Dawn Pakistan

“WE will eat grass or leaves, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own … We have no other choice!” Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had famously remarked as he voiced this nation’s determination to build an indigenous nuclear deterrent programme that had, by the mid-1960s, become an existential...

Satellite images from 2000 and 2025 show mangroves near Mai Kolachi replaced by reclaimed land.—Courtesy Suparco ISLAMABAD: New satellite images from 2000 and 2025 released by the country’s space agency show a fundamental shift in land cover along Karachi’s coastal zone near the Mai Kolachi...

ISLAMABAD: As liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices surge following the closure of the Rahimdad-250 border post, market stakeholders on Sunday urged the government to shift from monthly to weekly or daily pricing, in line with petroleum products, and delink rates from Saudi Aramco’s Contract Price...

Goods trucks remain parked at the Torkham border’s terminal since its closure amid tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan.—Photo by the writer • From $1.3 billion in FY24-25, bilateral trade has fallen to a little over $350 million in FY25-26• Traders call for balancing security and...

• Salman Akram Raja tries to quell talk of ‘disagreement’ among core committee members• Insiders say march date was announced without consultation; protest plans kept under wraps, even from party leaders ISLAMABAD: Controversy over its failure to hold a protest march continues to plague the...

An army major was martyred and four terrorists were killed during intelligence-based operations in Balochistan, the military’s media wing said on Monday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that security forces conducted a series of operations in areas of Shadi Kaur and...

• Dar discusses evolving regional situation in call with Araghchi• Iranian FM says Tehran rejects intimidation but remains open to dialogue• Insists seven-day Hormuz reopening proposal remains on table• Pakistani, Egyptian FMs condemn Houthi attacks, discuss R-4 coordination• Iran’s new...

Many Pakistani economists had tipped Susan Athey, celebrated for her groundbreaking work on internet search auctions and digital marketplaces, for this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics. However, the winners, American economists, Michael Woodford and Robert Hall, also command a devoted following...

Rice is Pakistan’s second-largest crop after wheat and the country’s largest agricultural export commodity. For decades, the Punjab government consistently enforced a ban on raising rice nurseries before May 20 under the Punjab Agricultural Pests Ordinance, 1959, and its 1960 Rules. Its...

Pakistan needs infrastructure. It also has little fiscal space to pay for it. In FY25, federal development expenditure was about Rs1.05 trillion, compared with current expenditure of more than Rs15.8tr. That combination makes public-private partnerships (PPPs) particularly attractive, and...