Jatin Desai and Beena Sarwar
Jatin Desai and Beena Sarwar are longtime journalists who met through the Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy launched in 1994. Based in Mumbai, Jatin Desai has served as General Secretary of the PIPFPD India chapter. Formerly based in Karachi and Lahore, Beena Sarwar has written extensively on issues of cross-border prisoners. She is editor Sapan News beena@sapannews.com.
Features
Indian, Pakistani Fishermen Continue to Fall Victim to Heartless Policies of...
If 99 Indian fishermen incarcerated in Pakistani prisons had been repatriated last month as agreed, Jagdish Mangal might still be alive. Mangal was among the several Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency in February 2020 and detained in Malir prison, Karachi. He was...
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Human Rights
Imaan Mazari, Ali Wazir...
An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad has remanded human rights activist Imaan Mazari and former lawmaker Ali Wazir to the...
News
Man Kills Wife During...
A man gunned down his wife during the hearing of a dissolution of marriage (khula) case filed by the...
News
Punjab Govt Website Shows...
The Punjab government's official website shows sectarian breakdown under the district profiles of Lahore and Rajanpur, while the authorities...
News
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa To Have...
In a significant milestone for women's representation in Pakistan's judiciary, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is all set to have its first...
Opinion
Labour Productivity In Pakistan:...
This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the...
News
Pakistan’s Human Rights Situation...
The United States has said that the human rights situation in Pakistan under the current government remains a cause...
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Extremism watch
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...
Commentary
PTI’s Ambiguous Rhetoric on Taliban Is Dangerous for Pakistan’s Counter-Extremism Efforts
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. Islamabad -...
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How My Daughter’s Trial Exposes Pakistan’s Assault on Human Rights
My daughter, a human rights lawyer, and her husband are currently on trial in...