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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Lahore High Court Declares...
In a landmark judgement, the Lahore High Court (LHC) has declared the sedition law (Section 124-A of the Pakistan...
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Minor Boy Raped At...
Balochistan police have recovered a 12-year-old boy from the house of Provincial Minister for Public Health and Engineering Noor...
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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...
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PHC To Try Alleged...
An anti-terrorism court has transferred the trial of a juvenile arrested on charges of killing an Ahmadi man who...
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PEMRA Bans Coverage Of...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) banned the coverage of the F-9 Park gang rape incident, claiming that...
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‘Hold Men Accountable’: Actor...
RJ and actor, Anoushay Ashraf, condemned sexual harassment and victim blaming among other challenges that women in Pakistan constantly...
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Human Rights
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Human Rights
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