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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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‘Other Side Of Balochistan’: Books Worth Rs 3.5 Million...

Books worth Rs 3.5 million were sold during a three-day literature festival organised by Balochistan Academy Turbat. Writers, poets, and intellectuals from across the country...

Locals Stage Sit-In Against Killing Of Child In Waziristan...

People in South Waziristan have begun a sit-in after an 11-year-old boy was killed in a landmine explosion in Sararogha. According to reports, 11-year-old Sher...

Over 2 Years In Torture Cells: How Journalist Zeenat...

It has been five years since Pakistani journalist Zeenat Shehzadi was released after more than two years of enforced disappearance, but there has been...

Hindu Woman, Children Reported Missing In Karachi ‘Convert’ To...

A Hindu woman in Karachi along with her six children, including teenage daughters, converted to Islam on the same day her husband reported them...

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How The PPP Played Both Sides While Passing The Draconian PECA Amendments

Journalists across Pakistan are out on the streets protesting against The Prevention of Electronic...

Looking Back at 2024 Election Violence In Balochistan That The Rest of Pakistan Ignored

This report is part of Dissent Today’s special series documenting violence and alleged irregularities...

A Year After Elections, Ex-Waziristan Parliamentarian Unable to Find Justice for Fallen Comrades

This report is part of Dissent Today's special series documenting violence and alleged irregularities...

Pakistan Govt’s Plan To Send Afghan Refugees Back To Afghanistan Raises Concerns From UNHCR

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for...