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Last week’s lynching in Karachi of a 46?year?old Ahmadi businessman, brutally beaten by Tehreek?e?Labbaik Pakistan activists merely for offering Friday prayers, laid bare the daily nightmare faced by our country’s religious minorities. For Ahmadis, who many hard?liners regard as heretical, this kind of mob violence has, tragically, become all too routine. Yet what makes this […]

Even before the sound of gunfire rocking Phalagam, Indian-administered Kashmir, could fade into the background, prominent news channels and government-aligned social media handles began beating a now-familiar drum: Pakistan was to blame. The readiness with which this accusation was made and accepted by society (minus any credible investigation or verification) speaks volumes about a deeper, […]

Asif Javed’s story had not begun at the Lahore High Court, where he drenched himself in petrol and struck a match. It began much earlier: in corporate boardrooms where employee grievances are treated as line items rather than human struggles, in HR departments that view worker rights as a nuisance, and in regulatory offices more […]

The recent, and perhaps necessary, meeting between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Lahore, aimed at mending their visibly-strained alliance, comes as yet another sign of the endemic fragility of coalition politics in Pakistan. For now, both parties have publicly (read carefully) reaffirmed their commitment to collaboration, but the […]

Pakistan’s healthcare system is in crisis, and the Punjab government’s plan to privatize hospitals is making things worse. With only one doctor for every 1,764 people-far below the World Health Organization’s standard of one per 1,000-Pakistan is struggling to care for its citizens. Many doctors are leaving the country, and strict rules make it hard […]

As Sindh is locked with the centre on the canal issue, a political storm is brewing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over a new mining and minerals bill. The bill, introduced by a faction backed by KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in the provincial assembly, has drawn heavy criticism not […]

Yesterday’s horrific IED blast in Mastung, which claimed the lives of three Balochistan Constabulary personnel and injured many more, serves as a stark and recurring tragedy. While Balochistan has long borne the brunt of Pakistan’s struggle against terrorism, its people enduring a disproportionate share of loss and suffering, the path to a lasting resolution demands […]