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From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1943: Seventy-five years ago: U.S. women in war industry
WASHINGTON: “There are almost 3,500,000 women in the United States now engaged in manufacturing,” Mary Anderson,...
From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1968: Fifty Years Ago: Plea to end disparity
AYUB HALL: Participating in the general discussion on the Budget the Leader of the Opposition Mr Nurul Amin warned...
Failed coalition in IHK
A RADICAL experiment has ended in a somewhat predictable but nevertheless spectacular failure. With the decision by...
Abraaj’s downfall
THE rise of Abraaj is a story of daring investments and meteoric growth. Its downfall has been faster still. What...
Annual moon sighting
IN what has become a yearly occurrence, the festivities of Eidul Fitr in Pakistan were marred somewhat when much of...
Media and polls
To what extent does coverage determine who wins an election?
Looking ahead
Few realise that the real struggle begins after the elections.
What awaits the next setup
From stabilisation of the external sector to securing a bailout loan, some complex tasks await the next regime.
Tracing the missing
In May, there was a spurt in appearances before the commission of inquiry.
‘Seven questions’
Apropos the editorial ‘Seven questions’ (June 15). Many people, including Daesh and some Taliban, say ‘Islam...
Eid and poverty
ACCORDING to news reports, this Eid people indulged in record spending. This is corroborated by the rush of people ...
‘Ramazan greetings’
I WAS in New York on May 15 to attend the graduation ceremony of Public Health School of Columbia of my niece, Nida...
DRAP anomalies
THE Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan’s (DRAP) policies are creating medicine shortages and also helping some...
Hindu militants
ON March 20, 2000, on the eve of US President Clinton’s visit to India, a shooting spree killed 35 Sikhs in...
Ch Nisar’s career
CHAUDHRY Nisar has almost parted ways with the PML-N. This does not mean his political career is over.
Nisar is a...
Encroachment
A DEPARTMENT store has illegally occupied the service road between 159- Y and 160-Q, Block 3, of PECHS, by ...
Turbat & parks
TURBAT is a densely populated city and home town of former chief minister Dr Abdul Malik. However, the city is...
Two historic laws
THE last national assembly passed two historic laws, studiously ignored previously. The laws favour the two most...
PTI workers stage protest against PK-81 candidate
KOHAT: Hundreds of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers staged a protest and signed a banner inscribed with slogans...
MMA to contest polls against secular forces, says Fazl
LAKKI MARWAT: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has claimed that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will...
No road blacktopped in remote parts of Shangla
SHANGLA: Dilapidated condition of roads coupled with reckless driving, particularly by young motorcyclists, is...
Restored seventh century rock carving shifted to Swat Museum
The archaeological piece was destroyed by militants in 2007
Reply sought from AG in petition against appointment of caretaker CM
PHC bench fixes June 27 for next hearing
356 cleared for tribal areas NA elections
Ex-civil servant Ali Begum Khan only woman candidate
Water supply schemes dry up in Mohmand
GHALANAI: Several water supply schemes and wells have dried up because of prolonged dry spell in the hilly ...
Haripur leader quits ANP
Safdar Nawaz says dissatisfied with party policies
PTI leaders oppose 3 poll tickets for Qaisar
SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leaders have categorically stated that they are against awarding three tickets to a...
IDPs return to Kurram after 11 years
PARACHINAR/KOHAT: A first group of the families displaced from Parachinar due to law and order situation 11 years ...
Power to remain suspended
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company has announced that power supply will remain suspended from various...
Hoti urges youth to hold Khattak accountable for taking huge loans
ANP leader claims his party will form next govt in province
Over 77,000 security personnel to ensure peaceful polls in KP
Of 11,132 polling stations in province, 2,572 most sensitive and 4,427 sensitive, officials tell CM.
10 die as jeep plunges into ravine in Kaghan
MANSEHRA: At least 10 people, including nine women, were killed and another five sustained critical injuries when a...
Teenage girl assaulted in Lakki Marwat
LAKKI MARWAT: A teenage girl was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by two persons in Hakim Topa locality in the ...
Woman acquitted in 2015 PAF camp attack case
PESHAWAR: An anti-terrorism court here on Wednesday acquitted a woman of the charge of facilitating the 2015 attack...