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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Kohat Religious Teacher Assaults...
A religious teacher assaulted a 12-year-old girl inside a room attached to a mosque in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Abdul Hameed...
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In Gaza, Desperate Residents...
The Gaza Strip's inhabitants are increasingly desperate as Israeli air raids continue and a ground attack appears imminent. With...
Opinion
پاکستان کی بہادر افوج...
دو ہزار پانچ سے پاکستان کی بہادر افواج اور اسکی انٹیلیجنس ایجنسیوں اور آئی ایس آئی نے سندہ...
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Aurat March Participants Face...
Participants of the Aurat March that is held every year to mark International Women's Day in Pakistan were beaten...
News
New Lawyers In KP...
In an apparent attempt to target the Ahmadi minority community, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council has made it compulsory for...
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6 Bodies Found From...
Six bodies have been found in various parts of Balochistan, including Quetta and Mach in the past three days,...
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