Ishtiaq Ahmed
The writer is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Stockholm University; Honorary Senior Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. He can be reached at: billumian@gmail.com
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Can Pakistan Ever Become a Normal Country?
This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here. In the 76th year of Pakistan as a Muslim-majority state, confined since 1971 to the former West Pakistan when its eastern wing seceded to become...
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Baloch School Teacher Abducted...
A Baloch school teacher, a graduate of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, has been allegedly abducted by armed men...
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To Bring Pakistan Back...
This article is part of a series titled “Is There A Way Forward For Pakistan?”. Read more about the...
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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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Islamabad Police Claim To...
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police on Thursday said two suspects in the F-9 Park rape incident were killed in an...
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Neither Free, Nor Fair:...
This article is part of Dissent Today’s special series on Pakistan’s general elections. Follow the series here. Any comment on the...
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PTI Leader Supports Decision...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Walid Iqbal, who also happens to be the chairperson of the Senate's Human Rights Committee,...
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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...
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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...