Fariha Ijaz
The writer is an Assistant Editor at Dissent Today, focusing on extremism and political violence.
Human Rights
Pakistan’s Top Court Upholds Death Sentence in Murder of Woman Killed...
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s highest court on Saturday rejected an appeal by a man convicted of murdering his former wife just two days after she secured a judicial divorce, declaring that women who exercise their legal rights must not face violence with impunity. In a strongly...
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 Sunday as activists gathered to mark International Women’s Day. The arrests took place in Sector F-6 of the federal capital, where participants had assembled for the rally. Organizers had announced plans...
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 mosque in Islamabad during Friday prayers, killing at least 31 worshippers and injuring nearly 170 others, a sectarian rally organized by a banned extremist group was underway less than a...
Commentary
PTI’s Ambiguous Rhetoric on Taliban Is Dangerous for Pakistan’s Counter-Extremism Efforts
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. Islamabad - Shafiullah Jan, special assistant to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief minister, appeared to refuse to categorically label the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) a “terrorist organization” in an interview with a...
Extremism watch
600 Students Affected As Blast Destroys Government School in Waziristan
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. ISLAMABAD - Militants in Pakistan’s volatile Waziristan region have escalated attacks on educational institutions just days before the end of 2025. On Thursday, unidentified assailants detonated explosives at the Government Primary School in...
News
Once Above the Law, Now Under Fire: Malik Riaz’s Empire Faces...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani real estate tycoon Malik Riaz warned Tuesday that his vast property enterprise, Bahria Town Limited, is nearing a complete shutdown. He attributed this dire situation to an escalating government crackdown, widely believed to stem from his alleged association with the imprisoned former Prime...
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Opinion
Here is Why Trials...
Pakistan is currently witnessing a constitutional and political crisis in the country, with 33 civilians being tried in military...
News
PTI Activist Gets 26...
A court in Peshawar has sentenced a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activist to 26 months in jail for criticising the...
News
Activist Jibran Nasir’s Abduction...
Social media users have condemned the abduction of lawyer and rights activist Jibran Nasir, whose whereabouts remain unknown after...
News
Govt Proposes Task Force...
The government is deliberating over constituting a task force to 'investigate' campaigns launched against Pakistan Army on social media. According...
Opinion
Here’s Why The 26th...
The recently-passed 26th amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, under which the Supreme Court's chief justice will now be...
News
Transgender Speaker Stopped From...
Transgender activist Shahzadi Rai was stopped by university guards from entering the "Reimagining Pakistan" seminar that was held at...
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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...