Sameen
@sameen_mohsin
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Associate Prof. Research bureaucratic politics, political elites, & governance in Pakistan. Views my own.
Lahore/Birmingham
Joined June 2011
Call: Scholars in Residence | Research Priority Area (RPA) Decolonial Futures | University of Amsterdam | Submission Deadline: December 6, 2025
decolonialfutures.uva.nl
The call for the RPA Decolonial Futures Scholars in Residence Programme 2026 is now open.
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HRCP expresses serious concern over reports regarding restrictive detention conditions and alleged limitations on family meetings for former prime minister Imran Khan. Allegations indicating that he has been unable to meet close relatives, associates or legal counsel warrant
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Forbes: “In just eight months, a waste crisis in Pakistan’s most populous province was turned into the world’s largest integrated waste management system. The initiative’s massive scale and impressive results, offer important lessons in impact leadership.”
forbes.com
The world’s largest, fully digitized waste management system was designed and rolled out in Pakistan in just 8 months and is solving a massive problem in record time.
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Only in Pakistan does a report on persistent and corrosive corruption across state institutions get marketed as good news. Calling this IMF graft report a catalyst neatly sums up the problem; PR over reform, denial over accountability. Frankly, this is the grand tragedy.
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Hope you’re self aware to notice this yourself! https://t.co/UbTvx3ZKeR
theguardian.com
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
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RIP the legendary Tom Stoppard. Among his more famous achievements, he radically rewrote Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (under the pen-name Barry Watson), adding most of the thrilling beats and hilarious gags. One of my favourites: the cut to Brody, after being hyped up as
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For @ForeignAffairs I write about the ‘Munir model’. It isn’t a coup, it’s military rule embedded inside a democratic shell. The army now drafts policy, drives economic diplomacy and oversees investment while civilians provide the optics. The model delivers speed and coherence,
foreignaffairs.com
The making of a new model of military rule.
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Our econ model is broken because a Lt General is commenting on the economy after giving the military hundreds of thousands acres of public land for non-defence reasons and taking defacto control of political and legal institutions. This clarity also needs to sink in.
At long last — clarity. Lt Gen Sarfraz finally acknowledged that Pakn’s growth model is broken by excessive taxes & incentives that punish the formal sector while rewarding the informal. His roadmap is right — and we must go further by cutting Sales Tax to let the formal economy
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The video shows IDF soldiers summarily executing two Palestinians detained secs earlier in Israeli-occupied West Bank. The UN’s documented more than 1,000 people killed in the WB by Israeli forces or settlers in the past 2 years 🧵
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Best-selling Irish author Sally Rooney has told the high court that the proscription of Palestine Action under terror laws means she is unlikely to be able to publish new novels in the UK and may have to withdraw her current books from sale. The ban on Palestine Action as a
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APPLY BY 8 DECEMBER 2025 HRCP invites applications from young human rights defenders across Pakistan to attend a two-day fully-funded training workshop in selected cities: Karachi (tent. 20 to 21 December 2025) Islamabad (tent. 30 to 31 December 2025) Quetta (tent. 7 to 8
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'I panic every time she coughs' - Delhi's toxic air is making its children sick
bbc.com
Hospitals have seen an influx of children sneezing, coughing or complaining of breathing difficulties.
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The horror that is Sudan told to @MSF The survivors ‘describe extreme violence, including mass killings, and ethnically motivated atrocities. On the journey, they saw many dead bodies, experienced torture, kidnappings for ransom, sexual violence…’
doctorswithoutborders.org
One month after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city of El Fasher, survivors describe mass killings, torture, and kidnappings for ransom while many people remain missing or unable to flee.
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Amnesty finds no ‘meaningful change’ in Gaza ‘with the genocide continuing’ desp Oct ’. Aid agencies corroborate our reporting in Jordan that Israel continues to block lifesaving aid despite their claims to the contrary @MedicalAidPal 🧵
amnesty.org.uk
Conditions for Palestinians in Gaza show no significant change, with no clear evidence to indicate that Israel’s intent has changed
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Wow. BBC journalists are now not even allowed to report the censored line from my Reith Lecture, that Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So, so chilling.
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The recent indictment and criminal proceedings against @ImaanZHazir and @AdvHadiali for their tweets are intended to obstruct their legitimate legal work and retaliate against them for exercising their right to freedom of expression https://t.co/8blOh020Zk
icj.org
Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the Law Society of England and Wales, the International Commis
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💧Join the launch of the Hub on Water Law and Conflict (WATCON Hub) and an engaging panel discussion! 📅 5 Dec | SOAS & Online A distinguished panel of experts will explore evolving dynamics and their implications for water security, water justice, and the human right to water.
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Terrible, terrible scenes from Hong Kong. This complex was home to more than 4,000 people https://t.co/zCB4uMHtuB
bbc.co.uk
Officials are yet to determine the cause of the blaze that ripped through a high-rise residential complex on Wednesday.
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Ali Baqar Najafi J’s note in the Noor Mukadam case is appalling. He suggests the murder stemmed from the “vice” of “living relationships”. A judge must uphold the law, not deliver moral lectures in a case where a woman was brutally murdered. Replug: https://t.co/FPpjOrqMp7
images.dawn.com
Even as we celebrate the verdict in Noor Mukadam's case, we're reminded that judges aren't there to judge morality.
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