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Fault lines

THE April 8 ceasefire that halted hostilities between Israel and Iran has encountered its most serious test yet....

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Taliban-Russia military relations

THE Russian Federation is the only country in the world that has recognized the def-facto Taliban regime in July 2025. Subsequently, it removed the...

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Pakistan Observer

Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

AJK flare-up

AJK flare-up

The situation started deteriorating after a trader affiliated with the JAAC was reportedly shot in an altercation with law-enforcers.

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Pancake Sliders

K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Pancake Sliders

Fun and tasty pancake sliders layered with crispy nuggets, fried egg, fresh salad and creamy sauces for a playful twist on a classic snack.

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Trade deficit surge

As the federal government prepares to unveil the FY27 budget, the latest trade figures offer a sobering reminder that the country's economic...

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The Express Tribune

Editorial

Budget blues

Budget blues

Everyone, it seems, has suddenly realised the poor state of the economy.

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Dawn

Arifa Noor

Demand to expand the Abraham Accords is premature

Demand to expand the Abraham Accords is premature

On the face of it, there is nothing fundamentally wrong with US President Donald Trump’s wish — more precisely, his demand — for more Middle...

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The Frontier Post

The Frontier Post

Apple’s new ‘Siri AI’ tool fails to meet EU regulatory requirements

Apple’s new ‘Siri AI’ tool fails to meet EU regulatory requirements

Apple will not roll out "Siri AI" in Europe. The European Commission on June 9 said Apple's newly launched artificial intelligence tool...

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The News International

Hafsa naeem baig

Modi is using a cannon to kill a cockroach

Modi is using a cannon to kill a cockroach

In recent weeks in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government’s profound insecurity has resulted in the deplatforming of college students...

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The Frontier Post

The Frontier Post

Acid and impunity

Sabra Sultana. Raheela Raheem. Noreen Jabbar. Iqra Parveen. Naila Farhat. And now Dr Mahnoor Khan Nasar. These are only some of the names of the...

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The Express Tribune

Editorial

G-B's verdict

The elections in Gilgit-Baltistan are all set to deliver a hung assembly, with PPP emerging as the single largest party securing 10 of the 24 seats up...

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The Express Tribune

Editorial

Doctor attacked

AN act of reprehensible violence has shaken the medical community. On Saturday, an employee of the Provincial Civil...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Lebanon proxy conflict is derailing Trump’s Iran deal

This week’s collapse of the ceasefire between Israel and Iran, which had held for nearly 60 days and was part of a broader US-Iran truce, is a blow...

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The Frontier Post

The Frontier Post

The Unequal Burden Of Austerity In Pakistan

The Unequal Burden Of Austerity In Pakistan

The Economic Coordination Committee's recent decision to extend special honoraria to additional ministries involved in the federal budget process...

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The Friday Times

M shaban uppal

Tashkent Declaration (1966): Peace Through Strength Or A Diplomatic Pause?

Tashkent Declaration (1966): Peace Through Strength Or A Diplomatic Pause?

The 1965 war between India and Pakistan lasted for 17 days. On 22nd September, 1965, the UNSC brokered a ceasefire between the two warring parties....

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Paradigm Shift

Syed Hammad Ali

US blacklists Chinese solar, battery firms over alleged military links

US blacklists Chinese solar, battery firms over alleged military links

The United States is on the collision course with China after a month when President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in May and...

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The News International

The news digital

Airlink launches Hisense in Pakistan, ushering in a new era for consumer electronics nationwide

Airlink launches Hisense in Pakistan, ushering in a new era for consumer electronics nationwide

Airlink Communication Limited, Pakistan’s leading technology manufacturer and distributor, has formally launched Hisense in Pakistan,

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

How Is Artificial Intelligence Compressing Nuclear Decision-making in South Asia

How Is Artificial Intelligence Compressing Nuclear Decision-making in South Asia

The gap between India’s cross-border airstrike at Balakot and Pakistan’s air strike response was just hours on the morning of February 27, 2019....

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Paradigm Shift

Haseeb Ahmed

Colorectal Cancer Alliance weighs in on New ACS screening guidelines

Colorectal Cancer Alliance weighs in on New ACS screening guidelines

Colorectal cancer is one of the most fatal cancers, but early screenings are saving lives. The Colorectal Cancer Alliance is urging Americans to...

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The News International

The news digital

US expands Pentagon list of firms allegedly linked to Chinese military to include BYD

US expands Pentagon list of firms allegedly linked to Chinese military to include BYD

The US has expanded its list of China companies reported to have ties with the Chinese military, including technology giant Alibaba and electric car...

