butterfly making comparisons and pondering about giving its dusty capital a much-

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Dawn (Magazines)

Moni Mohsin

Grammys 2025: A night full of surprises

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The News on Sunday

Instep Desk

Story time: Bidding farewell

Story time: Bidding farewell

Sitting in our favourite café, I swallowed hard. I just couldn’t brace myself to reveal this difficult news to her. Seated in front of me was my...

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Dawn Young Magazine

Humna Faisal

Quiz

Quiz

Quiz

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Dawn Young Magazine

Quiz Master

Canteen food, a bite of reality

Canteen food, a bite of reality

From elementary to junior and then high school, it’s the time when you begin to feel like you’re all grown up. With that, you also feel the...

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Dawn Young Magazine

Benazir Raz

“Today’s Cartoon”

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The Frontier Post (Editorial)

The Frontier Post

Elon Musk is a global problem

Somdeep Sen From his apparent “Nazi salute” at United States President Donald Trump’s inauguration celebration to his labelling of the US Agency...

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The Frontier Post

The Frontier Post

Trump’s foul solution to the Palestinian ‘problem’ was aided by Biden, too

Andrew Mitrovica These are not easy times. To help prepare to write this column, I was obliged to listen repeatedly to the meandering musings of US...

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The Frontier Post

The Frontier Post

U.S. Job Growth Slows in January as Fed Holds Off on Rate Cuts

Washington, Feb 7 – The U.S. labor market lost momentum in January, with nonfarm payrolls increasing by 143,000 jobs, marking a sharp slowdown from...

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The Frontier Post

The Frontier Post

No room for old prejudices when judging the new Syria

Nadim Shehadi Syria is still full of surprises and raises many questions. Perhaps regime change is not that bad after all. If so, then why did it...

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The Frontier Post

The Frontier Post

Football Predicament

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

LNG deal with Qatar open to renegotiation next year

KARACHI: Pakistan’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) pact with Qatar allows for either party to initiate renegotiation talks next year but no decision...

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Dawn Business

Reuters

HEC’s GEP 2023: Standards vs flexibility

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Pakistan Observer

Khawaja M Ali Butt

PARTLY FACETIOUS: An ailing Maulana visited by PM, others

PARTLY FACETIOUS: An ailing Maulana visited by PM, others

“The Maulana was visited by the Prime Minister, ostensibly to ask after his health.” “He went with flowers and…and…did he take any honey?”...

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Business Recorder

Anjum Ibrahim

Ahsan suggests ‘global environment tax’ on countries causing pollution

Ahsan suggests ‘global environment tax’ on countries causing pollution

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has suggested to the United Nations (UN) to impose a ‘global environment tax’...

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Dawn Business

Kashif Abbasi

Chasing Rainbows

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The Nation

Saleem Qamar Butt

The upside of IMF engagement

The upside of IMF engagement

While the economists and critics of the country widely debate the downside of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) programme, very little is said...

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Business Recorder

Farhat Ali

GARDENING: THE TOMATO SHIFT

The tomato plant needs careful nurturing after it germinates, from separating tangled seedlings to fending off transplant shock…

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Dawn (Magazines)

Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid

Revisiting private power agreements

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The News on Sunday

Ahad Nazir

Delma in a fix

Delma in a fix

“There’s an excursion to the ancient underwater caves tomorrow,” announced Luke, Delma’s science teacher. “These underwater caves are very...

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Dawn Young Magazine

Advertisement

Movie review: Moana 2

Finding the Way is the tagline for Moana 2, a brilliant sequel to Disney’s Moana, released in 2016. An animated adventure musical, it continues...

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Dawn Young Magazine

Muhammad Suhayb

Combating falsehood

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The News on Sunday

Nauman Asghar

Website review: Read less, learn more

It’s hard to find time to read full-length books, especially when you’re juggling between school and home tasks. But if you’re someone who loves...

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Dawn Young Magazine

Asif Ali

Story time: The true meaning of life

As she walked down the street to her home, Asma thought about what her teacher had said in the class two hours ago. Miss Kiran was a pure-hearted...

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Dawn Young Magazine

Fatimah Khurrum

Insight: Importance of co-curricular activities

Insight: Importance of co-curricular activities

In almost every educational institution, various co-curricular activities are provided for students to participate in, enjoy and receive rewards,...

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Dawn Young Magazine

Aroosha Salahuddin

Bottled water contamination

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The Express Tribune

The Express Tribune Editorial

Fiscal irresponsibility

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The Express Tribune

The Express Tribune Editorial

Boys in the hood

They were seemingly carefree, but were they skipping school or a day job?

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Dawn

Muna Khan

Call for public-private partnerships to combat climate change

Call for public-private partnerships to combat climate change

ISLAMABAD: Business leaders and government representatives on Friday urged joint efforts and public-private partnerships to tackle climate change,...

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Dawn Business

Kashif Abbasi

SMOKERS’ CORNER: BIG TECH'S BIG RUSH

Technological advancements come with the notion that they are liberating people from the old, soulless forms of capitalism. But

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Dawn (Magazines)

Nadeem F. Paracha