Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan is a doctor from Sialkot who has been a federal minister for the PPP, a government spokesperson for the PTI and an office-holder in the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party. This plain-English profile…
Dr Mahrang Baloch is a physician from Balochistan who leads the Baloch Yakjehti Committee and campaigns against enforced disappearances. She was arrested in March 2025 and sentenced to life imprisonment in June 2026. This…
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On 8 February 2024 Pakistanis voted in the most disputed election in a generation. This plain-English guide sets out the road to…
Dr Moeed Yusuf is a scholar of war and peace who became Pakistan's National Security Adviser under Imran Khan and wrote the…
Aitzaz Hasan was a 15-year-old student from Hangu who died on 6 January 2014 while stopping a suicide bomber at the gate…
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