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FROM THE PAST PAGES OF DAWN: 1943: Seventy-five years ago: Demand for food debate
LONDON: Mr. Churchill made a statement today [Oct 14] about the possibility of a debate in the House of Commons on...
FROM THE PAST PAGES OF DAWN: 1968: Fifty years ago: Call to liberate Kashmir
RAWALPINDI: Two prominent Kashmiri leaders, Sardar Abdul Qayum Khan and Sardar Mohammad Ibrahim Khan declared...
Rupee devaluation
THE rupee last week suffered a record plunge in one day — Rs10 — against the US dollar. Federal Information...
Private school fees
THE verdict barring private schools from raising fees by more than five per cent annually has measured all private...
Criminal negligence
IT IS good to finally see a ban on quacks which restricts them from conducting small surgeries after a petition ...
Spitting habit
THE addicts among us don’t care about where they spit. This is now a major problem leading to health hazards and...
Dam construction
IT is heartening to see the government initiative to mobilise the masses to generate funds for dam construction....
Education for all
THIS refers to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech in which he insisted on giving free education to all. It is a...
Bad teachers
THE Government Girls (Degree) College, Turbat, has been suffering from a shortage of trained teachers for a long...
Mobile snatching
IT is difficult to walk around the city carrying your mobile phone these days as no place is safe. It doesn’t...
Car number-plates
I WOULD like to draw the attention of the authorities concerned to the inconsistent manner in which car ...
Irrigation projects
THE Jalalpur Irrigation project is a scheme designed to irrigate areas of Jalalpur and Khushab districts. The Asian...
Cardiac stents
A CARDIAC stent is a meshed tube placed in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart in order to keep the...
The Diamer-Bhasha challenge
If the government is genuinely interested in this project, it must take some concrete steps.
Being secondary
Perceptions of a lack of agency amongst the young colour both academic and policy research.
Occupational safety
Lessons must be learnt from tragedies like the Baldia fire.
US-Taliban talks
A PUBLICLY acknowledged meeting between a US envoy and the Afghan Taliban is perhaps another sign that the US is, at...
Public service message
IN a room full of cameramen, Sindh Education Minister Sardar Ali Shah enrolled his eight-year-old daughter into a...
Investing in the young
NEW World Bank research explains investing in human capital should be prioritised by governments aiming for ...
By-elections held peacefully in KP
Over 2,000 policemen had been deployed for security duty in Peshawar.
Growing expenditures alarm KP finance managers
Proposed bill carries increase in taxes and duties on services.
Non-Muslims seek facilities for children in schools
Minority community representatives demand increase in annual budget for minority groups.
Tennis player deprived of mobile phone
PESHAWAR: Police have failed to trace the accused persons involved in snatching of a mobile phone from an...
Issues of Dasu dam victims to be taken up with PM
MANSEHRA: The Upper Kohistan district administration will take up the issues of the affected people of 4,300 ...
‘Imran imposed on people thru rigged polls’
KARAK: Awami National Party general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain has alleged that there is practically ‘civil...
11 universities functioning without own buildings
Lack of proper infrastructure affects academic environment, administrative affairs of the institutions
‘People will see real change in six months’
ABBOTTABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani has said that hard times will be over in next ...
Call to increase seats for tribal students in cadet colleges
Only three seats reserved for seven tribal districts in colleges of Jhelum, Sui and Murree
Transport facilities sought for Haripur girls college
HARIPUR: The parents of students of Government Girls Degree College, Pharhala, have complained about poor transport...
New exhibition reflects on emotional relationships with personal belongings
ISLAMABAD: An exhibition featuring the work of poet and artist Ahmed Habib was inaugurated by...
Swabi transporters fleecing commuters
SWABI: The exorbitant increase in fares here has been leading to quarrels among the commuters and public ...
Traders protest firing incident in Lakki market
LAKKI MARWAT: Traders blocked the Bannu-Mianwali road here on Sunday to record their protest against the ...
Schoolteachers quit over non-payment of salaries
TAXILA: Teaching staff for students in the second shift at the Government Girls High School Burhan, Hassanabdal, ...