The social media vetting rule isn’t just a draconian border policy but a slow, deliberate erosion of the right to dissent and the right to be human online. Asad Baig Published July 1, 2025 Updated about 5 hours agoListen to article1x1.2×1.5x Kamran Arif, a name instantly recognisable to anyone in Pakistan’s human rights circles, was more than a colleague; he was…
Pakistan has confirmed its 13th polio case of the year after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) verified the presence of the poliovirus in an 18-month-old girl from Union Council Amakhel in Tank district, located in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This marks the seventh case reported from the province in 2025, highlighting ongoing concerns about virus…
The brutal murder of the entire Romanov family was the culmination of deep discontent across the Russian Empire with the persistently autocratic rule of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917). Following the disaster of the First World War (1914-18) and the tsar’s abdication in 1917, Bolshevik revolutionaries took power. The new Soviet Russia was immediately split by a raging civil war, and…
After a year of war between Israel and Hamas, the conflict in the Middle East continues to dominate the world’s attention. But it’s impossible to understand the headlines without knowing the history. The “Holy Land”—a moniker that Israelis and Palestinians share for their beloved region—has been mired in conflict for more than a century. When the…
