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How Imaan-Hadi Conviction Marks the Death of...
Last week, a trial court in Islamabad convicted human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha under Pakistan's highly controversial cybercrime law,...
Commentary
PTI’s Ambiguous Rhetoric on Taliban Is Dangerous...
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. Islamabad - Shafiullah Jan, special assistant to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief...
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How My Daughter’s Trial Exposes Pakistan’s Assault...
My daughter, a human rights lawyer, and her husband are currently on trial in Pakistan under cybercrime charges for exercising what should be a...
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600 Students Affected As Blast Destroys Government...
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. ISLAMABAD - Militants in Pakistan’s volatile Waziristan region have escalated attacks on...
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Unseen Victims: How Pakistan’s Drone War is...
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. Tirah Valley, Pakistan - After three months of fighting for her life,...
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Why Balochistan’s Youth No Longer Trust Politics
I write this as the daughter of a Baloch nationalist leader and Pakistani parliamentarian who recently survived assassination attempts. What we are going through...
Opinion
In Islamabad, State’s Apathy on Full Display...
Human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari writes about Baloch families — particularly women, children, and the elderly — who have been camped outside Islamabad’s National Press...
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‘Unchecked Impunity’: Fact-Finding Mission Reveals Root Causes...
A major Pakistani rights watchdog, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), has issued a dire warning over widening human rights abuses in Balochistan,...
News
Once Above the Law, Now Under Fire:...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani real estate tycoon Malik Riaz warned Tuesday that his vast property enterprise, Bahria Town Limited, is nearing a complete shutdown. He attributed this...
News
Lahore Authorities Detain 30+ Imran Khan Supporters...
LAHORE: Supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was removed from office in 2022 and has been imprisoned at Adiala Jail since August...
Editorial
Why a ‘Boycott Israel’ Campaign Cannot Work...
In Pakistan, calls for boycotts of international brands perceived to have ties to Israel, while seemingly intended as peaceful protest against the violence in...
Human Rights
Rights Groups Sound Alarm As Afghan Taliban...
Afghanistan's Supreme Court announced on Friday the public execution of four men, marking the largest number of executions in a single day since the...
News
‘Will Face Oppression With Courage’: Jailed Activist...
ISLAMABAD: The chairperson of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Dr. Mahrang Baloch, who was arrested last month during a protest in Quetta, wrote a...
News
In Powerful Verdict, Islamabad High Court Upholds...
ISLAMABAD: Upholding the conviction of a man charged with raping a 20-year-old woman, the Islamabad High Court judge Justice Babar Sattar outlined several principles...
News
22 Ahmadis Arrested From Place of Worship...
LAHORE: Under pressure from Islamist extremist groups, police arrested 22 members of the Ahmadi minority community, including children, in the Sialkot district of Pakistan's...
Opinion
How The PPP Played Both Sides While...
Journalists across Pakistan are out on the streets protesting against The Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act (PECA) 2025 and petitions against it are...
Features
Looking Back at 2024 Election Violence In...
This report is part of Dissent Today’s special series documenting violence and alleged irregularities during Pakistan’s 2024 general elections. Balochistan, which is Pakistan's largest province,...
Features
A Year After Elections, Ex-Waziristan Parliamentarian Unable...
This report is part of Dissent Today's special series documenting violence and alleged irregularities during Pakistan's 2024 general elections. When Mohsin Dawar narrowly escaped an...
News
Pakistan Govt’s Plan To Send Afghan Refugees...
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) voiced their concerns over the government of Pakistan's...
News
PPP Leader Says PECA Amendments Will Undermine...
ISLAMABAD: The Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) bill passed by Pakistan's National Assembly has been criticized by human rights activists as an attack on...
News
4 Policemen Abducted By Militants In South...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A group of terrorists abducted four policemen after carrying out an attack on a police post in Umar Raghzai, South Waziristan. The assailants...
News
Military Operation Being Planned in Kurram As...
The restive town of Parachinar continues to face a lack of necessities and adequate humanitarian aid, as the Kurram Highway has remained blocked for...
Opinion
Cholistan Farmers’ Longstanding Struggle for Land and...
Cholistan, a vast desert in Pakistan’s Punjab province, covers an area of 6.6 million acres and spans the districts of Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, and Rahim...
News
Minor Christian Boy Jailed for Blasphemy in...
SARGODHA, PAKISTAN: A teenage Christian boy in Sargodha has been in prison on blasphemy charges for over a year, despite being declared a juvenile...
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Taliban, ISIS Fuelled The Sectarian Clashes in...
Clashing tribes in the restive Kurram district of Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province finally signed a peace agreement on Wednesday to end over two months of...
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Do Pakistan’s Upcoming Elections Hold Any Credibility?
This article is part of Dissent Today's special series on Pakistan's general elections. Follow the series here. As Pakistan prepares for its general elections, the...
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Imran Khan’s Claims About ‘Evidence’ Of International Conspiracy Rightly...
As National Assembly meets on Monday after a two-day gap, the no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition against Prime Minister Imran Khan is on...
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Unseen Victims: How Pakistan’s Drone War is Haunting Tirah...
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. Tirah Valley, Pakistan - After three months of fighting for her life,...
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Ahmadi Man Who Was Arrested For Having ‘Syed’ In...
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has granted bail to an Ahmadi lawyer who was arrested for having “Syed” in his name, while ordering an...
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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...
