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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Features
What Will It Take...
This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?" Read more about the...
News
Video Shows How Brides,...
PAKISTAN: A video of a bride denouncing the Ahmadi faith as part of the Khatm-e-Nabuwwat (Finality of Prophethood) oath...
News
DG ISPR Was Controlling...
Senior journalist and former Pakistan Electronic Media Authority (PEMRA) Chairman Absar Alam has revealed that as PEMRA head he...
News
Ahmadi Worship Place Attacked...
MIRPURKHAS: Miscreants fired gunshots at an Ahmadi place of worship in Satellite Town, Mirpurkhas on Saturday night. A representative from...
Features
‘American Democracy Passed A...
In the critical midterm elections in the United States, Democrats performed better than most analysts had predicted, and a...
News
4 Dead As PTI...
Four deaths and more than a dozen injuries have been reported in Peshawar as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) protest in...
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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...
Extremism watch
Overlooking Homegrown Hate, Pakistan Hesitates to Call Islamabad Blast Anti-Shia Violence
ISLAMABAD - Just hours before a suicide bomber struck the Khadija Tul Kubra Shia...