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Sameen Siddiqi
Health coverage
Can Pakistan achieve UHC by 2030? PUBLISHED ABOUT 10 HOURS AGO

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A.G. Noorani
Consult and decide
The farmers’ protests hold a lesson in democratic governance. PUBLISHED ABOUT 10 HOURS AGO

Fahd Husain
Sheikh & Shaikh
There were multiple reasons being whispered about the PM’s need to change his batting order. UPDATED ABOUT 9 HOURS AGO

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Pervez Hoodbhoy
The academic rankings racket
By rewarding professors with phony achievements Pakistan has damaged universities beyond repair. UPDATED ABOUT 9 HOURS AGO

Faisal Bari
Who will pay?
Our society must decide whether or not we want to give quality education to all children. PUBLISHED A DAY AGO

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Asha’ar Rehman
Resignation time
The PTI itself indulges in tense mind games when it dares the PDM to resign en masse and expose itself to another 1985. PUBLISHED A DAY AGO

Nikhat Sattar
Dissent in Islam
Islam brought the best of morality and ethics. PUBLISHED A DAY AGO

Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

Farmers and more

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On both sides, the farmers have faced repression. PUBLISHED A DAY AGO

I.A. Rehman
Poverty-stricken politics
It is in everyone’s interest to lower political temperatures and relearn the virtues of peaceful coexistence. PUBLISHED 2 DAYS AGO

Khurram Husain
Shaikh’s predicament
Three separate strikes have been scored against the prime minister’s adviser on finance. UPDATED 2 DAYS AGO

EDITORIAL

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Increasing danger
IF there were ever a time for politics to take a back seat for the greater public good, it is now. The Covid-19... PUBLISHED ABOUT 10 HOURS AGO

LNG crisis
THE controversy over the higher spot purchase price of LNG cargoes being imported by the government for covering the... PUBLISHED ABOUT 10 HOURS
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Morocco-Israel ties
THE slow but steady wave of normalisation between Arab states and Israel rolls on, with Morocco being the fourth... UPDATED ABOUT 9 HOURS AGO

Refund claims
THE announcement by the FBR to allow exporters of the five ex-zero rated export sectors, including the textiles and... PUBLISHED A DAY AGO

Indian disinformation
The international community must raise its voice and demand an explanation from New Delhi. UPDATED A DAY AGO

Karachi fire safety

WITH rapid and unplanned growth in Karachi, fire hazards present a major challenge where protection of life and... PUBLISHED A DAY AGO

Resignation talk
THE Pakistan Democratic Movement has further raised political temperatures with the announcement that its ... UPDATED 2 DAYS AGO

Resignation talk
THE Pakistan Democratic Movement has further raised political temperatures with the announcement that its ... UPDATED 2 DAYS AGO

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

PSM needs Russians

THIS is with reference to your editorial ‘Sacked workers’ (Nov 29) which calls for urgent government action on... PUBLISHED ABOUT 10 HOURS AGO

Hyderabad woes
HYDERABAD ranks eighth as a city in terms of population in the country. But it seems that urbanisation has affected... PUBLISHED ABOUT 10 HOURS AGO

Remembering Mufti
MASOOD Mufti was my batchmate, having joined the Civil Services of Pakistan in 1958, who retired in 1994 and died... PUBLISHED ABOUT 10 HOURS AGO

Unmanaged transport
MULTIPLE problems hamper the development of Karachi which has been plagued by poor transport system, traffic logjams... PUBLISHED ABOUT 10
HOURS AGO

Gas shortage
AMONG the many problems faced by the people, acute shortage of natural gas is a major issue. PUBLISHED ABOUT 10 HOURS AGO

Medical college
NASEERABAD, having a population of about 1.5 million people, does not have a medical college despite being an... PUBLISHED ABOUT 10 HOURS AGO

Political turmoil
POLITICAL polarisation in Pakistan is getting out of hand. The latest example is that of an opposition ... PUBLISHED ABOUT 10 HOURS AGO

50 YEAR AGO

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From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1970: Fifty Years Ago: UN warns Israel
UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly’s Special Political Committee demanded yesterday [Dec 11] that Israel stop... PUBLISHED ABOUT 10 HOURS
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From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1970: Fifty Years Ago: Plan to evict Muslims
DACCA: Indian authorities are currently working on implementing another diabolical design to push out the helpless... PUBLISHED A DAY AGO

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1970: Fifty Years Ago: Bhashani reiterates call
DACCA: NAP chief Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani announced here today [Dec 9] that he was calling a national... PUBLISHED 2 DAYS AGO

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1970: Fifty Years Ago: AL wants real integration
RAJSHAHI: The Awami League wants real integration of the two Wings through a bond of reciprocal affection, says Mr... PUBLISHED 09 DEC, 2020 08:30AM

OTHERS

OTHER VOICES : Punjab Press : Peanuts for the people

...[T]HE government tends to have the federal budget approved hurriedly while playing up its ‘successes’ in... PUBLISHED 07 JUN, 2014 01:41AM

OTHER VOICES: Pashto Press: Afghan polls: second phase

AFGHANISTAN has announced that the second phase of its presidential election [will take place on] June 14. ... Dr... PUBLISHED 06 JUN, 2014 01:03AM

OTHER VOICES: Far East Press: Top security official

DEFENCE Minister Kim Kwan-jin’s hawkish stance against North Korea has made him No. 1 target of Pyongyang’s... PUBLISHED 05 JUN, 2014 01:27AM

OTHER VOICES: Sri Lankan Press: Natural hazards

MOST people woke to the news of floods, giving an inauspicious start to the week. Torrential rains continued to lash... PUBLISHED 04 JUN, 2014 06:47AM

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