Last week the National Assembly passed nine bills including the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2022. While the amendment acknowledged the “crime of enforced disappearance”...
After months of uncertainty, Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund finally reached a staff-level agreement on revival of the bailout program. This decision will...
Pakistan’s strategic establishment and segments of the Pakistani ruling class and elite may be celebrating the Taliban’s triumph in Afghanistan but this triumphalism will...
Prime Minister Imran Khan narrowly defeated the no-confidence motion in the National Assembly, days after losing a key Senate seat (from Islamabad) to the...
Any form of dissent is viewed as anti-national by the Pakistani state. For decades, Baloch, Sindhi, Muhajir, and Pashtun dissidents have been the targets...
Pakistan has one of the worst records when it comes to media freedom. According to the global watchdog, Reporters without borders (RSF), Pakistan stands...
Pakistan’s long beleaguered ethnic and religious minorities and sects keep facing new challenges. Just recently on January 17, the National Assembly of Pakistan passed...