 
         
         
    | 
 |  | 
|   Dawn EditorialDawn | 
THE world’s worsening climate emergency is now measurable not only in degrees Celsius, but also in lives lost. The...
 
  AS Gaza continues to be rattled by violations of the ceasefire by Israel, there is talk about the deployment of a...
 
  CONTROLLING or managing the narrative originating from the pulpit has been a challenge for the state for several...
 
  OVER the past two decades, Pakistan has faced several HIV eruptions and the ignominy of ranking second among nations...
 
  PAKISTAN’S ongoing economic engagement with Saudi Arabia marks a radical shift in a relationship traditionally...
 
  DESPITE the efforts of friendly states to broker a long-term peace and resolve differences between Pakistan and...
 
  WHEN officials of sensitive agencies are accused of breaking the law, the state needs to thoroughly investigate, and...
 
  THE State Bank’s decision to keep its key policy rate unchanged at 11pc for the fourth monetary policy review ...
 
  AMERICAN technology giant Meta has introduced, or perhaps one should say, unleashed AI on speakers of the Urdu...
 
  LIMITED tomato imports from Iran and small supplies from Sindh and Swat have finally reduced the pressure on...
 
  THAT time of year is upon us again when Punjab’s cities start to choke under a grey pall. The minarets of...
 
  Intelligence-based operations must be conducted to prevent militants from crossing the border, and targeting innocent Pakistanis.
 
  IT is commendable that the Punjab government is moving to eliminate illegal weapons from the province. It now ...
 
  PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s newly announced Roshan Economy Power Package is being hailed as a ‘landmark’...
 
  THE state’s lawfare against journalists to mute free speech has contributed to the existing atmosphere of...
 
  NEVER have the courts appeared so helpless in enforcing their writ. On Thursday, a three-member Islamabad High Court...
 
  PAKISTAN has long failed to recognise that economic growth and gender equality are inseparable. And so, the recent...
 
  IN these times of frequent global conflict, as the old order collapses and new rules are being written, there is ...
 
  THE majestic snow leopard is vanishing from Pakistan’s high mountain ranges, and this alarming decline in numbers...
 
  THE closure of Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan since fighting erupted between the two countries earlier this...
 
  AFTER the federal cabinet approved the ban on the TLP a day earlier, the interior ministry published a notification...
 
  IT does not hurt to show some magnanimity. A federal minister has indicated that the government may be open to ...
 
  THE government’s wheat policy is mired in utter confusion. Sandwiched between global lenders and wheat farmers, it...
 
  The country’s approach, though vast in scale, still struggles with three persistent gaps.
 
  FOR the Pakistan women’s cricket team, the writing was on the wall after South Africa amassed 312-9 in 40 overs of...
 
  PREDICTABLE as it was in the wake of the Punjab government’s passage of a new local government law, the Election...
 
  AS the administration expands its dragnet around the TLP, there is once again talk in official circles of applying...
 
  AS temperatures begin to drop, smog makes an unwelcome arrival in many parts of the country, particularly Lahore and...
 
  AS lives continue to be lost in Pakistan’s renewed battle against terrorism and violent extremism, the role played...
 
  THE rumour mill had begun to churn last week; eventually matters became clear as the Pakistan Cricket Board ...
 
  EVEN floods and ferocious monsoon spells could not compel the authorities to take timely precautions. Dengue has...
 
  FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s acknowledgement that Pakistan’s financial stability hinges on curbing...
 
  AFTER over a week of hostilities during which some of the fiercest exchanges took place between Pakistan and...
 
  FEEDING people will be harder than ever as the UN World Food Programme warns of a hunger emergency for nearly 14m...
 
  THE sale of the loss-making First Women Bank to a large investment company based in the UAE for a modest $14.6m,...
 
  ONE of the key manifestations of extremism in Pakistan is the misuse of blasphemy laws. While sacrilege can never be...
 
  OUR social prejudices equate beauty with fairness, although skin-lightening products are the darkest side of the...
 
  PAKISTAN’S anti-polio campaign has once more been marred by bloodshed. Over the past week alone, three security...
 
  Dignity in repatriation cannot exist without humanity in intent.
 
  A REPORT submitted to parliament by the finance minister exposes the grim state of Pakistan’s agriculture sector....
 
  IT seems that the elders of the Bhutto and Sharif clans have sorted out the bitter differences that had erupted...
 
  THE state’s crackdown on the TLP is in full swing. On Monday, members of the far-right party and LEAs clashed in...
 
  P AKISTAN has done it again. The country has held on to its spot near the bottom of the Henley Passport Index,...
 
  T HE Punjab government’s move to bulldoze the controversial Punjab Local Government Bill, 2025, through the...
 
  W ITH at least three major cross-border clashes within a week, there is an urgent need to address the core issues...
 
  THE world rightly sees child domestic workers as modern slaves, while domestic labour is categorised as informal...
 
  THE menace of extrajudicial killings of suspects by law enforcers is an age-old problem in Pakistan. But as rights...
 
  PAKISTAN remains caught between cautious economic optimism and persistent challenges. This is the central message of...
 
  THE ordeal of the 42 Pakistani fishermen released from Indian jails this week exposes yet again the inhuman cost of...
 
  FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb is in Washington to participate in the IMF-World Bank plenary meeting and engage...
