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Wounds in the Federation

An ongoing Justicara series examining unresolved political fractures, human-rights concerns and the constitutional choices facing Pakistan.

2 parts

Part II

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Citizens on Paper - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Coming Thursday, Wounds in the Federation — Part 2: Citizens on Paper examines what followed the 2018 merger of the former FATA districts with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Constitution changed, the map changed, and the province inherited new responsibilities, but the promised resources, institutions, legal structures, and civilian chain of command did not fully change with them. Eight years later, KP has gone to court over funds it says are constitutionally guaranteed. This is more than a dispute over money; it is an investigation into what happens when a province is made whole on paper but not in practice, producing fiscal, legal, and operational failures with documented consequences. Part 1, on Balochistan, is already live, while Part 3 will examine Sindh. Follow @JusticaraX and subscribe at Justicara.com for first access and the complete source archive.

Read on Justicara July 22, 2026

Part I

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Why Balochistan’s Wound Cannot Heal Without Politics

Pakistan cannot address a crisis rooted in alienation through force, condemnation and ritual statements alone. A symbolic depiction of alienation, fracture and the possibility of political healing in Balochistan. Balochistan continues to bleed. The latest violence in Quetta, Ziarat and Lasbela has once again drawn national attention to a crisis that, as Arifa Noor writes in Dawn, has rarely stopped bleeding for more than two decades. Yet for much of the country, awareness of Balochistan still arrives only when the violence intensifies, the death toll rises or a particularly shocking incident becomes impossible to ignore. That pattern itself is part of the problem. Mariabad, Quetta — a mountainside neighbourhood home to a large Hazara community. Photo source: original Instagram post. The human cost is devastating. Recent attacks have produced heartbreaking losses, while public anger has g

Read on Justicara July 16, 2026