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From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1943: Seventy-five years ago: Citizens on duty!
BARISAL: The Municipal sweepers and ‘Mehtars’ are on strike since August 11, the reason for the strike not ...
From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1968: Fifty Years Ago: Aid offer for Gwadar
RAWALPINDI: Three Soviet fishing trawlers will arrive in Pakistan very soon for training, research and exploration ...
Quaid & vacuum
WHILE addressing the Goa Institute of Management, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said India would have remained...
Frere Hall
THIS refers to Frere Hall, its historic park and the buildings that house a library and an art gallery. The park has...
Fake ‘encounters’
THE murder of two matriculate students from Faisalabad highlights brutality of our society. Arsalan and Usman, two...
HEC: law test
THE objective of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) is to organise the education policies and help ...
‘Tortured students’
THIS is apropos your editorial ‘Tortured students’ (Aug 9). Children who are lucky enough to acquire education ...
OGDCL vacancies
OGDCL advertised some posts of assistant engineers about nine months ago for which written tests were conducted by...
Learning from China
IN his article ‘The China model’ (Aug 11) Irfan Husain has narrated in detail the recent history of China. He ...
Inmates who legislate
ONE wonders how someone who was indicted in a corruption case in February and was sent to jail could run for ...
Religious parties
SIXTEEN years ago, some religious parties formed an election alliance by which they not only formed the government ...
PPP & Nawabshah
POOR governance by the previous PPP government in Sindh can be gauged from the fact that the roads leading to ...
Provinces’ vital role
Five years is enough time for governments to demonstrate a commitment to genuine reform.
Turkey-US spat
FEW US presidents have shaken up the international order as much as the current incumbent of the White House. While...
Miners’ deaths
THIS is not the first time that we are seeing miners die in a coalmine accident, in this case in the Sanjdi area of...
The way forward
Pakistan can transform itself from an economic basket case to a breakout nation.
The big trade-off
How do you suspend the rules? Successive governments have done this by placing pliant individuals in key leadership ...
Building healthy conventions
The public clamour about the need for parties to democratise their functioning has started having effect.
Tree plantation drive launched in Peshawar, other cities
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Development Authority and Cecos University have jointly launched a tree plantation drive in...
PPP organises Azadi night in Lower Dir
TIMERGARA: The local chapter of Pakistan People’s Party arranged an ‘Azadi’ night at Government Centennial...
Speakers call for holding PA, LG polls in tribal districts
PESHAWAR: Speakers at a daylong consultative meeting here on Wednesday demanded immediate holding of the provincial...
MoU signed to find solutions to energy, water challenges
PESHAWAR: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority and US-Pakistan Centre for Advanced Studies (USPCAS-E),...
PTI retains PA speaker, deputy’s offices in secret ballot
Mushtaq Ghani, Mahmood Jan defeat joint opposition nominees by big margin
Eagle seized from villager released into national park
CHITRAL: The wildlife department released an eagle of rare species in Chitral Gol National Park here on Wednesday...
Power protesters block road in Karak
KARAK: The residents of Nari Panos, Dagar Nari, Totaki and other adjacent localities took to the streets and blocked...
Lawyers observe strike against colleague’s murder
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court Bar Association on Wednesday observed strike against the brutal killing of a ...
Opium, rockets seized in Mohmand
GHALANAI: The Khasadar Force recovered 14 kilogrammes of opium from a car and arrested its driver, while Levies...
Govt advised against replacing health bureaucracy
Officials say existing staff vital for continuation of reforms process
Tirah dwellers dance to drumbeats to celebrate Independence Day
Music concerts held in Khyber for first time after elimination of militants
Protest ends as Swabi police register FIR against CTD personnel
A former PAF official was killed in a raid on Tuesday night, triggering protest
Separate women polling stations sought for PK-23 by-poll
SHANGLA: Local residents and political leaders have demanded establishment of separate polling stations for women in...
Girls demand more BS subjects in Saidu college
MINGORA: Hundreds of girl students seeking admission in various disciplines of BS programme in the Government...
Four kiosks gutted in Mansehra
MANSEHRA: Four kiosks were gutted and two shops collapsed in separate incidents here on Tuesday night. However, no...