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A Year After Mahsa Amini’s Tragic Death,...

On a late summer day, four days before her 23rd birthday, Mahsa Jina Amini was visiting her family in Iran's capital city of Tehran,...

Peshawar’s Sikh Families Are Leaving Their Homes...

There has recently been a surge in targeted attacks on members of minority communities in Peshawar, particularly Sikhs. As a result, the Sikh community...

Can Pakistan Ever Become a Normal Country?

This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here. In the 76th year of...

Trial By Firing Squad: Prosecuting Civilians in...

Pakistan has been a State Party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) since 23 June 2010. Unfortunately, however, even in...

Dismantling Of PTI And Lessons Unlearned

Military rule – both overt and covert – has been terrible for Pakistan. Through its mega-sized foundations (Fauji, Shaheen, NLC, etc.) and insatiable greed...

Imran Khan Got Relief But Gwadar’s Hidayatur...

Supreme Court of Pakistan declared former prime minister Imran Khan's arrest "illegal" on the grounds that he was detained from within the Islamabad High...

Make Human Dignity The Foundation Of Policymaking

This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?" Read more about the series here. My vision of Pakistan...

What Ails Pakistan’s Tax System?

This article is part of a series titled “Is There A Way Forward For Pakistan?”. Read more about the series here. Pakistan once again finds...

Democratizing Pakistan: It’s Not Just About Holding...

This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?". Read more about the series here. Is a script that...

If Pakistan’s Ruling Elite Does Not Change...

This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?". Read more about the series here. The status quo in...

‘Reimagining’ a Pakistan for Women

This article is part of a series titled “Is There A Way Forward For Pakistan?”. Read more about the series here. At the start of...

Pakistan: Is there A Way Forward?

The key lesson from the success stories in Asia is sobering and simple:  It is the people, stupid! We must invest in people and empower...

How The 1973 Dislodging Of Elected Govt...

The only time that nationalist Baloch leadership was accorded a chance to govern Balochistan was after the 1971 debacle – and that too grudgingly–...

To ‘Reimagine Pakistan’, Abandon The Two-Nation Theory...

The reforms that a lot of people have proposed under the “Reimagining Pakistan” program are fine, but they are about fighting a fire. I...

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Why The Baloch People Can Never Trust...

The world knows Balochistan as the 44 per cent land mass of Pakistan, but most do not know that becoming part of Pakistan was...

Pakistan Army’s Claim Of ‘Neutrality’ Is A...

The Pakistan military denies its involvement in enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions and genocide, but it has very little credibility to begin with. Even if...

No, Iran’s ‘Morality Police’ Has Not Been...

A three-day strike is being observed by merchants across Iran starting Monday. To distract attention from the vast support that this strike has been...

5 Books Every Young Pakistani Should Read...

The Tahaffuz-e-Buneyad-e-Islam bill recently passed by the Punjab Assembly gives unprecedented powers to the provincial government to censor or ban books by barring any...

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Democratizing Pakistan: It’s Not Just About Holding Elections

This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?". Read more about the series here. Is a script that...

Imran Khan Court Hearing: Media Regulatory Authority Bans Coverage...

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has restricted live coverage of events outside the Islamabad Judicial Complex, where Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran...

HRCP ‘Horrified’ By Alleged Murder Of Woman And Sons...

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that it is "horrified" by the discovery of three bullet-riddled bodies from a well in...

CEO Of Canadian Mining Firm Tells Exiled Baloch Activist...

The CEO of Barrick Gold, the company that is a major stakeholder and owner of the Reko Diq project in Balochistan, one of the...

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In Pakistan, calls for boycotts of international brands perceived to have ties to Israel,...

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Afghanistan's Supreme Court announced on Friday the public execution of four men, marking the...

‘Will Face Oppression With Courage’: Jailed Activist Mahrang Baloch Writes Letter from Prison

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In Powerful Verdict, Islamabad High Court Upholds Conviction of Rapist While Defining ‘Consent’

ISLAMABAD: Upholding the conviction of a man charged with raping a 20-year-old woman, the...