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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...

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...

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....

‘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...

Pro-Palestine DNC Delegate Assaulted For Disrupting Biden’s...

A pro-Palestine elected member of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from Florida, Nadia Ahmad, was hit in the head repeatedly with vertical signs that...

Journalist Covering PTI Protest Outside GHQ Allegedly...

A journalist working for international media has said he was beaten up and abducted by security agencies who held him at the police station...

Extremist Groups Back In Action As Blasphemy-Convict...

LAHORE After blasphemy-convict Junaid Hafeez’s appeal against his death sentence was finally fixed before the Lahore High Court (LHC) earlier this month, his new lawyer,...

Young IT Expert From Thatta Reimagines Mohenjo-Daro...

Rahamutlah Mirbahar, a young IT expert from one of the most underprivileged areas of Sindh, Thatta, has surprised social media users with his Artificial...

Civilian Hassan Askari Was Court Martialed In...

The counsel of the family of a retired army general, whose civilian son was court-martialed in 2021 and was sentenced to five years of...

‘Tortured Into False Confession’: Baloch Woman Mahal...

Mahal Baloch, a 28-year-old Baloch woman and the mother of two, was arrested on February 17 by officials from law enforcement agencies from her...

‘Imran Khan, Police Mocking Judicial System,’ Lawyers...

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...

16 Children Dead In Karachi In 2...

KARACHI: At least 19 deaths, including that of 16 children, have occurred in 16 days alone in Muach Goth area of Kemari, Karachi, which...

Over 2 Years In Torture Cells: How...

It has been five years since Pakistani journalist Zeenat Shehzadi was released after more than two years of enforced disappearance, but there has been...

Why Is Pakistan Ignoring Anti-Taliban Uprising In...

Amid a rise in banned terror group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a delegation of National Democratic Movement (NDM) comprising its Chairman...

Pakistan’s Education System Has Been Surrendered To...

The newly-formulated Single National Curriculum (SNC) that is all set to be implemented in Pakistan’s educational institutions from August onwards has raised many an...

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Pakistani Man Gets Life Sentence in UK for Murdering...

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...

Islamabad Bar Association Faces Backlash For Inviting Extremist Cleric...

Social media users are criticising the Islamabad Bar Association for inviting controversial Muslim cleric Mian Abdul Haq, popularly known as 'Mian Mithu' -- who...

Enforced Disappearance: ‘At Least Return His Body If He...

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