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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News
Lahore Bar Association Wants...
In a country where unproven allegations of blasphemy result in mob lynchings, the Lahore High Court Bar Association has...
News
DC, SSP Security Summoned...
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday summoned Lahore District Commissioner (DC) Rafia Haider and Security Senior Superintendent of...
Opinion
Balochistan’s Resources Are Being...
The Reko Diq saga has had more dramatic twists and turns than those of a gruesome mystery thriller, but...
News
Hazara Hockey Player Who...
Former Pakistani hockey player Shahida Raza, who belonged to the persecuted Shia-Hazara community and died in a tragic migrant...
News
Abducted Baloch Woman, Mother...
A Baloch woman, a single mother of two children, who was allegedly abducted by the authorities from Quetta, has...
News
PTM Activists Arrested During...
At least five Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) workers were arrested in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by police during a protest...
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...