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Mental Health Crisis In Pakistan's Women's Prisons: An Urgent Call For Reform

Pakistan, Aug. 12 -- A secret plague rages within the overcrowded confines of Pakistani jails. Approximately 80% of female inmates experience mental health disorders, often obscured by overcrowded fac... Read More


US Designates BLA, Majeed Brigade As Foreign Terrorist Organisations

Pakistan, Aug. 12 -- The United States has formally designated the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its armed faction, the Majeed Brigade, as Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs), the State Dep... Read More


Religious Minorities In Pakistan: A Betrayal Of Jinnah's Vision

Pakistan, Aug. 12 -- Religious minorities in Pakistan - including Christians, Hindus, Ahmadis, Sikhs, Shia, Parsis, Goan Christians, Ismailis, Hazaras, and others - face enduring challenges spanning l... Read More


How Operation Brass Tacks Pushed India And Pakistan To The Edge In 1987

Pakistan, Aug. 11 -- India and Pakistan, the two nuclear-armed neighbours of South Asia, have had a relationship based on mutual mistrust, hatred and animosity. Two major wars in 1965 and 1971 have be... Read More


Trump's Return Shifts Indo-Pacific Ties As Allies Juggle US Security And China's Economic Pull

Pakistan, Aug. 11 -- Donald Trump's return to the White House has reignited global debates about American leadership, but nowhere is the impact more layered than in the Indo-Pacific. From Washington's... Read More


Why Lahore's Smog Cannons Won't Clear The Air

Pakistan, Aug. 8 -- Yet smog cannons persist because they look like action. Their towering presence and dramatic spray offer visual reassurance, especially when political pressure mounts. They are, in... Read More


Recognition Without Justice: The World's Failure To Protect Palestine's Children

Pakistan, Aug. 8 -- In May 2025, Spain, Ireland, and Norway formally recognised the State of Palestine. It was a moment rippling with moral symbolism and overdue diplomatic awakening. More recently, F... Read More


How Decades Of Clerical Appeasement Paved The Way For Zia-Ul-Haq

Pakistan, Aug. 8 -- The tale of Pakistan's Islamisation is often blamed on General Zia-ul-Haq, but the truth is far older and more unsettling. Zia did not create the monster; he inherited it in fragme... Read More


Where Did The Cars Go? Alarming Pattern of Vanishing Government Assets Exposes Deep Governance Crisis

Pakistan, Aug. 8 -- The recent report disclosed that an audit found at least 80 official vehicles had gone missing from the KP Livestock Department. The news came as a surprise and was somewhat shocki... Read More


How Patriarchy, Power And Intolerance Keep Society Trapped

Pakistan, Aug. 8 -- "There is no escape-we pay for the violence of our ancestors" - Frank Herbert No matter how much effort is made by humanists to eliminate violence from the face of this earth, the... Read More