Chaudhry Rasheed

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Balochistan’s ‘Haq Du’ Tehrik Reflects Total Baloch Alienation

News & Current Affairs Chaudhry Rasheed - December 28, 2022 0

The growing protests led by supporters of the Haq Do Tehreek , led by Jamaat-i-Islami’s Maulana Hidayatur Rahman, are not new. They mirror last...

Pakistan’s New Enforced Disappearance Law Fails to Address Problem

News & Current Affairs Chaudhry Rasheed - October 26, 2022 0

Last week the National Assembly passed nine bills including the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2022. While the amendment acknowledged the “crime of enforced disappearance”...

Another IMF Bailout for Pakistan is only a Mixed Blessing

News & Current Affairs Chaudhry Rasheed - July 16, 2022 0

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...

Pakistanis yearning for Miracle Men Based on Culture where Emotion & Dogma Rule

News & Current Affairs Chaudhry Rasheed - May 1, 2022 0

Many societies crave for Messiahs but, as many have noted, Pakistan is one of those countries where, in the words of Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy,...

Imran Khan’s Rants Will Only Damage Pakistan

News & Current Affairs Chaudhry Rasheed - March 12, 2022 0

As Prime Minister Imran Khan is wont to do, he appears to have forgotten that he is prime minister and so is acting increasingly...

Pakistan’s Greatest Crisis is Bigotry!

News & Current Affairs Chaudhry Rasheed - February 11, 2022 0

Prime Minister Imran Khan may claim that he is moving the country towards a Riasat e Madina but the reality is that Pakistan is...

Religious & Political Leaders Responsible for Blasphemy Lynching Culture, Says Scholar

News & Current Affairs Chaudhry Rasheed - December 21, 2021 0

Less than two weeks after the horrific Sialkot lynching, while the majority of Pakistanis may have chosen to move on and forget that incident,...

Taliban Victory, Pakistani Triumphalism, and Homegrown Jihadis

News & Current Affairs Chaudhry Rasheed - August 19, 2021 0

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...

Imran Khan’s position becomes less and less tenable

News & Current Affairs Chaudhry Rasheed - March 6, 2021 0

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...

Pakistan’s Dance with FATF

News & Current Affairs Chaudhry Rasheed - February 15, 2021 0

Releasing terror suspects and delaying actions when it comes to terror financing is not the way a country seeks to rebuild its international image....

Pakistan’s ‘Circle of Dissent’ is Growing

News & Current Affairs Chaudhry Rasheed - December 26, 2020 0

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’s Media Freedom Ranking Falls Further

News & Current Affairs Chaudhry Rasheed - December 6, 2020 0

Pakistan has one of the worst records when it comes to media freedom. According to the global watchdog, Reporters without borders (RSF), Pakistan stands...

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