Monday, March 10, 2025

Shaeran Rufus

The writer is a Karachi-based journalist passionate about human rights, social issues, and minority advocacy. She tweets at @ShaeranRufus

In Karachi, Deadly Manholes Are Killing Children As Authorities Shift Blame

For children, 14 August is all about flags on the rooftops, shops adorned with fairy lights, and waving the Pakistani flags with pride while enjoying their favorite sweets. That's what the 2-year-old Noman was eager to do, before he tragically lost his life that...

Peshawar’s Sikh Families Are Leaving Their Homes to Escape New Wave...

There has recently been a surge in targeted attacks on members of minority communities in Peshawar, particularly Sikhs. As a result, the Sikh community in the city is currently living under constant fear for their lives, and many families have left the province to...

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Sedition Case Filed Against...

A case has been filed in Gomal University Police Station, Dera Ismail Khan, against a student of the university...

PTI Leader Supports Decision...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Walid Iqbal, who also happens to be the chairperson of the Senate's Human Rights Committee,...

Veteran Activist Ismat Shahjahan...

Islamabad police arrested and assaulted veteran leftist activist Ismat Raza Shahjahan along with scores of people for their protest...

Imran Khan Got Relief...

Supreme Court of Pakistan declared former prime minister Imran Khan's arrest "illegal" on the grounds that he was detained...

‘Weak Evidence’: Noor Mukadam’s...

Zahir Jaffar, who was convicted and sentenced to death for killing 27-year-old woman Noor Mukadam in Islamabad, has approached...

PTI Worker Died In...

Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Usman Anwar has rejected allegations leveled by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) that the...

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Looking Back at 2024 Election Violence In Balochistan That The Rest of Pakistan Ignored

This report is part of Dissent Today’s special series documenting violence and alleged irregularities...