Farieha Aziz
The writer is a co-founder of Bolo Bhi, an advocacy forum for digital rights and host of the Digi Pod on Dawn News English
Opinion
How The PPP Played Both Sides While Passing The Draconian PECA...
Journalists across Pakistan are out on the streets protesting against The Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act (PECA) 2025 and petitions against it are piling up in courts. The draconian law first introduced in 2016 by the Pakistan Muslim League - N (PML-N) has...
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Karachi Man Kills 24-Year-Old...
KARACHI: A father killed his 24-year-old son named Muhammad Sohail for not offering prayers in Karachi's Gulistan-e-Johar area. According to...
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Waziristan Judge Reportedly Abducted...
Shakirullah Marwat, a district and sessions judge of South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtnkhwa, who had been kidnapped reportedly by the...
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Pakistan To Release 600...
Pakistan is set to release 600 Indian fishermen detained in its jails this month as a goodwill gesture. Out of...
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‘Anti-Army Remarks’: Sedition Case...
Despite Lahore High Court's March 30 verdict wherein it had annulled sedition law, a sedition case has been filed...
Features
In Karachi, Deadly Manholes...
For children, 14 August is all about flags on the rooftops, shops adorned with fairy lights, and waving the...
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Marrying A Minor Is...
A judicial magistrate in Karachi has said that a person marrying a girl under the age of 18 can...
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Human Rights
Rights Groups Sound Alarm As Afghan Taliban Publicly Execute 4 Men In One Day
Afghanistan's Supreme Court announced on Friday the public execution of four men, marking the...
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‘Will Face Oppression With Courage’: Jailed Activist Mahrang Baloch Writes Letter from Prison
ISLAMABAD: The chairperson of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Dr. Mahrang Baloch, who was...
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In Powerful Verdict, Islamabad High Court Upholds Conviction of Rapist While Defining ‘Consent’
ISLAMABAD: Upholding the conviction of a man charged with raping a 20-year-old woman, the...
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22 Ahmadis Arrested From Place of Worship Under Pressure From Extremist Mob in Sialkot
LAHORE: Under pressure from Islamist extremist groups, police arrested 22 members of the Ahmadi...