Human Rights
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...
Features
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...
Human Rights
Banning PTM Sends a Dangerous Message to...
The government of Pakistan's decision to ban the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), a social movement that originated from the country's peripheries, sends a troubling...
Features
‘Self-Censorship Shapes My New Identity’: Exiled Russian...
Russian President Vladimir Putin's onslaught on dissent intensified after his invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This article is part of Dissent Today’s special series...
Human Rights
Pakistan’s Establishment Is Abducting Poets And Plumbers...
Weeks after the recent protests against the rising prices of wheat and electricity in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, several people of Kashmiri origin in various parts...
Human Rights
The Curious Case of The ‘Missing’ Enforced...
On Monday, the Senate Secretariat claimed that the bill seeking to criminalize enforced disappearances was not lost but rather sent back to the National...
Balochistan
The Latest Baloch Uprising Cannot Be Defeated
The atrocities inflicted on the Baloch people, including the disappearance of Baloch students, human rights activists, educators, professionals, and ordinary working people and tribesmen,...
Human Rights
Unfazed By Police Violence, Mahrang Baloch Continues...
Mahrang Baloch, the activist leading the ongoing sit-in in Islamabad against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, has stated that the whereabouts of...
Human Rights
Pashtun Rights Activist Manzoor Pashteen Arrested After...
Quetta - Manzoor Pashteen, the founder of the ethnic rights group Pashtun Tahafuzz Movement (PTM), was arrested by the police in Chaman, Balochistan while...
Features
In Karachi, Deadly Manholes Are Killing Children...
For children, 14 August is all about flags on the rooftops, shops adorned with fairy lights, and waving the Pakistani flags with pride while...
Human Rights
Sending Afghan Refugees Back To The Violence...
For decades, Pakistan has been a sanctuary for Afghan refugees, earning international recognition and appreciation for its humanitarian efforts. However, a recent announcement from...
Human Rights
Two More Ahmadi Graves Desecrated In Kasur...
Two graves belonging to members of the Ahmadi community at a graveyard in the Kasur district of Punjab were reportedly desecrated by extremist individuals...
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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,...
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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...
Human Rights
3 Ahmadi Worship Places Desecrated By Authorities...
The minarets of an Ahmadi place of worship were desecrated by the police in Sheikupura on Wednesday under pressure from extremist individuals. In a statement,...
Features
Indian, Pakistani Fishermen Continue to Fall Victim...
If 99 Indian fishermen incarcerated in Pakistani prisons had been repatriated last month as agreed, Jagdish Mangal might still be alive. Mangal was among the...
Human Rights
Imaan Mazari, Ali Wazir Handed Over To...
An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad has remanded human rights activist Imaan Mazari and former lawmaker Ali Wazir to the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD)'s custody...
Human Rights
PTM Workers Face Crackdown, Restrictions Ahead of...
Ahead of civil rights group Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM)'s rally against enforced disappearances outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad, several PTM activists and supporters...
Human Rights
Human Rights Groups Come Together To Demand...
A number of human rights organisations have come together for a social media campaign demanding the safe release of all missing persons in Pakistan...
Human Rights
Police Destroy Minarets of Ahmadi Worship Place...
Punjab police demolished the minarets of an Ahmadi place of worship in Jhelum following a campaign in the area by extremist outfit Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan...
Human Rights
Pakistani Man Gets Life Sentence in UK...
A Pakistani national in London, United Kingdom, has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering a 21-year-old Pakistani woman and dumping her...
Human Rights
How Pakistan Systematically Tried To Wipe Out...
Nearly all nation-states actively try to discourage diversity and the right to be different. No discourse on diversity is allowed in mainstream narratives, and...
Editor's Picks
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...
Human Rights
Islamabad Police Arrest Former Minister Shireen Mazari...
In a late-night raid at her house, Islamabad police arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former minister for human rights Shireen Mazari amid ongoing...
Human Rights
No PTI Leader Has Condemned Lynching Of...
A day after a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker was lynched by a mob over allegations of blasphemy in Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP),...
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Militants Blow Up Two Girls’ Schools In Waziristan
Two schools for girls were hit by bomb explosions in North Waziristan, considerably damaging the buildings. Militants attacked Government Girls Middle School and Girls Middle...
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Here’s Why The Results Of Today’s Elections Are Totally...
This article is part of Dissent Today’s special series on Pakistan’s general elections. Follow the series here. On Tuesday January 30, 1962, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, a...
Commentary
PTI’s Ambiguous Rhetoric on Taliban Is Dangerous for Pakistan’s...
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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22-Year-Old Christian Man Sentenced To Death For Alleged Blasphemy...
A sessions court in Bahawalpur has sentenced a 22-year-old Christian man to death over alleged blasphemy, four years after he was arrested by the...
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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...