Asad Gokal
The writer is a counter-extremism activist. He tweets at @asadgokal and can be reached at asad.raza940@gmail.com
Opinion
From Enforced Disappearance To Blasphemy Cases: Pakistan’s Shias Are Persecuted By...
The Shia community makes up about 20-25% of the population of Pakistan, yet they have been systematically discriminated against and persecuted by state and non-state actors in multiple ways since 1947. One of the most traumatic forms of harassment they face is security agencies...
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Netizens Question Pashtun MNA...
Netizens on Monday questioned Member National Assembly and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement leader Ali Wazir's imprisonment after the court had...
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Defence Minister Says Former...
Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif held former chief of army staff Qamar Javed Bajwa and former Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI)...
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Inside the Ongoing Racial...
Islamabad, Pakistan -- Lawyer Imaan Mazari had just got home after getting journalist Matiullah Jan released from the custody...
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One Dies In Charsadda...
A 40-year-old man died and several were reported to be injured during a stampede in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, for...
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Chinese Engineer Accused Of...
An anti-terrorism court in Abbottabad has ordered the joint investigation team to submit a report and produce eyewitnesses on...
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Social Media Influencer Among...
A PTI-supporting social media influencer who holds a Computer Science degree is among 16 civilians who have been handed...
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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...
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How Imaan-Hadi Conviction Marks the Death of Fair Trial in Pakistan
Last week, a trial court in Islamabad convicted human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir...
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PTI’s Ambiguous Rhetoric on Taliban Is Dangerous for Pakistan’s Counter-Extremism Efforts
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. Islamabad -...
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