Jatin Desai and Beena Sarwar are longtime journalists who met through the Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy launched in 1994. Based in Mumbai, Jatin Desai has served as General Secretary of the PIPFPD India chapter. Formerly based in Karachi and Lahore, Beena Sarwar has written extensively on issues of cross-border prisoners. She is editor Sapan News beena@sapannews.com.
Jatin Desai and Beena Sarwar are longtime journalists who met through the Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy launched in 1994. Based in Mumbai, Jatin Desai has served as General Secretary of the PIPFPD India chapter. Formerly based in Karachi and Lahore, Beena Sarwar has written extensively on issues of cross-border prisoners. She is editor Sapan News beena@sapannews.com.
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI)’s onslaught on the country’s armed forces installations in response to party chief Imran Khan’s arrest has sparked a fierce debate among...
The actions of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protesters in the aftermath of Imran Khan’s arrest are aimed at creating chaos and anarchy in the country....
This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here.
A Policy, Unabandoned
In January this...
This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here.
Pakistan continues to experience deep...
The organisers of Aurat March Karachi have released their manifesto, demanding rights for marginalised groups, including the working class, transgender people, and religious minorities...
Lawyers have said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has made a mockery of the judicial system by defying the arrest and police...