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The News International

Ruqia shahid

Elon Musk assures investors that AI satellites will use existing technology ahead of SpaceX IPO

Elon Musk assures investors that AI satellites will use existing technology ahead of SpaceX IPO

Elon Musk reportedly announced on Monday that building orbital AI data centers is not a complex problem, as SpaceX gears up to launch its historic IPO...

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The News International

Ruqia shahid

War and AI — Reshaping Human Behaviour

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Daily Times

Sajid Salamat

Ukrainian president Zelenskyy opens up about his relationship with King Charles

Ukrainian president Zelenskyy opens up about his relationship with King Charles

Amid the ongoing war, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy just sat down with The Guardian to dish on all his hopes, and the secrets to his...

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The News International

H. anjum

Pakistan’s environmental crisis: from neglect to urgent action

Pakistan stands at a critical environmental crossroads. While economic instability, political uncertainty, and security concerns often dominate...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

Any cat to catch the mice

Any cat to catch the mice

The party minted into an untested force after a senior judge insulted unemployed youth as cockroaches.

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Dawn

Jawed Naqvi

Acid Violence

Acid Violence

Acid Violence June 09, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Editorials Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Tech net loss

Tech net loss

Why should we lament FIFA’s disregard?

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Dawn

Shahzad Sharjeel

Will Balochistan be the next target?

ON 24 May, Balochistan was once again drenched in blood. Just before Eid al-Adha, innocent people were heading home to meet their loved ones when...

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Pakistan Observer

M Abdullah Hamid Gul

Xi’s Pyongyang Gambit

Xi’s Pyongyang Gambit

Xi Jinping’s arrival in Pyongyang on June 8, his first in nearly seven years, is precisely that kind of visit. It is the visit of a patron who...

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The Nation

M A Hossain

Baluchistan’s Strategic Crossroads

Baluchistan’s Strategic Crossroads

Baluchistan has become a battlefield, and the lines of confrontation are now unmistakably clear. On one side stands the security and integrity of...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

Rights, Rhetoric, and Unrest in Azad Kashmir

Rights, Rhetoric, and Unrest in Azad Kashmir

Problems of governance exist across the developing world. Whenever a movement emerges on the basis of such problems, the first question that arises is...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

Whose water, whose power? How bad governance engineers injustice

WHEN we open a tap in Lahore, Karachi or Quetta and nothing safe comes out, the instinct is to blame the man at the pumping station or the contractor...

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Pakistan Observer

Waqar Hassan

Karachi’s quandary

Karachi’s quandary

A city that fills other coffers must retain enough local taxes for itself.

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Dawn

Dr Niaz Murtaza

Austerity Without Vision: A Reading of Pakistan’s Budget FY2025–26 and What FY2026–27 Must Answer

Austerity Without Vision: A Reading of Pakistan’s Budget FY2025–26 and What FY2026–27 Must Answer

On June 10, 2025, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb presented the federal budget for FY2025–26 before a noisy National Assembly. It was passed on...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

Drugs in Schools

Drugs in Schools

Drugs in Schools June 09, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Editorials Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

What Does the Joint Action Committee Really Want in Azad Kashmir?

What Does the Joint Action Committee Really Want in Azad Kashmir?

 The fundamental question surrounding the movement currently being revived in Azad Kashmir is simple: what exactly is its agenda? If the objective...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

JAAC: From advocacy to anarchy

ACTING under Section 12 of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Terrorism Act, 2014, the AJK Government has proscribed the Jammu & Kashmir Joint Awami...

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Pakistan Observer

Hassan Ahmad

“Merit is a Joke”: Bank of Khyber Bleeds Billions as Defaulted Loan, Harassment Scandal Rock KP Government

“Merit is a Joke”: Bank of Khyber Bleeds Billions as Defaulted Loan, Harassment Scandal Rock KP Government

Amid growing turmoil within the state-owned Bank of Khyber (BoK), sources have painted a grim picture of institutional decay, alleging that “merit...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

The Indian Military Mind and South Asia’s Security Dilemma

The recent evolution of India’s military doctrine has revived an old but increasingly urgent question for South Asia: how does India’s security...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

Revisiting role of the Supreme court in the dispensation of Justice

There is a widely shared conception of justice that is universally recognized: that every individual should receive what is rightfully due. Yet in our...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

From Golden Temple to Transnational Repression!

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Daily Times

Sajid Salamat