Zohra Yusuf and Ailia Zehra
Zohra Yusuf is a council member of HRCP and the Consulting Editor of Dissent Today.
Ailia Zehra is a journalist and the Founding Editor of Dissent Today.
Opinion
How Pakistan’s Peripheries Dissented in 2024
In 2024, democracy in Pakistan suffered setbacks on many fronts. Among these setbacks was the state’s denial — through heavy-handed and violent means — to the right to peaceful assembly by citizens protesting against various forms of rights violation. The pattern for intolerance of dissent...
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News
Engineer Who Recently Returned...
An engineer named Majid Haideri, who returned from Dubai two months ago, was allegedly abducted from Sachal Goth, Karachi. Majid...
News
Man Kills Wife During...
A man gunned down his wife during the hearing of a dissolution of marriage (khula) case filed by the...
News
Aurat March Participants Face...
Participants of the Aurat March that is held every year to mark International Women's Day in Pakistan were beaten...
Opinion
Ex-Lawmaker Ali Wazir’s Continued...
One has lost count of how many times Pakistan’s former lawmaker, Ali Wazir, has been arrested or forcibly disappeared....
News
Anchor Sami Abraham, Who...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-supporting anchorperson Sami Abraham, who was abducted six days ago from Islamabad by unidentified men, has returned home. The...
News
22 Ahmadis Arrested From...
LAHORE: Under pressure from Islamist extremist groups, police arrested 22 members of the Ahmadi minority community, including children, in...
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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...
Opinion
How Imaan-Hadi Conviction Marks the Death of Fair Trial in Pakistan
Last week, a trial court in Islamabad convicted human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir...
Commentary
PTI’s Ambiguous Rhetoric on Taliban Is Dangerous for Pakistan’s Counter-Extremism Efforts
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. Islamabad -...
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How My Daughter’s Trial Exposes Pakistan’s Assault on Human Rights
My daughter, a human rights lawyer, and her husband are currently on trial in...