Abdullah Zahid with Beena Sarwar
Abdullah Zahid is an aspiring journalist studying mass communication at the University of Karachi. On X @AbdullahZahid. Editor Sapan News Beena Sarwar is a longtime journalist who has extensively reported on the ‘blasphemy laws’. beena@sapannews.com
Features
Pakistan’s Minority Rights Activists Renew Demands for Justice After Attacks on...
“Manzoor Masih - will be remembered!... The Christians of Shanti Nagar - will be remembered!... Rimsha Masih - will be remembered!... ” Karachi-based activist and dancer Sheema Kermani led the chanting, evoking the names of a long list of Pakistani Christian individuals and communities targeted...
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Gomal University...
Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has directed women students to "be careful and limit themselves just...
Opinion
Shariat Court’s Ruling Violates...
The Federal Shariat Court’s ruling that key provisions of the 2018 Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act are repugnant...
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Four Killed, Nine Injured...
At least four people were killed and nine others were injured in a blast in Qandhari Market in Quetta. According...
Commentary
PTI’s Ambiguous Rhetoric on...
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. Islamabad - Shafiullah Jan, special assistant to...
News
PTI Worker Died In...
Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Usman Anwar has rejected allegations leveled by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) that the...
Extremism watch
600 Students Affected As...
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. ISLAMABAD - Militants in Pakistan’s volatile Waziristan...
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