Mohammad Taqi
The writer is a Pakistani-American columnist and commentator. He tweets @mazdaki.
Election series
Here’s Why The Results Of Today’s Elections Are Totally Irrelevant
This article is part of Dissent Today’s special series on Pakistan’s general elections. Follow the series here. On Tuesday January 30, 1962, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, a former Prime Minister of Pakistan, was arrested from his Karachi residence on ambiguous charges of anti-state activities, under the Security...
Opinion
To Bring Pakistan Back From The Brink, Military Must Put Its...
This article is part of a series titled “Is There A Way Forward For Pakistan?”. Read more about the series here. Pakistan stands not just on the brink of an economic disaster today but also faces an imminent meltdown of its state institutions. With each...
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News
Policeman Killed In TTP...
A policeman was killed and four other personnel got injured in a banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan attack on a police...
Human Rights
Human Rights Groups Come...
A number of human rights organisations have come together for a social media campaign demanding the safe release of...
News
Arrested Chinese Engineer Says...
The Chinese engineer who was arrested over blasphemy allegations in Kohistan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has denied the accusations levelled...
Opinion
Why Pakistan’s Establishment Is...
Social media platforms, X in particular, are often demonized for spreading “fake news,” but what the harsh criticism of...
News
In Landmark Judgement, Supreme...
In a landmark judgement authored by Justice Ayesha Malik, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has ruled that gender-based discrimination...
News
15-Year-Old Christian Boy, Friend...
A 15-year-old Christian boy and his 18-year-old friend, also from the Christian community, have been arrested in Lahore under...
Latest articles
Human Rights
Pakistan’s Top Court Upholds Death Sentence in Murder of Woman Killed For Obtaining Divorce
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s highest court on Saturday rejected an appeal by a man convicted...
Human Rights
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...
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...