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
Four Killed, Nine Injured...
At least four people were killed and nine others were injured in a blast in Qandhari Market in Quetta. According...
News
Sindh District Admin Advert...
The Municipal Committee of district Sanghar, Sindh has published a discriminatory advertisement inviting "non-Muslims only" for sanitation jobs. Such...
News
Arab Diplomat Allegedly Rapes...
A woman from Lahore was allegedly raped by an Arab diplomat in Diplomatic Enclave, Islamabad. According to senior journalist Azaz...
News
HRCP ‘Horrified’ By Alleged...
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that it is "horrified" by the discovery of three bullet-riddled...
News
PTI Activist Gets 26...
A court in Peshawar has sentenced a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activist to 26 months in jail for criticising the...
Human Rights
Rights Groups Sound Alarm...
Afghanistan's Supreme Court announced on Friday the public execution of four men, marking the largest number of executions in...
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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...
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...