<figure class='media w-full sm:w-full media--center media--uneven media--stretch' data-original-src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/020335052d8dd86.webp'> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/020335052d8dd86.webp' alt=' People walk past a mural with a picture of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.&mdash;Reuters ' /></picture></div> <figcaption class='media__caption '>People walk past a mural with a picture of late Su

<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday directed a ban on the production and use of substandard syringes to prevent infectious diseases.</p> <p>The directives came as the premier chaired a meeting in Islamabad on measures taken to prevent the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C, the Prime Minister’s Office said (PMO).</p> <figure class='media w-full w-full media-- media--embed media--uneven media--tweet' data-original-src='https://x.com/PakPMO/status/2072973873985790427'> <div cl

<figure class='media w-full sm:w-4/5 media--center media--uneven media--stretch' data-original-src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/030647248f4901c.webp'> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/030647248f4901c.webp' alt=' Source: FBR ' /></picture></div> <figcaption class='media__caption '>Source: FBR</figcaption> </figure> <p>THE first year of Pakistan’s unified agriculture income tax regime has exposed a stark gap bet

<p>Palestinian Mohammad Salameh was building a home for his family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where his recently engaged son was meant to start married life. Instead, before construction was complete, a group of Israeli settlers seized the property.</p> <p>Video filmed earlier in the week and verified by <em>Reuters</em> showed at least six settlers moving around on the roof of the two-storey house, which sits below a nearby hill.</p> <p>Salameh said appeals to the Israeli military and p

WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS: The United States has reiterated its support for Pakistans right to defend itself against terrorist attacks, while the United Nations struggles to maintain consensus on its core global counterterrorism framework. The...

<p>KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) sought on Thursday a detailed report from the provincial health secretary and police chief after a citizen filed a petition, citing reports of an HIV outbreak allegedly resulting from the reuse of contaminated syringes and medical negligence at a Karachi hospital.</p> <p>The petition, filed by Tariq Mansoor, was taken up by a two-member SHC bench comprising Justice Adnanul Karim Memon and Justice Adnan Iqbal Chaudhry.</p> <p>In its written order, seen by <e

<figure class='media w-full sm:w-full media--center media--uneven media--stretch' data-original-src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/03064213cd0e337.webp'> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/03064213cd0e337.webp' alt=' Matteo Della Bordella, Mirco Grasso, Luca Ducoli and Giacomo Mauri at the K7 base camp.&mdash;Dawn ' /></picture></div> <figcaption class='media__caption '>Matteo Della Bordella, Mirco Grasso, Luca Ducoli and

<p>THE recently revealed <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2009327">QS World Universities Rankings 2027</a> have become a topic of considerable conversation for Pakistani social and print media. Reports and posts on the subject have mainly pointed out that no Pakistani university has been ranked among the world’s top 350 universities. The Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), at 381, is our top entry in the QS rankings. However, we should remember that a number of individual programmes — though no

<p>In today’s newsletter: As official celebrations spotlight a narrow cast of ​white heroes, communities across the US are reclaiming the histories that Freedom 250 leaves out</p><p></p><p>Good morning, and a very happy 250th birthday to the United States of America. If you prefer to celebrate with <a href="https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-freedom-250">cage fighting</a> on the White House lawn, an <a href="https://www.freedom250gp.com/">IndyCar rally</a> through the streets of Washington DC, or

Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister and billionaire mogul who died in 2023, is often considered to have set the mold for President Trump with his mastery of the news media, gilded taste and,...