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 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 and Hadi Ali Chattha under Pakistan's highly controversial cybercrime law, known as the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA). The convictions against the husband-wife duo stem from tweets about enforced disappearances...
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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News
Hazara Woman Hockey Player...
Pakistani hockey player Shahida Raza, who belonged to the persecuted Shia-Hazara community in Balochistan, was identified as one of...
News
Young IT Expert From...
Rahamutlah Mirbahar, a young IT expert from one of the most underprivileged areas of Sindh, Thatta, has surprised social...
News
Assistant Commissioner Hazim Bangwar...
In yet another episode of intolerance, Assistant Commissioner of North Nazimabad, Karachi, Hazim Bangwar, has received a backlash from...
Features
Gilgit-Baltistan’s Protest Movement Is...
The ongoing mass protest in Gilgit-Baltistan against the never-ending constitutional crisis and other grievances of the people has now...
Features
جی۔ایم سید: سب سے...
(1904-1995) غلام مرتضی سید باالمعروف جی۔ ایم سید تحریک پاکستان کے اہم رہنما اور پھر قیام پاکستان کے بعد...
News
75-Year-Old Ahmadi Man Shot...
A 75-year-old Ahmadi man, identified as Rasheed Ahmad, was shot dead on Sunday in Goteriala, Gujrat. The incident comes...
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Human Rights
Pakistan’s Top Court Upholds Death Sentence in Murder of Woman Killed For Obtaining Divorce
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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...
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Overlooking Homegrown Hate, Pakistan Hesitates to Call Islamabad Blast Anti-Shia Violence
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