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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Human Rights
Pashtun Rights Activist Manzoor...
Quetta - Manzoor Pashteen, the founder of the ethnic rights group Pashtun Tahafuzz Movement (PTM), was arrested by the...
News
Death Toll From Kurram...
Pakistan - The number of deaths from the sectarian conflict in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kurram district has increased, with two more...
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F-9 Park Rape: ‘Criminal...
ISLAMABAD: On February 2nd, a woman was raped in F-9 Park in Islamabad while she was with her male...
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Justice Isa Says Was...
In a statement released a day after his presence in a convention held at Parliament House to mark the...
News
Punjab-KP Election Case Sparks...
As a five-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday announced...
Editor's Picks
Pakistan Army’s Claim Of...
The Pakistan military denies its involvement in enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions and genocide, but it has very little credibility...
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Human Rights
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