Zaffar Abbas

Sport reminds us that every barrier can be challenged, and every space can be reclaimed. A field where women build bridges through presence, strength, and resilience. May it continue to advance peace and human rights for all.

This International Women’s Day, Uks Research Centre launches Hashtag Sey Aagey Breaking Stereotypes. This show is about the stories behind the hashtags. It's about the real struggles of women, their authentic voices, and their courage to challenge stereotypes. #HashtagSeyAagey.

Former @washingtonpost editor Marty Baron tells it like it is about his former boss Jeff Bezos.

It’s getting ridiculous by the day.

Excellent editorial in Dawn today. Lays out all the reasons why the state should be very wary of becoming a part of Trump's Gaza troop deployment plan. dawn.com/news/1962193

The Faiz we wish for vs the Faiz we got: “This is where the contrast between the two Faizes becomes most stark. Faiz Ahmed Faiz believed that a healthy society depends on diversity of ideas, cultures, and voices. He trusted the people, even when they disagreed with him. In contrast, the mindset attributed to General Faiz Hameed reflects a deep suspicion of pluralism. It treats dissent as disorder and difference as danger. In doing so, it impoverishes the national imagination. A society forced into a straitjacket cannot innovate, reconcile or heal. It may achieve temporary stability, but at the cost of long-term legitimacy and trust.” thenews.pk/print/1387749-…

How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/bb…

A big thanks to all the friends and colleagues for their support dawn.com/news/1961592/h…

We will never surrender. Dawn’s editorial: dawn.com/news/1961015/g…

Full solidarity with you @abbasz55 @dawn_com

👏 👏 👏 👏 @dawn_com @abbasz55 These funds are not coming out of the coffers of any political party or institution this is taxpayers’ money and public’s right to know is being denied by throttling independent media voices. dawn.com/news/1961015

Classical Dancer & Activist Sheema Kermani reflects on how patriarchy fuels trolling and personal attacks when women speak up online. Watch video here: youtu.be/fWAZPgrOIPs #16DaysOfActivism #EndDigitalViolence #SheemaKermani #PatriarchyFuelsAbuse #StopTrolling #OrangeTheWorld

Senior Journalist / TV Host Zarrar Khuhro urges men to take responsibility by shutting down digital violence, not excusing it. Watch video (youtu.be/gkbQQiOSZcE) and be part of the change. #orangetheworld #16DaysOfActivism #EndDigitalViolence #StopOnlineAbuse #ZarrarKhuhro

#16DaysOfActivism: Asma Shirazi highlights how women and girls face online harassment and urges us to speak up and create safer digital spaces. Full video: (youtu.be/MIEeNAAF-3A?si…) #EndOnlineHarassment #StopOnlineAbuse #AsmaShirazi #OrangeTheWorld

Great support for @abbasz55 who did not flinch from an oops moment but instead marched ahead to address it. V have little experience of AI issues ,it’s new. Wonder what challenges future editors will be facing. Right now for Print to survive is biggest challenge.

@seppuCoup @dawn_com No one has stood up for journalism, not Pakistan's leaders nor its people despite the long covert campaign to reduce trust in media and pols. I train journos and subeditors and my hope is the new ones who will stand up. #PayforJournalism

This is why @dawn_com is a winner. It is Pakistan's key journalism outlet that has continued to push back against censorship. Others have suffered too. Dawn's advertising has been throttled as it does not yield. So its ability to pay staff is suffering 1/3

A newspaper report in today's Dawn was originally edited using AI, which is in violation of Dawn’s current AI policy. The Dawn AI policy is available on our website and can be reviewed here: dawn.com/ai-policy/. The original report also carried AI-generated artefact text from the editing process, which has been edited out in the digital version. The matter is being investigated, and the violation of AI policy is regretted. — Editor

Amnesty International finds ‘China-like’ surveillance in Pakistan, with authorities able to access citizens’ emails, calls, and internet history . dawn.com/news/1940848/v…

This is the story of my late father, who took his last breath while struggling to regain the right to be a Pakistani. Until the day he died, everything was done using an expired NIC. He couldn’t renew it after 2013, because Nadra kept asking for documents dawn.com/news/1929774/e…