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Absent justice

If the senior-most judges are so helpless, what hope does the common citizen have?

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Dawn Editorial

Vanishing lifeline

AS the world marks Wetlands Day, Pakistan’s critical ecosystems find themselves in an unenviable position. The...

yesterday 100

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Dawn Editorial

Economic dilemma

We have not even begun to introduce structural changes.

yesterday 100

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Rashid Amjad

Out of tune

WITH the start of UN World Interfaith Harmony Week, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s call for dialogue,...

yesterday 50

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Dawn Editorial

A world shaped by Trump

President Trump is shaping a global order based on the principle of ‘might is right’.

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Muhammad Amir Rana

Incendiary Gaza plan

‘What was inescapable is that there is almost nothing left of Gaza.’

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Abbas Nasir

Built on divisions

What is it like to watch one’s home being razed to the ground?

yesterday 60

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Muna Khan

Additional spectrum

PAKISTAN’S mobile operators need more spectrum, the radio waves that carry voice calls and wireless data, as their present government-rationed...

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Dawn Editorial

Labelling of judges

Labelling of judges

JUDGES in Pakistan, in the last decade or two, have been labelled as PTI judges, PML-N judges, PPP judges, and so on. This labelling of judges with...

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Asad-Ul-Mulk

DeepSeek revolution

DeepSeek revolution

LAST summer at the Paris Olympics, Arshad Nadeem stunned everyone by winning the first gold medal for Pakistan in the javelin event. Unlike his...

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Rafia Zakaria

Doomsday Clock 2025

Doomsday Clock 2025

A DAY before the Bulletin for Atomic Scientists (BAS) reset the notional Doomsday Clock on Jan 28 at 89 seconds to “midnight” at which time human...

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Ashraf Jehangir Qazi

Counterterrorism ops

THE past year was not a good one where deadly terrorist attacks go, for according to the military’s data, 2024 saw the highest number of civilian...

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Dawn Editorial

Polio pains

Polio pains

BEING one of the two countries — out of 194 member states of the World Health Organisation — that have not been able to eradicate polio is a...

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Zafar Mirza

Peca protests

DESPITE the immense pressures they routinely face, Pakistani journalists have always cherished and jealously safeguarded their freedoms. There is...

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Dawn Editorial

Deep shock

THE AI wars have begun. For years, America sought to hold China back when it hindered access to its semiconductors, and more recently, its AI...

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Dawn Editorial

Cost of control

Cost of control

AT some point, those currently responsible for this nation of 240m souls will be confronted with the question: what have their policies achieved?...

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Dawn Editorial

Provincial AIT laws

HARMONISING the provincial agriculture income tax regimes with federal personal and corporate income tax rates is one of the key goals of the...

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Dawn Editorial

Perils and promise of democracy

Perils and promise of democracy

AS political scientist Adam Przeworski said, “Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections.” Loss in elections is but a part of the...

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Tariq Khosa

Dilemma of spin wickets

Dilemma of spin wickets

A TEST match finishing in two-and-a-half to three days is not a good one to watch irrespective of whether or not your favourite wins. If we want 15...

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Faisal Bari

Katchi abadi case

Katchi abadi case

IN early January, the Supreme Court opened up a case relating to katchi abadis that had been dormant for almost a decade, triggering panic amongst...

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Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

Journey of science

Journey of science

OVER the last four centuries, the physical sciences have undergone a metamorphosis marked by breath-taking discoveries and the evolution of...

friday 30

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Mohsin Fareed

Court in crisis

Court in crisis

THE Supreme Court faces a crisis of legitimacy. A growing chorus within the legal community has been calling for challenges to the 26th Amendment...

30.01.2025 100

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Dawn Editorial

Death blow

JOURNALISTS took to the streets in protest; human rights groups warned against the dangers; and digital rights experts cried themselves hoarse. But...

30.01.2025 100

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Dawn Editorial

Lebensraum

Lebensraum

US President Donald Trump has bent diplomacy full circle. He has reversed inter-state relations to a pre-Westphalian age. The conduct of...

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F.s. Aijazuddin

Enhanced inclusivity

TWO fresh initiatives involving new features in people’s CNICs should help enhance inclusivity for special persons, along with promoting organ...

30.01.2025 100

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Dawn Editorial

Climate revenue & investments

Climate revenue & investments

PAKISTAN’S economic and climate turnaround hinges on the active participation of the private sector. A web of robust partnerships with it can be...

30.01.2025 100

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Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

The clamour rises

The clamour rises

HOURS after the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced its monetary policy decision cutting the key policy rate by one percentage point, the...

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Khurram Husain

Cloud cuckoo land

Cloud cuckoo land

WITH Donald Trump and his brood shifting to the White House again, who do you think is bracing the most for the worst that can happen without...

30.01.2025 40

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Shahzad Sharjeel

A second Nakba?

WHILE candidate Trump was able to get away with making outrageous statements on the campaign trail, what President Trump says will be construed...

29.01.2025 200

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Dawn Editorial

India-Taliban budding romance

India-Taliban budding romance

INDIA has recently decided to upgrade its relations with the Taliban government. On Jan 8, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri travelled to Dubai...

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Asif Durrani

PTI no-show

PTI no-show

THEY waited for nothing. The PTI, making good on its threat to boycott the fourth round of negotiations between the opposition and the ruling...

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Dawn Editorial

Cricket spin

PAKISTAN seemed to have found the blueprint for Test success at home: raging turners that had brought three wins in a row. After winning the...

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Dawn Editorial

Genocidal intent

A MARGINALLY deeper sense of history might have dissuaded Donald Trump from proposing the ‘cleaning out’ of Gaza’s Palestinian population as his...

29.01.2025 2

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Mahir Ali

Gandhi’s lessons

Gandhi’s lessons

SEVENTY-seven years ago on Jan 30, 1948, a right-wing militant assassinated M.K. Gandhi in retaliation for his solidarity with Muslim victims of...

29.01.2025 2

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Sara Malkani

‘A man for all seasons’

‘A man for all seasons’

THE controversy surrounding the recent visit of the federal interior minister to the US highlights the prevailing mess in our system of governance,...

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Zahid Hussain