Muhammad Abdullah
The writer is a third-year law student at Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Law School, Government College
University, Lahore. He is currently a legal intern at Fair Trial Defenders Legal Aid Cell.
Opinion
Here is Why Trials in Military Courts Can Never Be Fair
Pakistan is currently witnessing a constitutional and political crisis in the country, with 33 civilians being tried in military courts under the Pakistan Army Act (1952) and Officials Secret Act (1923). These steps were taken following the riots that erupted after former prime minister...
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Opinion
Balochistan’s Resources Are Being...
The Reko Diq saga has had more dramatic twists and turns than those of a gruesome mystery thriller, but...
Features
Pakistan’s Persecuted Hazaras Build...
Ishaq Mohammadi never wanted to leave Pakistan, but, when a close friend was killed, he felt he had no...
News
Balochistan Govt Detains Gwadar...
Maulana Hidayatur Rehman Baloch, the leader of Gwadar's rights movement Haq Do Tehreek (HDT), was arrested by local authorities...
News
Declaring Political Party Banned...
Member National Assembly and National Democratic Movement (NDM) Chairman Mohsin Dawar has said that declaring a political party a...
News
Aurat March Participants Face...
Participants of the Aurat March that is held every year to mark International Women's Day in Pakistan were beaten...
News
Pakistani Journalist Killed In...
Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif, who had left Pakistan in August reportedly amid death threats, was killed in Kenya under...
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Human Rights
Pakistan’s Top Court Upholds Death Sentence in Murder of Woman Killed For Obtaining Divorce
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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
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