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A progressive pope?

Francis leaves behind a complicated legacy.

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Dawn

Mahir Ali

Eternal optimists

The optimists are the worst offenders.

80

Dawn

Anjum Altaf

Deepening Divide

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Dangerous Doctors

30

The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Financial Sovereignty

30

The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

IMF lowers Pakistan’s GDP growth estimate to 2.6pc in wake of century-high US tariffs

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday slashed its growth forecast for Pakistan to 2.6 per cent, citing the impact of US tariffs now at...

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Dawn Business

Reuters

Pakistan receives $12.5bn in foreign loans

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan authorities have materialised only $12.5 billion in foreign loans in the first nine months of 2024-25 against an annual $19.2bn...

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Dawn Business

Khaleeq Kiani

Unravelling the Missing Person Crisis (Part I)

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Daily Times

Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri

India’s Covert State Repression

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Daily Times

Faisal Ahmad

Klaus Schwab steps down as World Economic Forum chair

ZURICH: Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum which gathers the world’s business and political elite in the Swiss mountain village of...

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Dawn Business

Reuters

FAK’s Expanding Reach

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Daily Times

Yasir Khan

Celebrating Excellence: Khwaja Anver Majid

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Daily Times

Maqsood Ali

NAP combat against terrorists

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Pakistan Observer

Rana Zahid Iqbal

Aurangzeb assures World Bank of govt’s commitment to sustainable economic stability

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to achieve “sustainable economic stability” in the country as he...

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Dawn Business

Dawn.com

Investment in space warfare

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Pakistan Observer

Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Tariffs set stage for new world economic order

10

Pakistan Observer

Yasir Habib Khan

Remembering Allama Muhammad Iqbal

10

Pakistan Observer

Malik Tariq Ali

Millennial journey

In my previous op-eds published in these columns over the last couple of months, I explored the unique position of Generation X as the bridge...

10

The Express Tribune

Dr Intikhab Ulfat

NBP’s decline

10

Pakistan Observer

Aijaz Ahmad

Tailor-made hypotheses: Manufacturing crisis from crisis

7

Pakistan Observer

Brig Naseem Akhtar R

Canada’s political map redrawn ahead of 28 April 2025 vote

10

Pakistan Observer

Barrister Usman Ali

Focus on recovery, reforms as Aurangzeb meets IMF, World Bank heads

WASHINGTON: Finance Mini­ster Muhammad Aurangzeb met the heads of the IMF and World Bank on Monday to kick off a series of high-level consultations...

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Dawn Business

Anwar Iqbal

UAE, Pakistan reaffirm strategic partnership

• Emirates FM calls for sustaining momentum in bilateral ties • PM urges enhanced cooperation in trade, investment, energy • Pakistan, Rwanda...

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Dawn Business

Baqir Sajjad Syed

Delay in nod for merger with Telenor irks PTCL

ISLAMABAD: PTCL Group President and Chi­ef Executive Hatem Bam­atraf on Monday said that the Competition Commi­ssion of Pakistan (CCP) has unfairly...

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Dawn Business

Kalbe Ali

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar’s Kabul visit

“It disproved your theory.” “What theory?” “That what GPS wants he gets.” “OK so the power that be decided that the economy could not withstand...

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Business Recorder

Anjum Ibrahim

PM Shehbaz wants expats to have investment opportunities in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday the government will provide facilities to overseas Pakistanis for investment in the country...

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Dawn Business

Syed Irfan Raza

Lending in Pakistani Markets

10

The Nation

Dr Kamal Monnoo

Bahawalpur’s Farmers Left Behind?

8

The Nation

Mohsin Leghari

From iron to copper age

Pakistan entered the Iron Age in the year 1973 when work commenced on the construction of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM). Bhutto was in a hurry as we...

10

Business Recorder

Dr Farid A Malik

A Pale Blue Dot

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The Nation

Kashif Noon

Enough with the tariff war

The United States has unilaterally imposed excessive tariffs on nearly all its trading partners, including China, under contrived pretexts. This...

10

Business Recorder

Zhao Shiren

Pakistan’s digital leap: trillion-dollar opportunity

Pakistan’s digital economy (DE) has shown remarkable growth over the past two decades. From a modest volume of approximately US$100 million in...

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Business Recorder

Abdus Sattar

Seeker of peace

POPE Francis, who prayed for Palestine, died on Easter Monday. The first Argentine pontiff’s diverse and...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Before he died, Pope Francis called for peace in Gaza. Will anyone listen?

Belén Fernández Pope Francis died today at the age of 88 following a prolonged illness. Just yesterday, in his Easter Sunday address in Saint...

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The Frontier Post

The Frontier Post

Trump risks leaving behind a legacy of failure in Ukraine

Sergey Maidukov A day before Easter, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary ceasefire for the Christian holiday. Like other Russian...

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The Frontier Post

The Frontier Post

Boeing 737 MAX first victim of US-China tariff wars

The first major fallout of the tariff war set off by US President Donald Trump, and the retaliatory tariffs by countries like China, was played out....

20

The Frontier Post (Editorial)

The Frontier Post

Centre’s shadow

THE KP Assembly remains deeply divided over proposed contentious mining legislation. Even many of the ruling PTI...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

US-China trade game

Trump has brilliantly achieved the wholehearted acceptance of his baseline tariff rate of 10pc by all countries.

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Dawn

Riaz Riazuddin

Surge in complaints against digital fraud

KARACHI: While expressing concern over the rise in complaints against digital and electronic platforms, Banking Mohtasib Pakistan (BMP) Sirajuddin...

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Dawn Business

The Newspapers Staff Reporter

Pakistan Oxygen Limited plans Rs1.3bn hydrogen facility

KARACHI: Pakistan Oxygen Ltd (POL) will invest Rs1.3 billion to establish a state-of-the-art hydrogen production facility at Port Qasim. In a stock...

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Dawn Business

The Newspapers Staff Reporter

Climate, community and compassion

April is not supposed to be this warm. The heatwaves in parts of the country are not normal. The sudden hailstorm in Islamabad a couple of weeks...

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The Express Tribune

Muhammad Hamid Zaman

28 trade officers picked for foreign postings

ISLAMABAD: The government has appointed a fresh batch of 28 Trade and Investment Officers (TIOs) for posting in foreign missions to bolster...

10

Dawn Business

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Empowering varsity students to lead Green Revolution

Pakistan is facing a climate crisis unlike anything seen before. From catastrophic floods and scorching heatwaves to choking pollution and...

20

The Express Tribune

Dr Asghar Zaidi

Trouble in Sindh

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is belatedly angry. He is also stuck between Cholistan and a hard place. Can he find a way out? The canals controversy is...

10

Business Recorder

Fahd Husain

State of the economy

The first three quarters of 2024-25 have come to an end. This is the appropriate time for reviewing the state of the economy, as the federal and...

10

Business Recorder

Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Himalayan crisis

THE Hindu Kush-Himalayan region, known as Asia’s water tower, is in trouble. The towering ranges have registered a...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Federation under strain

The canal controversy has exposed the fault lines within the establishment-dominated system.

60

Dawn

Zahid Hussain

Resetting Pakistan-Afghanistan ties

20

Arab News Pakistan

Maleeha Lodhi

The emotional politics of mother tongues

7

Pakistan Observer

Waheed Shahzad

The future is here

5

The News International

Dr Murtaza Khuhro