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Harvesting rackets

ORGAN vending rarely leaves the spotlight. The FIA and the Human Organ Transplantation Authority recently took five...

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Gaza starvation

ON account of funding cuts and Israeli cruelty, the threat of famine once again looms over the occupied Gaza Strip....

yesterday 150

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Breaking the cycle

Workers’ remittances have helped the current account and rebuilt reserves, and continued external borrowing has bought time.

yesterday 100

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Dawn Editorial

AIPAC’s shift

AIPAC’s shift

War-weary Americans can see through Israeli machinations.

yesterday 100

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Rafia Zakaria

Spirit of cooperation

What are countries choosing to do about a divided world?

yesterday 40

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Pernille Ironside

Beyond tariff cuts

Beyond tariff cuts

Protection that preserves an inefficient input supplier while handicapping a much larger export opportunity defeats its own purpose.

yesterday 40

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Ehsan Malik

Regulating LAWS

Technology on the battlefield has always outpaced the human ability to govern it.

yesterday 40

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Husham Ahmed

Two crimes

THE senseless killing of a teenager by his employers in Multan is a crime that deserves unqualified condemnation. It...

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Dawn Editorial

Auto illusion

PAKISTAN’S draft auto policy 2026-31 is ambitious in its targets and directionless in its strategy. It promises...

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Dawn Editorial

Nuclear uncertainty

With matters frozen in the political and diplomatic spheres, it will take military-to-military engagement to prevent miscalculation in the strategic...

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Dawn Editorial

Welfarism is dead

Welfarism is dead

The demise extends to all spheres.

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Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

Outdated practices

Outdated practices

We are plagued by customs that violate human rights.

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Amin Valliani

The bureaucratic bargain

The bureaucratic bargain

Why does an arrangement that imposes such costs on the economy prove so resistant to reform?

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Waqar Wadho

How to sustain research?

How to sustain research?

Even in better days, the state never spent more than 2pc of GDP on education; currently, we are at less than 1pc.

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Faisal Bari

Nishat Group and LUXEED sign strategic MoU to bring Premium New Energy Vehicles to Pakistan

Nishat Group and LUXEED sign strategic MoU to bring Premium New Energy Vehicles to Pakistan

Pakistan’s diversified business group joins hands with LUXEED, with the backing of Chery Group, to build a premium new energy ecosystem for...

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The treatment gap

A BREAST cancer diagnosis no longer carries the bleak outlook it did a generation ago. Targeted medicines,...

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Common ground

Regrettably, the two sides still fail to see the country’s economic, security, and governance crises as challenges that must be solved politically.

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Makkah pact clarity

Fresh aggression can kick off a firestorm that will be in no one’s control, hence it is best to abandon such reckless plans.

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Dawn Editorial

Energy transition

Energy transition

The Hormuz crisis brought everyone back to the fossil fuel debate.

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Umer Farooq

The hollow prize

The hollow prize

It has taken Trump less than two years to trivialise the Nobel Peace Prize.

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F.s. Aijazuddin

Talking taxes

Talking taxes

It is surprising how underdeveloped the template governing data disclosure on revenues is.

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Khurram Husain

Spurring economic growth

Spurring economic growth

The fix is not more tagging of development spending. It is pricing climate risk before it arrives.

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Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

A deeper connection to Madinah: Knowledge economic city makes its Pakistan debut at the Saudi-Pakistan Real Estate Expo

A deeper connection to Madinah: Knowledge economic city makes its Pakistan debut at the Saudi-Pakistan Real Estate Expo

KEC will present its full masterplan and Al Alyaa residential community, introducing a connected lifestyle destination in a city cherished by...

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Dawn Editorial

K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Fun Nuggets Bun Pizza

K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Fun Nuggets Bun Pizza

A quick and easy bun pizza topped with crispy Fun Nuggets, melted mozzarella and colourful vegetables.

21.10.2026 20

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Tackling rabies

RABIES is a deadly but preventable zoonotic disease. On Monday, two more victims succumbed to it in Sindh, taking ...

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Dawn Editorial

Missing lawmakers

Some lawmakers have reportedly been in detention since before Oct 11.

