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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If Pakistan’s Ruling Elite...
This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?". Read more about the...
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Exiled Journalist Deported From...
Exiled Pakistani journalist Syed Fawad Ali Shah, who was deported from Malaysia last year at the request of Pakistani...
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Minister Attends Islamabad Convention...
Federal Religious Minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor attended an ulema convention hosted by the banned sectarian outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP)...
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2 Islamabad Policemen Arrested...
ISLAMABAD: Two Islamabad police officials were arrested on Saturday over complaints of harassing couples in public places by demanding...
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Balochistan Minister Accused Of...
A local court in Quetta has approved the bail of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) Provincial Minister Sardar Abdul Rehman...
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Taliban Issue Statement Extending...
Banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has extended support to the violent protests held by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the arrest...
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Opinion
Cholistan Farmers’ Longstanding Struggle for Land and Water Rights Remains Overlooked
Cholistan, a vast desert in Pakistan’s Punjab province, covers an area of 6.6 million...
News
Minor Christian Boy Jailed for Blasphemy in Sargodha Despite Juvenile Status
SARGODHA, PAKISTAN: A teenage Christian boy in Sargodha has been in prison on blasphemy...
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Taliban, ISIS Fuelled The Sectarian Clashes in Parachinar, Says Ex-MNA
Clashing tribes in the restive Kurram district of Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province finally signed a...
Opinion
How Pakistan’s Peripheries Dissented in 2024
In 2024, democracy in Pakistan suffered setbacks on many fronts. Among these setbacks was...