Muneeb Qadir
The writer is a legal academic and visiting faculty member at The Millennium Universal College (TMUC), Pakistan. He did his LLM from Queen Mary, University of London and also holds a Postgraduate Certificate qualification in Human Rights awarded by the University of London.
Opinion
Here’s Why Bill Limiting Chief Justice’s Suo Motu Power Is Good...
According to the most basic constitutional principles that are necessary to ensure a democratic society, judges’ task is to interpret the law and uphold the rule of law. The doctrine of separation of powers says that the judiciary is supposed to refrain from encroaching...
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News
PTI Leader Fawad Chaudhry...
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry was presented before Cantt Court in Lahore after being arrested by the...
Election series
Pakistan Is Violating Its...
This article is part of Dissent Today’s special series on Pakistan’s general elections. Follow the series here. In theory, Pakistan is...
Human Rights
How Pakistan Systematically Tried...
Nearly all nation-states actively try to discourage diversity and the right to be different. No discourse on diversity is...
News
Pakistan’s First Transgender News...
Pakistan's first transgender news anchor Marvia Malik on Thursday night survived a gun attack outside her residence in Lahore....
News
Another PTI Social Media...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) social media activist has gone missing in Karachi, a day after another party's activist returned home...
Opinion
Here’s How Pashtuns Are...
A large number of Pashtuns in various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including Swat, Buner, Bajaur, South Waziristan and Bannu...
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Human Rights
Rights Groups Sound Alarm As Afghan Taliban Publicly Execute 4 Men In One Day
Afghanistan's Supreme Court announced on Friday the public execution of four men, marking the...
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‘Will Face Oppression With Courage’: Jailed Activist Mahrang Baloch Writes Letter from Prison
ISLAMABAD: The chairperson of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Dr. Mahrang Baloch, who was...
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In Powerful Verdict, Islamabad High Court Upholds Conviction of Rapist While Defining ‘Consent’
ISLAMABAD: Upholding the conviction of a man charged with raping a 20-year-old woman, the...
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22 Ahmadis Arrested From Place of Worship Under Pressure From Extremist Mob in Sialkot
LAHORE: Under pressure from Islamist extremist groups, police arrested 22 members of the Ahmadi...