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Prime Minister and Field Marshal went to China for the betterment of the country: SK Niazi

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

Pakistan’s Asim Munir could became Trump’s new strategic partner in South Asia

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

The man, the vision, the Kingdom

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Arab News Pakistan

Dr. Ali Awadh Asseri

Sino-India thaw

A surprising rapprochement is in the making as India and China contemplate burying the hatchet. The high-level talks between the two countries,...

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The Express Tribune

Editorial

Monsoon paralysis

Despite repeated forecasts and advance warnings of heavy rainfall, it took only a single day of heavy showers to bring Karachi to its knees. And...

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The Express Tribune

Editorial

Pope Leo is becoming the climate champion

While the leader of 340 million Americans furiously works to derail climate action, the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics is embracing it. In May,...

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The Frontier Post (Editorial)

The Frontier Post

Youth over experience

The Pakistan Cricket Board's decision to exclude stalwarts Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan from the national Asia Cup squad comes as a surprise, but...

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The Express Tribune

Editorial

PM Shehbaz’s China visit later this month to mark formal launch of CPEC-II

PM Shehbaz’s China visit later this month to mark formal launch of CPEC-II

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday announced that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s upcoming visit to China later this month will mark the formal...

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Dawn Business

Khaleeq Kiani

Moody’s upgrades ratings of 5 banks

ISLAMABAD: Moody’s Ratings on Tuesday upgraded to Caa1 from Caa2 the local and foreign-currency long-term deposit ratings of five leading Pakistani...

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Dawn Business

The Newspapers Staff Reporter

Economic Coordination Committee okays relief package for monsoon victims

Economic Coordination Committee okays relief package for monsoon victims

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Tuesday approved 100 per cent uniform electricity rates across the country,...

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Dawn Business

Khaleeq Kiani

PM Shehbaz orders probe into Rs50bn gas bill shock

PM Shehbaz orders probe into Rs50bn gas bill shock

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an independent probe into the controversial Rs50 billion gas billing dispute involving...

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Dawn Business

Khaleeq Kiani

FBR notifies simplified e-return form for taxpayers

FBR notifies simplified e-return form for taxpayers

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has released a simplified electronic income tax return form for individual taxpayers for the tax year...

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Dawn Business

Mubarak Zeb Khan

The legacy of pilot officer Rashid Minhas

On 20 August 1971, destiny tested a young man barely twenty years' old, to which he answered with a sacrifice so profound that it shook the very...

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The Express Tribune

Izmi Herlani

Karachi deluge cripples industries, halts exports

Karachi deluge cripples industries, halts exports

KARACHI: Torrential rains on Tuesday severely disrupted industrial operations across Karachi, with many factories unable to resume afternoon and...

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Dawn Business

Aamir Shafaat Khan

Independence Day and state's responsibility

This year, Pakistan marks the 78th anniversary of its independence — a moment not only to recall our history but also to reflect on the ideals that...

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The Express Tribune

Dr Ali M Mir

Oil prices fall on talks to end Russian invasion of Ukraine

Oil prices fall on talks to end Russian invasion of Ukraine

HOUSTON: Oil prices fell on Tuesday as traders bet that talks over a possible agreement to legitimize or end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could...

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Dawn Business

Reuters

Dispute resolution: China-led IOMed comes into being

On May 30, 2025, the international legal landscape experienced a quiet yet potentially transformative shift. The International Organization for...

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The Express Tribune

Maham Ayaz

No Air Force One yet; optics secured

Is he coming or not? The question is hanging in Islamabad's diplomatic air like smog before monsoon. No official itinerary. No confirmation. And...

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The Express Tribune

Dr Aneel Salman

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Ducks in a row?

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Ducks in a row?

“Could someone brief our leadership on the plummeting voice of Europe in international relations.” “Well you were wrong you said it was a Jirga in...

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Business Recorder

Anjum Ibrahim

How to heal Balochistan

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The News International

Asad Umar

Tribunal penalises PTCL, LDI operators on ICH agreement

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Appellate Tribunal (CAT) has upheld the Competition Commission of Pakistan’s (CCP) decision to penalise Pakistan...

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Dawn Business

Kalbe Ali

Global crisis

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The News International

Carmen Navas Reyes

Beyond sanctions and strikes

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The News International

Javid Husain

Bureaucratic entitlement

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The News International

Iftekhar A Khan

Deluge of devastation

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The News International

Omar Quraishi

PSX hits record high amid heavy downpour

PSX hits record high amid heavy downpour

KARACHI: Despite an unprecedented downpour in Karachi — the economic nerve centre of Pakistan — that hampered business and industrial activities...

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Dawn Business

Muhammad Kashif

Pakistan: retrospect and prospect—II

Pakistan: retrospect and prospect—II

Gen Ziaul Haq promised elections within 90 days; they actually exceeded 1000 days. He put Bhutto to the gallows on trumped charges of conspiracy to...

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Business Recorder

Sirajuddin Aziz

Blinded at the top

Blinded at the top

Leading. Rising. Growing. Directing. Marching. Changing. Isolating. Missing. Falling. Is this a leadership life cycle? Is this a typical emerge and...

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Business Recorder

Andleeb Abbas

A Plea from a Drowning City: Citizens Appeal Directly to Field Marshal Munir for Army Intervention in Karachi

A Plea from a Drowning City: Citizens Appeal Directly to Field Marshal Munir for Army Intervention in Karachi

  With vast swathes of Karachi remaining submerged days after torrential monsoon rains and a complete absence of political leadership on the ground,...

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Daily Pakistan

Dj Kamal Mustafa

Is the bonhomie with the US transient?

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The News International

Masood Khan

Cartoon

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Afghan Engagement

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Structural Reforms

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Digital Future

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Changes in the Church

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The Nation

Atle Hetland

From Cloudburst to Collapse

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The Nation

Ifrah Shaukat

Modi’s Red Fort Rhetoric

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The Nation

Ambassador G. R. Baluch

India’s hegemonic nuclear agenda: A global security concern

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Pakistan Observer

Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi

79th Pak Independence Day: Unity par excellence

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Pakistan Observer

Sardar Abdul Khaliq Wasi 

The responsible use of social media

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Pakistan Observer

News Desk

Is there no harassment in Pakistan?

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Pakistan Observer

News Desk

Politics on national awards

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Pakistan Observer

Dr Farooq Adil

Endless floods

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Pakistan Observer

Hammad Gillani

Simplified tax form

THE FBR’s initiative to roll out the long-promised simplified electronic income tax return form for individual...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Detention law

AS the government benches in the Upper House prepared to push through the problematic Anti-Terrorism Act (Amendment)...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Paralysed city

Successive administrations have neglected Karachi or paid lip service to its civic issues.

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Blame game

To paint the majority of bureaucrats as corrupt is unfair.

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Dawn

Syed Saadat

Home ground

History warns against leaping into ill-prepared summits.

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Dawn

F.s. Aijazuddin

Floods and politics

There is much that each provincial government needs to do to increase preparedness for the natural disasters hitting the country.

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Dawn

Khurram Husain

A peace deal to heaven

The Alaska meeting has cemented the rapprochement between Russia and the US.

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Dawn

Zahid Hussain