Opinion

Avoiding transparency

There is a trend of undermining processes meant to ensure transparency in public bodies.

Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

Return of hope to Skardu

The recently inaugurated water diversion project in GB reflects the strength of community-led action.

Afzal Ali Shigri

Artificial state

Granting ‘legal personhood’ to AI will create a moral hazard.

Aqdas Afzal

The Pinky paradox

Her story is unusual, but the allegations against her are serious: drug trafficking is not an act of female emancipation simply because the person accused of running the operation is a woman.

Rafia Zakaria

Editorial

Talks, at last

The government’s constant threats to suspend KP’s elected dispensation over a political protest have escalated hostilities considerably. In that context, both sides did well to start talking.

IWT’s future

TOGETHER with the Kashmir dispute, India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty has become the biggest...

Pained minds

IN Pakistan, mental healthcare is wedged between two extremes — a luxury or a stigma. Estimates cited by the...

Branded Content

Putting better health in more hands: Reckitt Pakistan unveils Saaf Sehatmand Pakistan in partnership with Aga Khan Foundation

Powered by Dettol and Harpic, the flagship platform begins in schools to provide safe drinking water, rehabilitated toilets, handwashing facilities and hygiene education.

28 years of McDonald’s Pakistan: celebrating the local partners behind the Golden Arches

The milestone highlighted the structural evolution of the company's local procurement model.

Etihad Town Sialkot delivers Possession ahead of time

The project was delivered within just 1.5 years against a 3-year payment plan, while commercial possession had already been handed over to customers in January 2026.

Analysis & Comment

A budget to calm lenders or households?

Economists see little room for growth under IMF programme; economy stuck in low-growth equilibrium as consumers’ purchasing power erodes.

Reimagining deterrence, 28 years after Pakistan's nuclear tests in Chagai

The May 2025 conflict demonstrated that limited war under the nuclear shadow is now a practical reality rather than a theoretical possibility.

A jolt that may trip K-Electric

Nepra’s surprise tariff cut may ripple far beyond Karachi’s power grid as KE’s profits sink and investors threaten arbitration.

Nasir Jamal

Taliban seek quid pro quo from US

Unlike previous occasions, Kabul is now looking to secure concessions before complying with the Trump administration’s wishes.

Cartoon

Letters

Balochistan needs action, not magic

THIS is with reference to the report ‘Premier, army chief call for talks, uplift in Balochistan’ (Aug 22)....

CRBC breach

THE recent breach in the Chashma Right Bank Canal (CRBC) in Paharpur tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan has once again...

Liability cost

THE federal government recently approved Rs27.62 billion in sovereign guarantees along with a rollover of Rs6.94...

Unjust tax

THE government has chosen to tax Behbud Savings Certificates (BSCs) through the Finance Act, 2026, and has also...

The plastic solution

THIS is with reference to the article ‘Costs of plastic packaging’ (Aug 9). Such articles are published often in...

TRADITIONAL CRAFT

TRADITIONAL CRAFT: Many districts in Sindh possess unique products and traditional skills that could generate...

50 Years Ago

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1976: Fifty Years Ago: No alternative

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has told the International Atomic Energy Agency that it has no other practical alternative but ...

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1976: Fifty Years Ago: 29 Pakistanis held

ABU DHABI: Twenty-nine illegal Pakistani immigrants were arrested while coming ashore here only 10 days after at...

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1976: Fifty Years Ago: Ties with Peking

ISLAMABAD: President Fazal Elahi Chaudhry and Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto have felicitated China on the 27th...