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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Popularity Survey Quoted By...
The survey that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan quoted on Wednesday to highlight his party’s popularity in Punjab...
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LUMS Faces Backlash For...
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) is being criticized on social media for dropping an Ahmadi speaker from a...
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Sindh District Admin Advert...
The Municipal Committee of district Sanghar, Sindh has published a discriminatory advertisement inviting "non-Muslims only" for sanitation jobs. Such...
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Interpreter Of Arrested Chinese...
The interpreter of the arrested Chinese man accused of blasphemy in Kohistan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has backtracked from his...
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Aneeqa Ateeq: 27-Year-Old Islamabad...
27-year-old Islamabad resident Aneeqa Ateeq is on death row after a court found her guilty of committing “blasphemy” on...
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Veteran Activist Ismat Shahjahan...
Islamabad police arrested and assaulted veteran leftist activist Ismat Raza Shahjahan along with scores of people for their protest...
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This report is part of Dissent Today’s special series documenting violence and alleged irregularities...
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