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Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Uzair Younus

The writer is the director of the Pakistan Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center. He also is the Vice President at The Asia Group.

If Pakistan’s Ruling Elite Does Not Change Course, Citizens May Take...

This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?". Read more about the series here. The status quo in Pakistan can no longer be sustained. This has been evident to many of us closely observing and analyzing the country’s...

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‘Corps Commander Lahore Whose...

Corps Commander Lahore Lt General Salman Fayyaz Ghanni, whose house was attacked by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) mob protesting...

Is Imran-Bushra Iddat Case...

This article is part of Dissent Today’s special series on Pakistan’s general elections. Follow the series here.  The recent sentencing of...

Declaring Political Party Banned...

Member National Assembly and National Democratic Movement (NDM) Chairman Mohsin Dawar has said that declaring a political party a...

Aurat March Activists Hold...

Lahore: Women rights activists and organisers of Aurat March Lahore on Friday held a protest demonstration against the abduction...

FIA Blocks More Than...

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has blocked more than 100 social media accounts at the request of Islamabad police...

Khairpur Teacher Accused Of...

A court in Khairpur has acquitted a retired schoolteacher who was arrested three years ago after videos of him...

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