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...
Editor's Picks
‘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
Rights Body Slams Govt...
Media Matters for Democracy (MMfD), a non-profit organisation that advocates for media literacy and development, has condemned the Pakistani...
News
PTI Leader Supports Decision...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Walid Iqbal, who also happens to be the chairperson of the Senate's Human Rights Committee,...
Features
Ignoring Climate Change Will...
This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the...
Editor's Picks
Pakistan Army’s Claim Of...
The Pakistan military denies its involvement in enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions and genocide, but it has very little credibility...
News
Anchor Sami Abraham, Who...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-supporting anchorperson Sami Abraham, who was abducted six days ago from Islamabad by unidentified men, has returned home. The...
News
Pakistan’s First Transgender News...
Pakistan's first transgender news anchor Marvia Malik on Thursday night survived a gun attack outside her residence in Lahore....
Latest articles
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...