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Deepening rift

THE alliance between the PML-N and PPP is in disarray. What began as a public spat over flood relief efforts in...

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Mystery of the ‘port deal’

A number of questions have been raised about the purported Pasni discussions.

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Zahid Hussain

Deal or no deal?

Trump’s ‘peace plan’ doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

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Mahir Ali

Water reality

Bad policies, inefficiencies and poor management are glossed over.

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Zafar U. Ahmed

Fallacious fairness

It is time for parliament to rethink the democratic trajectory.

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Muddassir Rizvi

Fatal ‘honour’

MURDER for ‘honour’, executed by systems meant for women’s safety, is gender-based violence at its most ...

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Gaza’s future

TWO years after the Hamas attacks targeting Israel created shockwaves that rattled the Middle East, representatives...

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Dawn Editorial

Hate in India

IN the run-up to the electoral battle in Bihar, yet another calculated eruption of communal tensions and divisive rhetoric is being witnessed since...

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Dawn Editorial

Kech festival

THE usual news stories coming out of Balochistan centre around militancy and marginalisation. Yet every so often, it is heartening to see that even...

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Dawn Editorial

Damage control

IN the past week, it seemed attention was focused on the Middle East, Hamas, Israel and the much-discussed peace plan. But Pakistan is never far...

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Arifa Noor

Beyond myths

Beyond myths

THE past few weeks have been eventful for Karachi residents. The August rains plunged the city into total paralysis. Stranded vehicles on major...

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Dr Noman Ahmed

Milk bank project

Milk bank project

PAKISTAN’S Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) finally opened the door to human milk banks in Sindh by endorsing the idea in principle but directing...

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Alefia T. Hussain

Regulatory lapses

UNSUSPECTING electricity consumers have once again been forced to pay an additional amount — Rs215m — not ...

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The trouble with the Arabs

TO be sustainable, Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza must serve the core interests of Arabs, including Christian Arabs, and the Jews of Palestine/...

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Jawed Naqvi

K&N’s SmartCooking Recipes: ‘Chapli Kabab with Fettuccine Pasta’

Ingredients K&N’s Chapli Kabab - 3 kababs -Fettuccine pasta (½ pack; boiled) -Butter (2 tbsp) -Cream (½ cup) -Salt (to taste) -Black pepper powder...

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Beyond pink ribbons

EACH October, breast cancer awareness returns to the spotlight, with campaigns, charity drives, and public messages urging women to act. Yet,...

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Dawn Editorial

‘Both sides-ism’

‘Both sides-ism’

ON Sept 19, there were only a handful of lawyers protesting an order of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), in which two judges restrained a fellow...

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Adeel Wahid

Winds of change?

Winds of change?

CONSERVATIVE political commentator Andrew Breitbart famously said “politics is downstream of culture”. He meant that any attempt to change the...

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Zarrar Khuhro

Fixing the governance web

Fixing the governance web

PAKISTAN’S governance structure is often at the centre of national debate. From questions of provincial autonomy to disaster management, and now,...

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Aisha Khan

Exiting companies

COMPANIES often have ‘their own reasons’ to exit a market. Yet when a consumer products group like Procter & Gamble decides to shut down its...

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Dawn Editorial

More hot air

FREQUENT threats and wild assertions made by Indian officials directed at Pakistan only ensure that the doors of dialogue will remain closed for...

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Dawn Editorial

Chance for Gaza peace

Chance for Gaza peace

DRAMATIC developments have followed President Donald Trump’s announcement of a Gaza ‘peace plan’. His plan was cautiously welcomed across the...

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Maleeha Lodhi

Unfulfilled promises

Unfulfilled promises

IT was clear that the government would eventually accept the demands of protesters in Azad Kashmir, and re-initiate talks with the Joint Awami...

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Muhammad Amir Rana

Reserved seats debacle

THE shadow cast by the Commonwealth Observer Group’s final report on the last general election has loomed large over Islamabad’s Constitution...

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Dawn Editorial

Fragile pause

ANY halt in the genocide unfolding in Gaza is welcome. After nearly two years of relentless bombardment, the prospect of a truce — following...

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Dawn Editorial

‘Pawsitive’ Pakistan

‘Pawsitive’ Pakistan

IF you have travelled to Istanbul then you know residents are nuts about their cats and dogs. I learned it on my first day in 2018 when I went to...

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Muna Khan

Land as commodity

DRIVE along what was once considered to be the fringe of any major urban centre in Pakistan and behold our collective sin: housing societies. All...

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Danyal Adam Khan

Lies, deceit over Gaza

Of the nearly 500 activists that set sail to deliver essential supplies to Gaza, only 30pc were Muslims.

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Abbas Nasir

Pension bill

BY slashing its contribution to its employees’ pension benefits to 12pc of their pensionable pay from the 20pc it had initially proposed under the...

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Dawn Editorial

State of injustice

THE state has faltered on its promise of ensuring justice for the victims of the Jaranwala incident of 2023, when mobs — incited by allegations of...

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Dawn Editorial

Exports crisis

PAKISTAN’S textile exports are no longer flailing; they are collapsing in plain sight. The inevitable fallout of...

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Dawn Editorial

Greta vs Malala

Greta has shown that humanity still exists.

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Rafia Zakaria

The last pit

The last pit

GEORGE Masih had unclogged six completely choked raw sewage gutters with his bare hands. Working since 1 am, he was tired and felt increasingly...

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Naeem Sadiq

How to think about tech

When thinking about the impact of technology, considerations of efficiency aren’t enough.

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Farid Panjwani

Flawed deportation policy

The reality is that this policy is short-sighted and is not grounded in coherent strategic objectives.

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Ghazan Jamal

AJK disorder

FOR the past several days, Azad Kashmir has witnessed deadly protests, as life in the region remains paralysed. At the forefront of the protests...

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GNEXT Introduces iPhone 17 family and iPhone Air

The wait is over. GNEXT, the Apple Authorised Distributor in Pakistan, has launched the iPhone 17 Family and iPhone Air in Pakistan. GNEXT once...

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