Afiya Shehrbano Zia
The writer is a feminist researcher and activist based in Karachi. She is the author of "Faith and Feminism in Pakistan" and several published articles on women, secularism and religion
Election series
Is Imran-Bushra Iddat Case A Feminist Issue?
This article is part of Dissent Today’s special series on Pakistan’s general elections. Follow the series here. The recent sentencing of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, for contracting their marriage during the latter’s post-divorce Iddat period, has triggered political outrage. Khan...
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‘Reimagining’ a Pakistan for Women
This article is part of a series titled “Is There A Way Forward For Pakistan?”. Read more about the series here. At the start of 2023, the only good news for Pakistan is that a clear democratic defiance has deepened across its citizenry (despite the...
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News
‘I March For My...
A male participant of the Aurat March whose placard, saying "I march for my mom who wasn't allowed to...
Opinion
Ex-Lawmaker Ali Wazir’s Continued...
One has lost count of how many times Pakistan’s former lawmaker, Ali Wazir, has been arrested or forcibly disappeared....
News
Documentary On Forced Conversion...
Pakistan’s Central Board of Film Censors in Islamabad (CBFC) has barred a short documentary based on child marriage and...
News
Despite Release Orders From...
Despite release orders by the Supreme Court issued on May 18, Gwadar rights movement Haq Do Tehreek leader Maulana...
Opinion
Female University Students in...
In Pakistan, educational institutions, that are meant to be sanctuaries for learning, growth, and equal opportunities, have become unsafe...
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عطار کا نیوٹرل لونڈا
اجمل کمال نے کہیں کہا تھا کہ پچھلے پچاس سال میں کراچی کے لکھنے والے شہر کی بگڑتی ہوئی...
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Human Rights
Pakistan’s Top Court Upholds Death Sentence in Murder of Woman Killed For Obtaining Divorce
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s highest court on Saturday rejected an appeal by a man convicted...
Human Rights
Pakistan’s Civic Freedoms Deteriorate Amid Crackdown on Dissent: Report
ISLAMABAD - Civic freedoms in Pakistan have deteriorated amid a widening crackdown on activists,...
Human Rights
Pakistan Police Arrest 17 at Islamabad Aurat March on Women’s Day
Police arrested 17 organizers and participants of the annual Aurat March in Islamabad on...
Extremism watch
Overlooking Homegrown Hate, Pakistan Hesitates to Call Islamabad Blast Anti-Shia Violence
ISLAMABAD - Just hours before a suicide bomber struck the Khadija Tul Kubra Shia...