Shaeran Rufus
The writer is a Karachi-based journalist passionate about human rights, social issues, and minority advocacy. She tweets at @ShaeranRufus
Features
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...
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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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Kenyan Women Allegedly Trafficked...
Two Kenyan women who were recently rescued from Karachi after an operation conducted by the Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC)...
News
Mirpurkhas Man Dies Due...
A man has died allegedly due to torture in the custody of Kot Ghulam Mohammad Mirpurkhas Police, according to...
News
‘Imran Khan, Police Mocking...
Lawyers have said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has made a mockery of the judicial system by...
News
Taliban, ISIS Fuelled The...
Clashing tribes in the restive Kurram district of Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province finally signed a peace agreement on Wednesday to...
Opinion
Official Secrets Act: How...
It is strange how the past and present mimic each other. In the summer of 1909, in the midst of...
News
15 Injured As Jamiat...
At least 15 students were injured as the Islami Jamiat Tulba (IJT) activists attacked Hindu students at Punjab University...
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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...