Hassan Javid
The writer was previously an Associate Professor of Sociology at the Lahore University of Management Sciences and is currently based at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada.
Election series
Neither Free, Nor Fair: The 2024 Elections in Pakistan
This article is part of Dissent Today’s special series on Pakistan’s general elections. Follow the series here. Any comment on the upcoming elections in Pakistan must begin with an unequivocal acknowledgement that these polls are going to be neither free nor fair. For months, the military establishment...
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Democratizing Pakistan: It’s Not Just About Holding Elections
This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?". Read more about the series here. Is a script that is all too familiar in Pakistan: an elected Prime Minister is ousted under dubious circumstances and is replaced by a...
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News
18-Year-Old Balochistan Girl Allegedly...
The postmortem examination of the 18-year-old girl whose body was recovered from a well along with two male bodies...
Human Rights
No PTI Leader Has...
A day after a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker was lynched by a mob over allegations of blasphemy in Mardan...
Human Rights
Trans Woman ‘Severely’ Injured...
A trans woman was severely injured reportedly after being assaulted by unidentified men in Karachi's upscale locality of Defence...
News
IBA Professor Who Returned...
Ajmal Sawand, a progressive academic who taught at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) in Sukkur, Sindh, and had...
News
Punjab-KP Election Case Sparks...
As a five-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday announced...
News
Jamiat Attacks Hindu Students...
In a second such incident, the Islami Jamiat Tulba (IJT) activists attacked Hindu students at Karachi University for holding...
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Features
A Baloch Mother’s Agonizing Quest To Reunite With Her Missing Son
A four-hour journey from Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, to the...
Opinion
Why Pakistan’s Establishment Is Afraid of Social Media
Social media platforms, X in particular, are often demonized for spreading “fake news,” but...
Opinion
Here’s Why The 26th Amendment to Pakistan’s Constitution Is Undemocratic
The recently-passed 26th amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, under which the Supreme Court's...
News
Historic Peace March in Parachinar Demands End To Violence in Region
As violence in Pakistan's restive border town of Parachinar intensified over the past few...