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NEVO Hunter: The world’s first REEV 4x4 Truck - Now made in Pakistan

NEVO Hunter: The world’s first REEV 4x4 Truck - Now made in Pakistan

The first vehicle launched under NEVO in Pakistan, the Hunter brings Changan’s vision of mass electrification to the truck segment.

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What makes a Great Family SUV? Kia Sportage wins the Best Family SUV Award for the fourth year running

What makes a Great Family SUV? Kia Sportage wins the Best Family SUV Award for the fourth year running

Winners are selected following rigorous comparative testing against rival models, including assessments on UK roads.

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LemFi launches its biggest product expansion yet alongside a new global brand, ‘Ambition has no passport’

LemFi launches its biggest product expansion yet alongside a new global brand, ‘Ambition has no passport’

LemFi launches the biggest product expansion in its history, adding UK savings, credit and data eSIM in more than 150 destinations.

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Continuing genocide

FOR the people of Gaza, despite the ‘ceasefire’ reached last October, the genocide never really ceased. This ...

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Polluted priorities

Enforcement must continue, but decisions should follow evidence, not the visibility of machinery on city roads.

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Restructuring plans

The primary reason for governance failure in Pakistan is not the geographical size of the existing provinces but the reluctance of provincial capitals...

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Press solidarity

PAKISTAN’S journalists have seldom lacked organisations speaking in defence of press freedom. What has been ...

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Rate hike

THE SBP’s decision to raise its policy rate by 50 basis points to 12pc was largely expected. It is also justified...

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Regional security

Iran and the Makkah pact states should pledge not to let external actors use their soil to launch aggression against each other.

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Dengue season

ANOTHER dengue outbreak looms over the country for reasons of lack of preparedness and negligence. This month’s...

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Chromebook scheme

Technology can widen opportunity, but only when it is tied to good teaching, reliable connectivity and clear educational purpose.

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Privatisation framework

The proposed merger of the Privatisation Commission and the Public-Private Partnership Authority (P3A) into a single institution is a sensible move.

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Mashreq simplifies cross border banking for Pakistanis in the UAE

Mashreq simplifies cross border banking for Pakistanis in the UAE

From opening an account to sending money home, Mashreq Pakistan Account offers a seamless digital experience. No branch visits or paperwork, just...

26.10.2026 40

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Recognising distress

THE deaths of two families in Karachi, being investigated as suspected murder-suicides, raise disturbing questions...

26.10.2026 100

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Encounter culture

Whether police actions in "encounters" were legitimate or unlawful can only be established through credible investigations.

26.10.2026 100

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Wheat price dilemma

A price no buyer is obliged or financially equipped to pay is only a number. Growers seem to have grasped this before the government did.

26.10.2026 150

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Reckless driving

THERE is a lack of official data documenting the crisis, but even by the most conservative estimates, over a dozen...

25.10.2026 70

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Party of one

IT ill behoves a political party that claims to be the biggest and most popular in the country to be so mired in...

25.10.2026 80

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Prudent warning

Muslim countries have warned against a new conflict. But will the war lobbies in Washington and Tel Aviv listen?

25.10.2026 150

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Harvesting rackets

ORGAN vending rarely leaves the spotlight. The FIA and the Human Organ Transplantation Authority recently took five...

24.10.2026 80

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Gaza starvation

ON account of funding cuts and Israeli cruelty, the threat of famine once again looms over the occupied Gaza Strip....

24.10.2026 150

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Breaking the cycle

Workers’ remittances have helped the current account and rebuilt reserves, and continued external borrowing has bought time.

24.10.2026 150

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Two crimes

THE senseless killing of a teenager by his employers in Multan is a crime that deserves unqualified condemnation. It...

23.10.2026 150

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Auto illusion

PAKISTAN’S draft auto policy 2026-31 is ambitious in its targets and directionless in its strategy. It promises...

23.10.2026 100

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Nuclear uncertainty

With matters frozen in the political and diplomatic spheres, it will take military-to-military engagement to prevent miscalculation in the strategic...

23.10.2026 150

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Nishat Group and LUXEED sign strategic MoU to bring Premium New Energy Vehicles to Pakistan

Nishat Group and LUXEED sign strategic MoU to bring Premium New Energy Vehicles to Pakistan

Pakistan’s diversified business group joins hands with LUXEED, with the backing of Chery Group, to build a premium new energy ecosystem for...