21.10.2026 200

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Dawn Editorial

Real FBR reform

REFORM of the FBR has always been easier to promise than to deliver. Since the late 1990s, governments have tried...

21.10.2026 200

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Dawn Editorial

Drainage disaster

Drainage disaster

No lessons have been learned from the Manchhar Lake fiasco.

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Naseer Memon

Season of uprisings

Season of uprisings

Echoes of 1968 have been discerned in the events in France.

21.10.2026 100

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Mahir Ali

The generational bargain

Across very different societies, young people are asking whether the economic system still offers them a credible stake

21.10.2026 70

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Asif Saad

A rubber-stamp parliament

A rubber-stamp parliament

The ruling coalition is bound to pay a heavy political price for its undemocratic actions.

21.10.2026 250

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Zahid Hussain

Chery Master offers Rs850,000 in upfront savings on Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid

Chery Master offers Rs850,000 in upfront savings on Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid

Limited stock price lock offer with a complimentary 7 kW Home Charger worth Rs100,000.

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PARCO Gunvor Limited becomes the first OMC in Pakistan to win a Blue Dragon for Best Campaign of Pakistan at Dragons of Asia 2026

PARCO Gunvor Limited becomes the first OMC in Pakistan to win a Blue Dragon for Best Campaign of Pakistan at Dragons of Asia 2026

SplitTheTimeTax campaign under Bangles of Strength platform has earn a Blue Dragon for Best Campaign of Pakistan and Gold in the Small Budget Category

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Dawn Editorial

French protests

SEVERAL European states have witnessed mass protests over the past few days, mostly focusing on socioeconomic...

20.10.2026 300

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Toll on trade

Islamabad must find the right balance between its security priorities and the economic strain on KP’s residents.

20.10.2026 150

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Burnt bridges

If PPP wants the decision reversed, it should convince its ally in Islamabad, not ask the opposition to be ‘positive’.

20.10.2026 100

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Dawn Editorial

Trump & Pakistan

Trump & Pakistan

The US benefits from a tangible relationship with Pakistan.

20.10.2026 100

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Touqir Hussain

School collapse

School collapse

Safety audits must be conducted in all schools.

20.10.2026 80

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Dr Noman Ahmed

Every runner in the race

Every runner in the race

Nearly everyone opposed to the Modi government is overlooking the acumen needed to learn from history.

20.10.2026 80

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Jawed Naqvi

Emergency matters

Emergency matters

If this new technocratic setup proves to be successful and efficient, it might just end up increasing centralisation of decision-making.

20.10.2026 100

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Arifa Noor

Export imperative

THE government’s efforts to boost Pakistan’s external sector through diversified financing, higher foreign...

18.10.2026 150

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Suffering in silence

TOO many Pakistani children have nowhere to turn when abused online. An estimated 1.5m internet-using children aged...

18.10.2026 200

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Dawn Editorial

State of denial

If the Taliban regime commits to preventing groups based on its soil from attacking neighbouring states, the process of normalisation and regional...

18.10.2026 300

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Dawn Editorial

‘The joke is on us’

‘The joke is on us’

Humour is what people use when the usual channels close.

18.10.2026 80

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Muna Khan

Moral consensus

Moral consensus

Laws devoid of morality find enough loopholes to justify abuse.

18.10.2026 60

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Naeem Sadiq

Safe spaces for women

Safe spaces for women

Women’s limited ability to work outside the home is probably the most affected by structural factors.

18.10.2026 100

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Zeba Sathar

Closing the Afghan file

Closing the Afghan file

Bhutto’s policy was just the lever. It was Zia who turned it into an ideology.

18.10.2026 300

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Muhammad Amir Rana

Lesser citizens

Interfaith harmony will prevail when the message to end bias is conveyed from the pulpit, alongside efforts to punish zealotry.

17.10.2026 150

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Strengthening LGs

THE ECP has done well to refuse to allow the Punjab administration to push the local government elections to April....

17.10.2026 250

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Dawn Editorial

No talks

The government should understand that the PTI’s protest march and its reaction to it will look like nothing more than a storm in a teacup.

17.10.2026 100

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