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...

In 2024, democracy in Pakistan suffered setbacks on many fronts. Among these setbacks was the state’s denial — through heavy-handed and violent means —...

Social media platforms, X in particular, are often demonized for spreading “fake news,” but what the harsh criticism of social media and the demands...

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...

One has lost count of how many times Pakistan’s former lawmaker, Ali Wazir, has been arrested or forcibly disappeared. Even when he was a...

Every Pakistani political leader has known that cultivating popular religious icons is how one makes it to the top. Muhammad Ali Jinnah began this...

  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...

There are many events that have contributed to the present crises in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, significantly shaping the mindset and attitudes of the...

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...

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...

This article is part of Dissent Today’s special series on Pakistan’s general elections. Follow the series here.  With Pakistan’s general elections just three days away, the...

This article is part of Dissent Today’s special series on Pakistan’s general elections. Follow the series here.  The recent sentencing of former Prime Minister Imran Khan...

This article is part of Dissent Today’s special series on Pakistan’s general elections. Follow the series here.  Any comment on the upcoming elections in Pakistan must...

This article is part of Dissent Today’s special series on Pakistan’s general elections. Follow the series here.  In theory, Pakistan is a federal parliamentary democracy, which...

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...

As Pakistan gears up for the general elections scheduled for February 8th, a sense of disillusionment and skepticism about the future prevails in the...

The atrocities inflicted on the Baloch people, including the disappearance of Baloch students, human rights activists, educators, professionals, and ordinary working people and tribesmen,...

For decades, Pakistan has been a sanctuary for Afghan refugees, earning international recognition and appreciation for its humanitarian efforts. However, a recent announcement from...

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,...

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...

In Pakistan, educational institutions, that are meant to be sanctuaries for learning, growth, and equal opportunities, have become unsafe for women. Recent reports from...

It is strange how the past and present mimic each other.  In the summer of 1909, in the midst of a naval arms race with...

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...

For the past decade, religion has been at the center of former prime minister Imran Khan’s politics. Populist politicians frequently mix religion and politics...

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), a region of immense historical significance and rich cultural heritage, the shadows of unresolved injustices continue to cast a pall...

A 13-year-old girl from Karachi, who was reported missing by her family a month ago, has been found in Lahore — 'married' to her...

Former Pakistani hockey player Shahida Raza, who belonged to the persecuted Shia-Hazara community and died in a tragic migrant boat accident that claimed over...

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...

The Human Rights Watch has slammed the government for forcibly evicting farmers near Lahore for an "illegal" infrastructure project, Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project. The...