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Etihad Town delivers Phase - II possession before time, reinforcing its commitment to timely delivery

Etihad Town delivers Phase - II possession before time, reinforcing its commitment to timely delivery

The well-attended event took place at the Etihad Town Phase - II cricket stadium and was hosted by renowned television personalities Vasay Chaudhry...

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Beyond the Plate: How Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is rethinking the fight against malnutrition

Beyond the Plate: How Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is rethinking the fight against malnutrition

Malnutrition is therefore not only about what is on the plate.

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Fishermen’s return

TENSIONS between Pakistan and India have been particularly detrimental for hapless fishermen in jails and their...

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EV transition

PAKISTAN’S transition to electric mobility is stalling not for want of ambition but consistency. The ...

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A reckoning

A reckoning

LAST week’s horrific fire tragedy at the Pims’ nursery has elicited a flurry of responses from the state....

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Resecurity and Sky47 partner to enable sovereign cybersecurity and AI infrastructure in Pakistan

Resecurity and Sky47 partner to enable sovereign cybersecurity and AI infrastructure in Pakistan

IAI infrastructure platform was launched in January 2026 and has been positioned to support secure, scalable and locally hosted digital infrastructure...

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Modi’s hate policy

ORGANISED hate against the marginalised has defined Indian politics under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The UN...

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Underused gateways

THE ADB’s newly approved $400m BUILD facility is a welcome investment in a problem that the Central Asia Regional...

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Six months on

Six months on

IT has been six months since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran — a costly misadventure that remains far...

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ML-1 funding gap

THAT the government has finally started looking at alternative ways to finance the long-delayed Karachi-Peshawar ...

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The missing

PAKISTAN has for decades grappled with the problem of missing persons, as powerful actors within the state have been...

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Steep challenge

Gillani will need to prove his doubters wrong while placating those elements in AJK that resisted or boycotted the electoral process.

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Nepal-China floods

JUST before 8am Pakistan time on Wednesday, a glacier collapsed in the central Himalayas, triggering flash floods ...

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Dissent aborted

EVER since the Taliban took power in 2021, international human rights bodies have criticised them for their harsh...

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Mineral treasure

OFFICIALS often state that Pakistan’s untapped mineral wealth can be a potential ‘game-changer’. The planning...

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Lagging exports

WHEN the Senate committee met on Tuesday to ask trade officials why exports were not growing, they received a...

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Pipeline impasse

THE Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline — a project decades in the making — is once again in the news. Lawmakers...

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Hospital tragedy

Hospital tragedy

WHERE does one begin? The mind goes first to the parents of the 14 newborns who died early Wednesday in the Mother...

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K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Pull Apart Sausage in Blanket

K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Pull Apart Sausage in Blanket

Soft, buttery pull apart sausage rolls made with K&N's Breakfast Sausages are perfect for sharing at family gatherings or as a comforting snack.

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The Nutrition Test: What Khyber Pakhtunkhwa can teach Pakistan about fighting childhood malnutrition

The Nutrition Test: What Khyber Pakhtunkhwa can teach Pakistan about fighting childhood malnutrition

Poor nutrition can affect learning, productivity, household incomes and the country’s economic future.

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Defeating malaria

Annual malaria transmission across the country highlights the gaps in the healthcare infrastructure.

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Little to celebrate

Standing still while the rest of the world advances is nothing but a quiet form of decline.

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Dual approach

Dual approach

WITH regard to resolving the US-Iran stand-off, two distinct approaches are being pursued simultaneously. The more...

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Women’s trauma

THE blame for the miserable state of women lies at the door of successive governments that did little to shape...

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Secure identities

THE common citizen’s interactions with the bureaucracy are rarely pleasant in Pakistan. But over the last 26 ...

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Fixing agriculture

Fixing agriculture

PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s renewed push to strengthen agricultural research, provide quality seeds to...

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Carbon credits explained: How Pakistan can turn climate action into investable projects

Carbon credits explained: How Pakistan can turn climate action into investable projects

Resources Future works with businesses and project developers to unlock additional revenue from eligible climate projects through carbon credits.

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The missing millions

SINDH’S five-year pledge with the UN to bring children into school is welcome, but the province never had any...

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Privatisation push

THE privatisation programme seems to be moving forward — finally. Eleven prospective investors have now submitted...

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‘Grand dialogue’

THE country’s top civil and military leaders are absolutely right when they say that dialogue and development are...

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Reviving hockey

THE recent World Cup campaign has demonstrated that Pakistan’s fight to restore their place in the global hockey...

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Beyond the tax form

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb is right to wonder why salaried taxpayers have to navigate a tax return form so...

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Empty overtures

Empty overtures

It is clear, then, that there is currently no clear path to a national dialogue, no matter what leaders appear to say.

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History revisited

THE government’s decision to expand its Unesco World Heritage list from 25 to 37 sites is a welcome move that...

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Passing on relief

ON Wednesday, Ogra announced a Rs32.63 reduction in high-speed diesel prices — from Rs395.69 to Rs363.06 per litre...

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Hospital visit

ALL the government had to do was take a prisoner from jail to an appointed hospital and allow them to have their...

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A classroom brief becomes a professional runway at IMA 2026

Through a unique collaboration with McDonald’s Pakistan, students were challenged to explore how the identity of an iconic international brand could...

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K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Mac and Cheese Sausages

Creamy macaroni and cheese with K&N's Frankfurter Sausages makes a rich, comforting meal that's quick enough for any day of the week.

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Battery economy

THE government’s decision to develop standards for lithium-ion vehicle batteries is a positive step. As Pakistan...

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A local address

GOOGLE has opened its doors in Islamabad. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the company’s ...

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Beyond jingoism

UNABLE to come to terms with both its military and narrative failures during and after the May 2025 hostilities with...

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Overdue relief

THE Supreme Court finally intervened on Tuesday, about three months after it was approached by former prime minister...

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Climate hits home

EUROPE’S summer has come to mirror the warnings climate scientists have issued for years. Wildfires have swept...

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Gulf deadlock

APPREHENSIONS regarding a fresh round of US-Iran hostilities are palpable, as the 60-day window for negotiations...

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ABHI Bank delivers record half-year performance with profit after tax of Rs1.502 billion

Having already surpassed its full-year 2025 profit in the first six months of 2026, the bank remains focused on building on this momentum and...

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Wheat concerns

THE refusal by Punjab and Sindh to take imported wheat is less about concerns over grain quality and more about the...

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An olive branch?

It appears unlikely that it will sabotage the arrangement at the centre, no matter how acutely it might be feeling its electoral losses in AJK at...

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Taliban at five

AS the Taliban marked the fifth anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan on Saturday, ordinary citizens —...

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Pakistan’s next frontier: Technology, talent and the new face of economic independence

Seventy-nine years in, Pakistan’s technology sector isn’t asking to be noticed anymore. It has already been paid.

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Islamabad police goes electric with RIDDARA RD6

It is not simply the addition of a new vehicle to a police fleet, but a practical demonstration of how electric mobility can move into sectors where...

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