The Pakistani state has always been sensitive to any criticism, whether domestic or international. In a recent column, veteran columnist and human rights advocate,...
On Tuesday July 21, veteran journalist Matiullah Jan was abducted from the federal capital Islamabad’s Sector G-6. According to Jan’s wife, “his car was...
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s pro-jihadi and pro -Islamist leanings have been well-known, from his speeches and interviews going back years to his memoirs.
However, even...
In
November 2019, New
Pakistan had written about the disappearance of human rights activist and
political worker Muhammad Idris Khattak. It is four months since...
Countries
react differently to dissent, democracies normally accept dissent as
criticism not as anti-nationalism or sedition. Pakistan, however, has a
history of...
Pakistan, along with Russia and China, was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council, bringing into spotlight the country’s sustained lack of commitment...
