Shireen Mazari
The writer is a defense and security analyst and served as Pakistan’s Minister for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022.
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How My Daughter’s Trial Exposes Pakistan’s Assault on Human Rights
My daughter, a human rights lawyer, and her husband are currently on trial in Pakistan under cybercrime charges for exercising what should be a fundamental right: speaking about human rights violations. Their case has come to symbolize a much larger and more troubling reality...
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Dismantling Of PTI And...
Military rule – both overt and covert – has been terrible for Pakistan. Through its mega-sized foundations (Fauji, Shaheen,...
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Forced Conversions, Faith Declaration...
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has raised concerns over the "continued" marginalisation of minorities, saying the recent...
Features
Gilgit-Baltistan’s Protest Movement Is...
The ongoing mass protest in Gilgit-Baltistan against the never-ending constitutional crisis and other grievances of the people has now...
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Over 12 Children Sexually...
Over 12 children were sexually abused daily in Pakistan and as many as 4,253 cases of child sexual abuse...
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Girl Burnt Alive By...
A girl was burnt alive by her family for wanting to marry of her own free will in Jhang's...
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Jhelum Journalist Killed After...
Senior Jhelum journalist Imtiaz Baig was killed by unidentified men outside a local mosque, police said. Imtiaz Baig was associated...
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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...
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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...