Pervez Hoodbhoy
The author is an Islamabad-based physicist and writer
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Pakistan Govt Is Hosting Televangelist Zakir Naik to Distract from its...
Every Pakistani political leader has known that cultivating popular religious icons is how one makes it to the top. Muhammad Ali Jinnah began this game soon after the All India Muslim League suffered a crushing defeat in the 1937 elections. Although he personally detested...
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Dismantling Of PTI And Lessons Unlearned
Military rule – both overt and covert – has been terrible for Pakistan. Through its mega-sized foundations (Fauji, Shaheen, NLC, etc.) and insatiable greed for plots and plazas, the military has distorted Pakistan’s economy. And, by launching three wars against India, it has brought...
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To ‘Reimagine Pakistan’, Abandon The Two-Nation Theory As The Basis For...
The reforms that a lot of people have proposed under the “Reimagining Pakistan” program are fine, but they are about fighting a fire. I don’t think they go deep enough. Pakistan has an economy built on the presumption of perpetual war. To sustain this,...
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News
UN Says Over 10...
The United Nations has said that over 10 million people in Pakistan still do not have access to safe...
Special Report
Pakistan’s Education System Has...
The newly-formulated Single National Curriculum (SNC) that is all set to be implemented in Pakistan’s educational institutions from August...
Extremism watch
Extremist Figure Involved In...
Muhammad Ramzan Mengal, an anti-Shia extremist figure and leader of sectarian outfit Ahle-Sunnat-Wal-Jamaat (ASWJ), is contesting for a National...
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...
News
Swat Leaders Criticise Parliament,...
Pakhtun leaders have criticised parliament and judiciary for remaining "silent" over killings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in the last...
Opinion
Pakistan Needs To Invest...
This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?" Read more about the...
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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...