Zoha Waseem
The writer is an Assistant Professor in Criminology, Department of Sociology, University
of Warwick. She is the author of “Insecure Guardians: Enforcement, Encounters, and Everyday
Policing in Postcolonial Karachi” (Hurst/Oxford University Press 2022). She researches on
policing, security, and urban violence in Pakistan.
Opinion
‘Police Vigilantism’: How to Combat Extrajudicial Violence in Pakistan?
This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here. A Policy, Unabandoned In January this year, an official report revealed that the Punjab Police had killed more than 600 ‘suspects’ in police encounters between 2018...
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Police Flouted Supreme Court’s...
A judgement of the Supreme Court authored by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah last year had asked the authorities not...
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‘Imran Misused Public Money...
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that former prime minister Imran Khan "abused his powers" as prime minister...
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Popularity Survey Quoted By...
The survey that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan quoted on Wednesday to highlight his party’s popularity in Punjab...
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Sindh Farmers Are ‘Kept...
Farmers freed from landlords' private jails in Sindh shared their ordeal and said they were detained in small rooms...
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Locals Stage Sit-In Against...
People in South Waziristan have begun a sit-in after an 11-year-old boy was killed in a landmine explosion in...
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Islamabad Bar Association Faces...
Social media users are criticising the Islamabad Bar Association for inviting controversial Muslim cleric Mian Abdul Haq, popularly known...
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How The PPP Played Both Sides While Passing The Draconian PECA Amendments
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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...
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A Year After Elections, Ex-Waziristan Parliamentarian Unable to Find Justice for Fallen Comrades
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