Maleeha Lodhi
The writer is an academic and a diplomat. She served as Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US, High Commissioner to the UK and Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Opinion
Needed: National Consensus On These 4 Core Issues
This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?" Read more about the series here. Pakistan today faces an unprecedented crisis. Never before has it faced such serious challenges – with the country so deeply divided and in...
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Historic Peace March in...
As violence in Pakistan's restive border town of Parachinar intensified over the past few days, thousands of citizens took...
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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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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Gomal University...
Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has directed women students to "be careful and limit themselves just...
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Awami National Party Against...
Awami National Party (ANP) has opposed banning Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) amid statements by the members of the ruling coalition...
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Enforced Disappearance: Baloch Woman,...
Quetta: Unidentified men allegedly abducted a Baloch woman identified as Mahal Baloch along with her children from Quetta. According...
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Islamabad Rape Incident: Protesters’...
"Patriarchy has taken a very extremist and violent form as the State is a party to it," says...
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Human Rights
Pakistan’s Civic Freedoms Deteriorate Amid Crackdown on Dissent: Report
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Human Rights
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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
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Opinion
How Imaan-Hadi Conviction Marks the Death of Fair Trial in Pakistan
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