Dr Muhammad Tayyab Safdar
The writer is a Post-Doctoral researcher at the East Asia Center and the Department of Politics,
University of Virginia. His research explores the political and economic implications of China's
rise for countries that are part of the Belt & Road Initiative. He holds an MPhil and PhD in
Development Studies from the Department of Politics & International Studies, University of
Cambridge.
Opinion
How State’s Patronage To Elite Class Is Worsening Pakistan’s Economic Crisis
This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here. Pakistan continues to experience deep economic turmoil. Years of mismanagement by subsequent governments and political instability have contributed to the economic crisis. As I write...
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Human Rights
Pakistani Man Gets Life...
A Pakistani national in London, United Kingdom, has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering a 21-year-old...
News
People In Swat Take...
People in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, demanded the recovery of missing persons during a protest rally. The participants also demanded the...
News
Aurat March Organisers Move...
The Aurat March's organising committee on Saturday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court, challenging the administration's ban...
News
‘Gujranwala, Wazirabad Admins Directly...
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has found that civil administrations in Gujranwala and Wazirabad were directly involved...
Opinion
Needed: National Consensus On...
This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?" Read more about the...
News
Pakistan Bar Council Condemns...
Pakistan Bar Council on Monday expressed "serious concerns" on the provision of "extraordinary protocol" by the state to repatriate...
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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...