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Marvi Sirmed is a human rights defender and journalist in Pakistan and is currently working as Special Correspondent for Daily Times.
Because of being vocal she has been attacked physically many times by the religious fanatics. In 2012 she narrowly escaped the bullets pumped into her vehicle in a roadside ambush. She is an elected member of the Executive Council of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and is on the Board of several non-profit organizations working for human rights.
Recognizing her services for democracy and human rights, the President of Pakistan conferred upon her the National Human Rights Award in 2010.

The curious case of Geo News suspension

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As reports emerge that Geo News has been taken off air in various areas across the country, State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has categorically denied that her ministry has issued any directives for the…

Empire Strikes Back

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In what may prove a decisive blow to Nawaz Sharif’s political career, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled on Wednesday to bar him from heading his political party for being disqualified from the membership of the Parliament. The judgement…

Long Live Asma Jahangir

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By Marvi Sirmed If death is defined as the end of life, Asma Jahangir hasn’t really died. The larger than life, iconic defender of human rights and the most daring challenger of the status quo, Asma Jahangir breathed her last at her home…