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Manias and magic bullets

Something important is trying to speak through these manias that break out regularly every few years.

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Khurram Husain

Pyrrhic laurels

Judicial robes have become a distracting camouflage.

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F.s. Aijazuddin

Disarm to heal

Gun licences are being issued with remarkable generosity.

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Naeem Sadiq

National disparities

THE Population Council’s District Vulnerability Index for Pakistan offers a data-driven picture of vulnerabilities...

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Ecosystem of change

Three decades of COP negotiations have transformed climate action.

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Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

Accords’ expansion

SAUDI Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman received a rousing reception during his recent US visit, with President ...

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Dawn Editorial

For the children

WORLD Children’s Day is upon us, yet countless children are denied even simple rights that should never be in...

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Dawn Editorial

Gaza resolution

THOUGH the UN Security Council has passed a US-drafted resolution that basically endorses President Donald Trump’s ‘peace plan’ for Gaza, the...

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Dawn Editorial

Misplaced optimism

THE MQM-P’s hope that the coalition led by the PML-N will soon amend the Constitution to incorporate its recommendations for empowering local...

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Dawn Editorial

GB’s rare earth potential

GB’s rare earth potential

IN the mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan lies a treasure that could transform Pakistan’s technological and economic future. Beneath its glaciers and...

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Afzal Ali Shigri

BBC vs King Con

The broadcaster is defensible, unlike Trump.

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Mahir Ali

Making martyrs

Making martyrs

AS far as the anointed go, saints in the Sufi tradition have it easy. You could be declared one in life and then continue to dispense generosity...

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Shahzad Sharjeel

Trial and error

PAKISTAN’s jails are bursting at the seams with undertrial prisoners who endure horrific living conditions on the...

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Dawn Editorial

Crime and punishment

Ultimately, the coercive power of the state could not withstand the power of the people.

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Zahid Hussain

Forex curbs

THE State Bank’s new restrictions on individual dollar purchases appear to be an attempt to manage a market ...

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Dawn Editorial

Opposition has homework to do

India’s opposition parties might want to figure out their priorities at the outset.

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Jawed Naqvi

Match manners

HANDSHAKES and sportsmanship stole the show in neutral Sri Lanka at the first blind women’s T20 tournament. In a...

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Dawn Editorial

Sheikh Hasina verdict

FORMER prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, who once ruled Bangladesh with an iron fist, has been sentenced to death...

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Dawn Editorial

LemFi introduces new savings account for UK immigrant community

The new savings product offers daily interest and FSCS protection as part of the company’s wider push to build a financial ecosystem for immigrants.

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Allied Bank promotes warehouse facility as a financing solution to support agricultural businesses

These awareness events enable agricultural businesses to secure financing against stored commodities rather than land or property.

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State and its pillars

There is little hope that any of the three pillars of the state are intact.

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Arifa Noor

Judges and arbitration

Arbitration is not a silo. Those who think in silos come to grief early.

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Makhdoom Ali Khan

Grundnorm

Grundnorm

“AT last he beat his music out./ There lives more faith in honest doubt./ Believe me, than in half the creeds,” wrote Alfred Lord Tennyson in his...

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Asad-Ul-Mulk

Journalists’ safety

JOURNALISTS and media professionals may, perhaps, have been more enthusiastic about the announcement, but the past...

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Dawn Editorial

Challenges to states

Challenges to states

SOME 70 sovereign states existed before World War II. Today, some 195 are UN member states. Globalisation, modern technology, climate change,...

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Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Almighty algorithms

If an algorithm is fed flawed data the output will be flawed too.

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Zarrar Khuhro

Tenuous currents

The Kabul River system has emerged as a potential flashpoint in Pak-Afghan relations.

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Aisha Khan

Cost of no trade

AS border tensions escalate, Kabul’s decision to terminate all trade with and through Pakistan in the next three...

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Dawn Editorial

Misplaced priorities

Misplaced priorities

EXTERNAL overreach and internal underreach have long characterised the approach of governments in the country. Pakistan’s history bears testimony to...

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Maleeha Lodhi

Agriculture crisis

A NEW FAO report, Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security, is a grim reminder of the toll ...

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Dawn Editorial

Reboot tolerance

DIVERSITY is central to the human spirit. The International Day for Tolerance, which is being observed today, is a...

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Dawn Editorial

Terrorism’s strategic space

When state priorities shift, terrorists exploit the resulting vacuums and disruptions.

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Muhammad Amir Rana

Shrinking freedoms

IT comes as no surprise but is nevertheless cause for embarrassment. Pakistan has been placed close to the bottom in...

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Dawn Editorial

AJK power games

IT appears that Chaudhry Anwarul Haq’s tenure as prime minister of Azad Kashmir is about to come to a close, as a no-trust resolution against him...

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Dawn Editorial

Impact of 27th on jailed leader

So far, a lot of the blame has been put on the political class for its failure to deliver.

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Abbas Nasir

Family ties

Family ties

THE saying ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ traces its origin to several African countries but it gained Global North popularity when Hillary...

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Muna Khan

Revisiting tolerance

The idea of tolerance is not foreign to our culture.

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Rabiya Javeri Agha