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Hard state, Sharifs’ foreign visits

A well-informed source said that there was little Nawaz Sharif could do as he has little or no elbow room on Balochistan.

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Abbas Nasir

All’s not well

Hopes for regional education exchanges are fading.

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Alefia T. Hussain

Targeting dissent

THE recent notice sent by the FIA to former senator Farhatullah Babar is deeply troubling — and revealing....

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Dawn Editorial

Spirit of giving

THE recent declaration by ulema affirming that organ donation after death is not only permissible but an act of...

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Dawn Editorial

Caught in between

In the absence of a trade agreement, under WTO rules, Pakistan cannot reduce duty rates for the US without doing the same for other countries.

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Dawn Editorial

Another layer of control

It is important for the government to dispel the impression that superior security institutions are encroaching on the domain of the civilian...

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Muhammad Amir Rana

Revisiting SWOT

The decline of marriage is a global trend.

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Muna Khan

Squash hopes

IT was a monumental triumph: Noor Zaman came back from the brink to clinch the Under-23 World Squash Championships title, and in the process,...

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Dawn Editorial

Peaceful protest

A CONCLAVE of local divines that had gathered in Islamabad on Thursday have made two important points: firstly, that all protests and boycotts in...

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Dawn Editorial

Beyond globalisation

Beyond globalisation

FINALLY, it is happening through the US president’s executive orders — closure of USAID, the start of a tariff war to balance the trade deficit,...

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Haroon Sharif

Tariff turmoil

Tariff turmoil

IT was a week of turnarounds. The Trump White House, eager to remain on the warpath with the rest of the world, came down with ridiculous and...

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Rafia Zakaria

Tobacco taxation

Tobacco taxation

EVERY year, close to 164,000 people die due to tobacco use in Pakistan. This means 450 deaths per day, more than 3,100 deaths per week and over...

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Dapeng Luo

Stranded Afghans

Stranded Afghans

WESTERN countries have been quite cruel to the Afghan people. Not only did they lay waste to the latter’s homeland over a war that ultimately went...

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Dawn Editorial

Remembering Najmuddin Shaikh

Remembering Najmuddin Shaikh

THE demise of former Pakistan foreign secretary Najmuddin Shaikh has been mourned not only in Pakistan but also in India by those who knew him...

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Vivek Katju

TVET market is tough

TVET market is tough

TECHNICAL and vocational education and training (TVET) is a tough market to untangle. No wonder we are still struggling with it. But given where we...

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Faisal Bari

The new Trump order

The new Trump order

WITH one stroke of his pen, a day after April Fool’s Day, Trump left the entire world bewildered at his tariff policy. He made the entire...

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Riaz Riazuddin

PSL season

PSL season

THE build-up to the 10th season of the Pakistan Super League, cricket’s most lucrative product in the country, has hardly been ideal. This season...

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Dawn Editorial

Mineral bounties

Mineral bounties

THERE is a new(ish) game in town and it is called the scramble for ‘critical’ minerals. In a world dominated by microchips and digital gadgets,...

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Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

Spiritual democracy

WITH the political moral vision of the Quran, Islam defeated the corrupt socioeconomic structures of the world and linked human egalitarianism and...

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Ghulam Shabbir

Balochistan outreach

Balochistan outreach

THE problems of Balochistan are “political and must be resolved through political means”. This view, espoused by PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif during...

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Dawn Editorial

Student woes

BRIGHT young Pakistanis face an uncertain future in the US. The Trump administration, not content with merely terrorising foreign students with...

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Dawn Editorial

Mineral wealth

Mineral wealth

THE participation of 300 delegates, including guests from overseas, in the two-day mineral summit in Islamabad has renewed hopes of growing foreign...

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Dawn Editorial

Navigating trade barriers

Navigating trade barriers

IN today’s complex global trade environment, Pakistan finds itself navigating between two competing demands: the Trump administration’s...

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Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

Nether regions

Nether regions

HISTORY has been in love with Lahore since forever. It was not its only admirer. The Mughals remained enamoured of it. Akbar made it the capital of...

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F.s. Aijazuddin

Geopolitics of dams

Geopolitics of dams

RECENTLY China has announced construction of the world’s largest dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. India has criticised Beijing’s...

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Khurram Abbas

Crypto coup

IT is quite the coup. One of the most recognisable names in the global cryptocurrency market has been roped in by the finance ministry to serve as...

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Dawn Editorial

Tariff crossfire

Tariff crossfire

BY all accounts a world is ending and we don’t know what is going to replace it. For Pakistan this is particularly troubling because despite what...

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Khurram Husain

Senate shortfalls

THE latest Citizens’ Report by Pildat on the performance of the Senate of Pakistan is a sobering account of parliamentary dysfunction during the...

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Dawn Editorial

Fearing birth

AMID dramatic aid cuts, the WHO has sounded the alarm about the dangers to Pakistan’s mothers and newborns, asking global and national associates...

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Dawn Editorial

Robe rebellion

THE unrest within the Islamabad High Court shows no sign of abating, and it is perhaps just as well that the petition filed by five of its judges...

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Dawn Editorial

Changed dynamics

Changed dynamics

THE 18th Amendment brought new challenges in operational policing, police reforms, public service delivery, accountability, and autonomy. Before...

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Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Post-Eid reflections

Post-Eid reflections

A mark in every face I meet, Marks of weakness, marks of woe. — William Blake Nishaan har chehrey par, majboori ke, sadmay ke. Pindar ke khugar ko...

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Ashraf Jehangir Qazi

Trumpian delusion

PRELIMINARY judgement on any new US administration usually involves waiting for at least 100 days before holding it to account. That arbitrary...

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Mahir Ali

The state’s failure

The state’s failure

FOR the last several weeks, life in Balochistan has been paralysed with most highways connecting the province with the rest of the country blocked...

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Zahid Hussain

Following through

Following through

THE government’s decision to establish the National Intelligence Fusion and Threat Assessment Centre (Niftac) under the National Counter Terrorism...

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