Dawn Editorials

07

Apr'25

Hard or competent state? By Maleeha Lodhi

THERE are several aspects to the debate that has been going on in the media about a ‘hard state’. Why, …

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04

Apr'25

Will US attack Iran? By Touqir Hussain

IRAN is at its weakest moment externally since the Iran-Iraq war. Israel’s aggression in Lebanon and Gaza has critically wounded …

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04

Apr'25

A hard state? By Shahab Usto

THE recent in-camera civil-military huddle at Parliament House once again unfolded three conceptual cleavages that have rent apart the polity. One, the …

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03

Apr'25

From hard to harder By Sakib Sherani

‘There is no use of running on the wrong road’ — Turkish proverb ELITE misrule in Pakistan has scarred the …

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03

Apr'25

Losing the plot By Khurram Husain

YOU can tell when a government in Pakistan has lost the plot when they turn to the bureaucrats for ideas …

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31

Mar'25

First line of defence By Maleeha Lodhi

IF foreign policy is the country’s first line of defence it is disconcerting how successive governments have left the foreign …

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30

Mar'25

Neighbourly cooperation By Muhammad Amir Rana

PAKISTAN is an active member of the UN, with a track record of supporting the peaceful resolution of conflicts worldwide. …

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29

Mar'25

Coercive approach won’t work By Asif Durrani

IMAGINE Afghanistan and Pakistan becoming enemies, each seeking to undermine the other. However, history shows that the two nations share …

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28

Mar'25

Where’s the water? By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

ON March 27, a report in this newspaper quoted an unnamed official of the irrigation bureaucracy as saying: “There is …

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27

Mar'25

New world order By Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

THE Trump administration has attacked the liberal world order, built on multilateral alliances like Nato, the EU and Bretton Woods …

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26

Mar'25

A predator state By Zahid Hussain

PAKISTAN appears to fit the definition of a ‘predator state’ which, according to economist James K. Galbraith, is “a political …

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25

Mar'25

Hard state, soft state By Ashraf Jehangir Qazi

Recently, the army chief addressed parliament after the Jaffar Express train attack in Balochistan. He said Pakistan had to become a “hard state” to …

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24

Mar'25

Frozen relations By Maleeha Lodhi

TWO recent developments have reinforced the fraught relationship between Pakistan and India, which makes the prospect bleak for any thaw …

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21

Mar'25

Political audit of Afghan policy By Rafiullah Kakar

THE latest clashes between Pakistani and Afghan security forces are yet another sign of the deepening rift between the two neighbours. Just …

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19

Mar'25

Time to come out of denial By Asif Durrani

THE question arises: why are the Afghan Taliban critical of the arrest of IS-K terrorist Sharifullah, alias Jafar, if they have …

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17

Mar'25

Threats, coercion & pushback By Maleeha Lodhi

IN the opening weeks of his second term, President Donald Trump has used threats, intimidation and coercion against both America’s …

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14

Mar'25

Making Britain great again? By Syed Mohammad Ali

The international development sector is in a state of shock. After the new American administration’s decision to freeze all development …

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13

Mar'25

The CPD forum By Luay Shabaneh

PAKISTAN is a member of the 58th UN Commission on Population and Develop­ment (CPD) session to be held next month. …

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