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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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 —...
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UN Rapporteurs Ask Pakistan To Investigate Militant...
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations special rapporteurs have written a letter to the government of Pakistan, voicing their concerns over militant assaults on girls' schools...
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Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Condemns Conviction...
ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the conviction of 25 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters by military courts over their alleged involvement...
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The Untold Plight of Over 700 Jailed...
Since August of this year, my husband and I have been representing over a dozen victims of a criminal gang in Pakistan that traps...
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Parachinar Siege: 29 Children Dead As City’s...
PARACHINAR, PAKISTAN: The restive border town of Parachinar is facing a humanitarian crisis due to the current blockade of the highway connecting the city...
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Inside the Ongoing Racial Profiling in Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan -- Lawyer Imaan Mazari had just got home after getting journalist Matiullah Jan released from the custody of Islamabad police on Nov....
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Ahmadi Man Axed to Death in Rawalpindi
Pakistan- A 40-year-old Ahmadi man was reportedly axed to death in Rawalpindi, in what the community has described as a faith-based attack. Tayyab Ahmad, who was...
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Death Toll From Kurram Sectarian Violence Rises...
Pakistan - The number of deaths from the sectarian conflict in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kurram district has increased, with two more people killed and ten others...
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Journalist Matiullah Jan Abducted By Unknown Men...
Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan was abducted by unidentified individuals outside Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, on Wednesday night. On Thursday morning, an FIR...
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Police Demolish Minaret of 70-Year-Old Ahmadi Worship...
The Punjab police demolished the minaret of a 70-year-old Ahmadi worship place in Kot Karam Baksh, Sialkot. Ahmadis who were protecting the worship place...
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A Baloch Mother’s Agonizing Quest To Reunite...
A four-hour journey from Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, to the city of Nushki, takes you through a vast desert painted...
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Why Pakistan’s Establishment Is Afraid of Social...
Social media platforms, X in particular, are often demonized for spreading “fake news,” but what the harsh criticism of social media and the demands...
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Here’s Why The 26th Amendment to Pakistan’s...
The recently-passed 26th amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, under which the Supreme Court's chief justice will now be selected by a parliamentary committee...
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Historic Peace March in Parachinar Demands End...
As violence in Pakistan's restive border town of Parachinar intensified over the past few days, thousands of citizens took out a historic peace march...
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‘Corps Commander Lahore Whose House Was Attacked By PTI...
Corps Commander Lahore Lt General Salman Fayyaz Ghanni, whose house was attacked by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) mob protesting the arrest of former prime...
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Junaid Hafeez, Progressive Academic, Languishing In Jail For 10...
Progressive Pakistani academic Junaid Hafeez has been languishing in jail for the last 10 years after he was arrested in March 2013 over dubious...
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Schoolteacher Killed For ‘Honour’ In Sehwan
A schoolteacher was allegedly killed by her family in the name of ‘honour’ in Sehwan. The bullet-riddled body of the woman was found at home...
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Arrested Chinese Engineer Says Did Not Commit Blasphemy
The Chinese engineer who was arrested over blasphemy allegations in Kohistan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has denied the accusations levelled against him by his fellow...
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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...
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22 Ahmadis Arrested From Place of Worship Under Pressure From Extremist Mob in Sialkot
LAHORE: Under pressure from Islamist extremist groups, police arrested 22 members of the Ahmadi...
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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...
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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...