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Resecurity partners with Sapphire Consulting to accelerate secure code engineering and cybersecurity practices

Resecurity partners with Sapphire Consulting to accelerate secure code engineering and cybersecurity practices

As organisations modernise digital platforms and accelerate software development, cybersecurity must be integrated earlier into the technology...

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Dawn Editorial

Moving businesses forward: How Yango is redefining corporate mobility in Pakistan

Moving businesses forward: How Yango is redefining corporate mobility in Pakistan

Yango Pakistan Country Head Miral Sharif and Yango Ride Head of B2B Ivan Kaplunovich discuss the evolving landscape of corporate mobility in Pakistan.

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Doomed tax initiative

THE FBR’s draft simplified tax regime for small shopkeepers is the latest in a long line of attempts to persuade...

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Dawn Editorial

Deadly lapses

PAKISTAN has investigated too many HIV outbreaks over the past decade to still be surprised by the causes. The ...

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Dawn Editorial

AJK violence

AJK violence

Violent confrontations have claimed some 30 lives of both security personnel and protesters since last month.

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Dawn Editorial

Recruiting for peace

Recruiting for peace

Impartial recruitment in police is essential.

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Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Beware of gifts

Beware of gifts

Gifts exchanged between leaders have a long tradition.

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F.s. Aijazuddin

Caution: danger ahead

Caution: danger ahead

With rising discontentment at home leading to the spread of disaffection, the leadership is stuck in a quagmire.

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Khurram Husain

Pakistan’s Ground Zero

Pakistan’s Ground Zero

We have a flood regime that no longer respects Pakistan’s disaster-response calendar.

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Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Chicken Parmesan Spaghetti

A comforting baked spaghetti with crispy chicken nuggets in a rich tomato and herb sauce, topped with melted mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.

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Master Changan celebrates 20,000 Oshan X7 customers with exclusive limited-time offer

Master Changan celebrates 20,000 Oshan X7 customers with exclusive limited-time offer

As part of this limited-time celebration, customers can enjoy savings of up to Rs850,000 on the feature-rich Oshan X7 FutureSense variants.

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Dawn Editorial

India voter purge

AFTER over 12 years of BJP rule, minorities in India — particularly its Muslims — face fascist thuggery at the...

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Dawn Editorial

A timely authority

EVERY summer now seems to bring fresh warnings from Pakistan’s northern mountains. This week was no different, ...

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Dawn Editorial

Beyond declarations

Beyond declarations

States that fail to harness the talents of half their population limit their own growth and resilience.

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Red scare redux

Red scare redux

Republicans have again retreated into their anti-red comfort zone.

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Mahir Ali

A door to Europe

A door to Europe

Pakistan’s skilled workforce deserves more than one door.

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Sadaf Abid

The approval we imagine

The approval we imagine

The belief most strongly associated with a woman’s search and work history is her own perception of other women’s approval.

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Waqar Wadho

Back to war

Back to war

The latest events will make it far harder for Iran and the US to reach a negotiated peace deal.

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Zahid Hussain

Poverty punished

THE challenge of illegal migrations should be viewed through a humanitarian lens. Harsh punishments for the poor...

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Dawn Editorial

Ethnic targets

THE murder of five workers from Punjab in Mashkel is another grim reminder that ethnic violence remains a persistent...

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Dawn Editorial

Dire straits

Dire straits

FOR some time, the escalating confrontation between the US and Iran has been playing out round the strategically...

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Dawn Editorial

Waiting for justice

Waiting for justice

When justice arrives after 21 years, can we still call it justice?

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Rabiya Javeri Agha

The language issue

The language issue

Policy measures fail to resolve the learning gaps.

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Neda Mulji

The curse of the oracle

The curse of the oracle

A report released last month observes how Palestinian children were being strategically killed and maimed to fulfil the mythical promise of a Greater...

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Jawed Naqvi

The wound in Balochistan

The wound in Balochistan

Those in power are unable to approach the crisis in Balochistan with the political will to heal.

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Arifa Noor

Toxic staple

A RECENT article published in Dawn has shed light on the challenges being faced by Sindh’s chilli farmers, whose...

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Justice imperilled

THE Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the International Federation for Human Rights have raised concerns about...

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Dawn Editorial

Banking inertia

PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s latest call to banks to expand lending to SMEs is nothing new. Every government...

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Dawn Editorial

‘Appsolutely’ not

‘Appsolutely’ not

The job of spies has become much easier.

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Zarrar Khuhro

Beyond Gen Z aura

Beyond Gen Z aura

Policymakers must give serious consideration to youth pathways.

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Arooj Waheed Dar

World Bank’s ‘magical discovery’

World Bank’s ‘magical discovery’

For decades, the World Bank championed decentralisation. Now that narrative has changed.

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Shahid Kardar

Thousand-day war

Thousand-day war

With the US-Iran confrontation dragging on prospects are dim for progress on the Gaza plan.

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Maleeha Lodhi

Recalled orders

WHILE justice should be blind, it should not be oblivious to the human suffering some decisions may cause. This is...

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Way forward

A GROUP of estranged PTI leaders, calling themselves the ‘National Dialogue Committee’ and led by figures like...

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Mixed messaging

In case the parleys fail, a return to full-scale war would be the likely outcome.

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Dawn Editorial

Against the noise

Against the noise

The tax is gone but the shame at the counter remains.

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Muna Khan

‘Easy to kill’

We are seeing a move towards the Nazification of Israeli thinking.

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Muhammad Ali Siddiqi

Balochistan security crisis

Balochistan security crisis

The state must revisit its security policies in the volatile province.

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Muhammad Amir Rana

The soul of medicine

The soul of medicine

Physicians must use their influence to advocate for fair health policies and social justice.

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Murad Moosa Khan

Official passports

OUR lawmakers’ sense of entitlement is jarring. Through a set of three laws, the MPAs of KP have quietly granted...

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Relying on remittances

NO matter how important workers’ remittances are, the record inflow of $41.6bn in FY26 should remind us of the...

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Beyond headcounts

WORLD Population Day has traditionally prompted discussions on population growth and fertility rates. This year’s...

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Tough living

Tough living

Karachi belongs to everyone and, therefore, to no one at all.

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Rafia Zakaria

Growth & government

Pakistan needs a new growth paradigm.

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Farooq Arby

Abeyance without proof

Abeyance without proof

A state that suspends performance on its own assessment of another’s breach acts at its own peril.

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Ahmer Bilal Soofi

Unlocking human development

Unlocking human development

Managing or steering population issues must ensure that the gap between the rights and needs of the most vulnerable and poorest families is bridged.

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Zeba Sathar

India’s film ban

IN India, creative boundaries are tight. Its far-right regime prefers facts fictionalised and communities demonised...

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Misusing land

THE Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling that land acquired for a specific purpose cannot later be converted into...

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Dawn Editorial

Balochistan carnage

Balochistan carnage

THE security situation in Balochistan remains alarming, with a recent uptick in terrorist violence resulting in a...

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Myth of opting out

Myth of opting out

Modern data systems do not need our records to reconstruct us.

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Sufiyan Bin Muneer