Zohra Yusuf
The writer is a Pakistani journalist and human rights defender. She is the former Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), and is currently its council member.
Opinion
Why Pakistan’s Establishment Is Afraid of Social Media
Social media platforms, X in particular, are often demonized for spreading “fake news,” but what the harsh criticism of social media and the demands for curbs overlook is the reality that in Pakistan, they are often the only platform that give a voice to...
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Pakistan To Release 600...
Pakistan is set to release 600 Indian fishermen detained in its jails this month as a goodwill gesture. Out of...
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Islamabad Varsity Sacks Professor...
The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) Islamabad has sacked a professor after an inquiry found...
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Pakistan Decides To Launch...
Nine years after Operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) that displaced millions of people and claimed...
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Conspiracy To Murder Arshad...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former minister Faisal Vawda has claimed that the conspiracy to kill journalist Arshad Sharif,...
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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...
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Pakistani Taliban Aim To...
The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has increased its attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the goal of overthrowing the provincial government...
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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
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