70 years of Pakistan
The one person who single-handedly changed Pakistan, perhaps forever, was the military dictator, General Ziaul Haq.
Updated 01 Nov, 2017 01:28am
The Pakistan of 2017 is in many ways Liaquat’s creation as he established most of the policies Pakistan follows today.
Published 16 Oct, 2017 02:48pm
Liaquat was as pivotal to the consolidation of Pakistan as the Quaid-i-Azam was central to the creation of Pakistan.
Updated 19 Oct, 2017 05:08pm
The last 15 years have seen a surge in the number of television channels and radio stations in the country.
Updated 16 Oct, 2017 10:58pm
The fact that Zia’s legacy far outlives Bhutto’s also explains how much Pakistan has changed since 1977.
Updated 16 Oct, 2017 10:58pm
In battles or war zones, the Dawn person is aware he/she is serving a paper founded by the man who founded Pakistan.
Updated 05 Oct, 2017 04:24pm
Like Jinnah, the Quaid-e-Azam, before him, 24 years later, Bhutto, the Quaid-e-Awam, was building a new country.
Updated 06 Jan, 2019 11:24am
Dawn was an important factor in the creation of Pakistan.
Published 26 Sep, 2017 02:29pm
It was Bhutto, again, who uttered words that led to one journalist coining the famed headline: ‘udhar tum, idhar hum’.
Updated 16 Dec, 2017 01:34am
The first newspaper of the subcontinent appeared in the territories now comprising Pakistan.
Updated 22 Sep, 2017 03:54pm
Since Independence, Pakistan's Establishment has tried to misinterpret, tamper or censor sayings of Quaid-i-Azam.
Updated 20 Sep, 2017 03:26pm
The press in Pakistan learned to gang up against itself and its freedom fairly early in the country’s history.
Published 16 Sep, 2017 01:33pm
Greatest contribution of Dawn to creation of Pakistan is helping to create Jinnah as charismatic figure of Quaid-i-Azam.
Updated 13 Sep, 2017 12:36pm
Draped in Pakistan’s national flag, the Quaid-i-Azam’s Janaza moved along the driveway of the Governor General’s House.
Published 11 Sep, 2017 12:57pm
After seven decades, how many of the problems Jinnah defined at Pakistan’s birth have as yet been resolved?
Updated 12 Sep, 2019 07:39am
Dawn newspaper covered events at Aligarh to such an extent that it practically became a university broadsheet.
Updated 06 Sep, 2017 12:06pm
Pakistan’s first military dictator laid the foundations of a capitalist economy under military rule.
Updated 06 Sep, 2017 12:08pm
Dawn began as a weekly newspaper in 1941 and transformed into a daily in 1942.
Updated 05 Sep, 2017 05:00pm
Within a couple of years after independence, it was evident who would call the shots.
Updated 30 Aug, 2017 02:39pm
The policies of a powerful state never consented to the unveiling of the truth.
Updated 20 Aug, 2017 09:02am
Dawn embarks on a series of 16 special reports under the banner of ‘70 years of Pakistan and Dawn’.
Updated 19 Aug, 2017 09:36am
While Jinnah’s unusual role makes him a unique figure, it also represents a weakness of our freedom movement.
Updated 19 Oct, 2017 03:16pm
As the nation marks its 70th year Pakistan’s story becomes your story.
Updated 19 Mar, 2018 02:14pm
