Jamaima Afridi
The writer is a freelance journalist based in the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan. She writes about women's rights, religious freedom, climate change, refugees, and human rights issues across Pakistan, specifically in conflict zones.
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Unseen Victims: How Pakistan’s Drone War is Haunting Tirah Valley
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. Tirah Valley, Pakistan - After three months of fighting for her life, five-year-old Aliya died on October 8 — the innocent casualty of a summer drone strike that shattered her quiet village...
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‘Taliban Don’t Like Being...
Former prime minister Imran Khan has said the Afghan Taliban "don't like being told what to do" while responding...
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Another PTI Social Media...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) social media activist has gone missing in Karachi, a day after another party's activist returned home...
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Top Supreme Court Judges...
Amid simmering tensions between top Supreme Court judges over Chief Justice of Pakistan Umer Ata Bandial’s discretionary powers, senior...
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‘Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Resources...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police resources pale in comparison with Tehreek-e-Taliban's amid rising targeted attacks on police officials by the militants. On...
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Human Rights Commission of...
ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the conviction of 25 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters by military...
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Assailants Attack Church In...
A church in Pindorian, Islamabad, was attacked by assailants during worship service after an alleged harassment incident that involved...
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Pakistan’s Civic Freedoms Deteriorate Amid Crackdown on Dissent: Report
ISLAMABAD - Civic freedoms in Pakistan have deteriorated amid a widening crackdown on activists,...
Human Rights
Pakistan Police Arrest 17 at Islamabad Aurat March on Women’s Day
Police arrested 17 organizers and participants of the annual Aurat March in Islamabad on...
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Overlooking Homegrown Hate, Pakistan Hesitates to Call Islamabad Blast Anti-Shia Violence
ISLAMABAD - Just hours before a suicide bomber struck the Khadija Tul Kubra Shia...
Opinion
How Imaan-Hadi Conviction Marks the Death of Fair Trial in Pakistan
Last week, a trial court in Islamabad convicted human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir...