Ailia Zehra

The writer is a former staff member and media student who writes on counterterrorism and gender equality among other issues. She tweets at @AiliaZehra and can be reached at [email protected].

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Silencing dissent under the garb of national security

Will the government ever learn from its mistakes? "You can only summon an individual through a legal notice. FIA's act of calling Taha Siddiqui via phone and telling him to appear

May 28, 2017

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Ignoring the enemy within

Ehsanullah Ehsan deserves no clemency Is a self-confessed murderer being pardoned by the state just because he claimed to have worked for foreign intelligence agencies? Does this mean anyon

May 7, 2017

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Time to amend the blasphemy law

Of inaction and misplaced priorities “Nisar needs to stop paying attention to non-issues and work on forming a plan to deal with the growing intolerance and extremism”, he said The political leadership’s<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/04/30/the-need-to-amend-the-blasphemy-law/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Apr 30, 2017

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The need to introduce ‘safeguards’ in the blasphemy law

Part of the solution or part of the problem? The students who lynched Mashal Khan are not the only criminals, but those in power who tried to normalise the culture of targeting<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/04/23/time-for-safeguards-in-the-blasphemy-law/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Apr 23, 2017