Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Shireen Mazari

The writer is a defense and security analyst and served as Pakistan’s Minister for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022.

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 Pakistan under cybercrime charges for exercising what should be a fundamental right: speaking about human rights violations. Their case has come to symbolize a much larger and more troubling reality...

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Journalist Absar Alam Recounts...

Senior journalist Absar Alam has shared the ordeal he and his family went through when his 20-year-old son was...

PPP Leader Who Disappeared...

No progress has been made in the case of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Sukkur chapter leader and businessman Ayaz...

Explainer: Why Is Every...

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

7 Catchiest Placards From...

Despite hostility towards Aurat March organisers from the city administrations across Pakistan, marginalised groups, including women, transgender people, and...

Cleric Gunned Down In...

Armed men shot dead a religious scholar in a suspected targeted attack in Karachi's Gulistan-i-Jauhar area, said the police. Maulana...

Legislatue Fights Back: Another...

In response to the Supreme Court's decision to halt the implementation of a bill limiting the Chief Justice of...

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