22.10.2026 40

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The treatment gap

A BREAST cancer diagnosis no longer carries the bleak outlook it did a generation ago. Targeted medicines,...

22.10.2026 100

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Common ground

Regrettably, the two sides still fail to see the country’s economic, security, and governance crises as challenges that must be solved politically.

22.10.2026 100

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Makkah pact clarity

Fresh aggression can kick off a firestorm that will be in no one’s control, hence it is best to abandon such reckless plans.

22.10.2026 350

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A deeper connection to Madinah: Knowledge economic city makes its Pakistan debut at the Saudi-Pakistan Real Estate Expo

A deeper connection to Madinah: Knowledge economic city makes its Pakistan debut at the Saudi-Pakistan Real Estate Expo

KEC will present its full masterplan and Al Alyaa residential community, introducing a connected lifestyle destination in a city cherished by...

21.10.2026 100

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K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Fun Nuggets Bun Pizza

K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Fun Nuggets Bun Pizza

A quick and easy bun pizza topped with crispy Fun Nuggets, melted mozzarella and colourful vegetables.

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Tackling rabies

RABIES is a deadly but preventable zoonotic disease. On Monday, two more victims succumbed to it in Sindh, taking ...

21.10.2026 150

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Missing lawmakers

Some lawmakers have reportedly been in detention since before Oct 11.

21.10.2026 200

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Real FBR reform

REFORM of the FBR has always been easier to promise than to deliver. Since the late 1990s, governments have tried...

21.10.2026 200

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Chery Master offers Rs850,000 in upfront savings on Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid

Chery Master offers Rs850,000 in upfront savings on Tiggo 7 Super Hybrid

Limited stock price lock offer with a complimentary 7 kW Home Charger worth Rs100,000.

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PARCO Gunvor Limited becomes the first OMC in Pakistan to win a Blue Dragon for Best Campaign of Pakistan at Dragons of Asia 2026

PARCO Gunvor Limited becomes the first OMC in Pakistan to win a Blue Dragon for Best Campaign of Pakistan at Dragons of Asia 2026

SplitTheTimeTax campaign under Bangles of Strength platform has earn a Blue Dragon for Best Campaign of Pakistan and Gold in the Small Budget Category

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French protests

SEVERAL European states have witnessed mass protests over the past few days, mostly focusing on socioeconomic...

20.10.2026 300

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Toll on trade

Islamabad must find the right balance between its security priorities and the economic strain on KP’s residents.

20.10.2026 200

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Burnt bridges

If PPP wants the decision reversed, it should convince its ally in Islamabad, not ask the opposition to be ‘positive’.

20.10.2026 150

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Export imperative

THE government’s efforts to boost Pakistan’s external sector through diversified financing, higher foreign...

18.10.2026 150

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Suffering in silence

TOO many Pakistani children have nowhere to turn when abused online. An estimated 1.5m internet-using children aged...

18.10.2026 200

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State of denial

If the Taliban regime commits to preventing groups based on its soil from attacking neighbouring states, the process of normalisation and regional...

18.10.2026 300

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Lesser citizens

Interfaith harmony will prevail when the message to end bias is conveyed from the pulpit, alongside efforts to punish zealotry.

17.10.2026 150

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Strengthening LGs

THE ECP has done well to refuse to allow the Punjab administration to push the local government elections to April....

17.10.2026 250

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No talks

The government should understand that the PTI’s protest march and its reaction to it will look like nothing more than a storm in a teacup.

17.10.2026 100

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Hunger in Pakistan

PAKISTAN’S position as the country most affected by hunger in South Asia is not surprising. An economy battered by...

16.10.2026 300

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Diplomatic options

Regional states know that the alternative to talks — a fully fledged war on both fronts — will bring immeasurable destruction to the Gulf, the Red...

16.10.2026 300

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Deadly classrooms

Parents should not have to become structural engineers to judge whether their children are safe at school.

16.10.2026 200

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The IPO Pakistan has not seen yet

ABHI Microfinance Bank holds a microfinance banking license in Pakistan, branch and branchless, run with the speed and discipline of a technology...

15.10.2026 60

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Reckitt Pakistan launches its first AI-powered long-format animation to help build healthy hygiene habits under Saaf Sehatmand Pakistan

Unveiled on Global Handwashing Day, Reckitt Pakistan’s animation adds a new chapter to the Dettol Hygiene Education Program, teaching children why...

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