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.
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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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Aurat March Organisers Move...
The Aurat March's organising committee on Saturday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court, challenging the administration's ban...
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When Pakistan’s Brigadier Zia-ul-Haq...
The ongoing bombing of Gaza by the Israeli army is generating strong reactions in Pakistan, but the Pakistan military's...
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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...
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Enforced Disappearances of Baloch...
In December 2021, an assistant sub-inspector stationed at Secretariat Police Station Islamabad asked students of the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU),...
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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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Balochistan Govt Detains Gwadar...
Maulana Hidayatur Rehman Baloch, the leader of Gwadar's rights movement Haq Do Tehreek (HDT), was arrested by local authorities...
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