Jamaima Afridi

Jamaima Afridi is a freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwah. She reports on human rights in conflict areas across Pakistan.

Pakistan targets Baloch women leaders amid widening crackdown

Women are leading protests against disappearances and demanding equal participation in the Baloch struggle, but Mahrang Baloch and others face repression by the Pakistan government amid an intensified crackdown in Balochistan

By Jamaima Afridi

/ 29 May 2025

Pakistan targets Baloch women leaders amid widening crackdown

Farmers in Multan bear the brunt of extreme heat in a warming Punjab

In Multan, fierce heat and other effects of the climate crisis are hurting the health and livelihoods of agricultural workers, resulting in damaged crops, heat-related illnesses, and other adverse effects

By Jamaima Afridi

/ 15 Oct 2024

Struggling to cope with extreme heat, a farmer in Multan, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, returns home early to avoid the blaz

Pakistan’s brutal deportation of Afghans widens to target registered migrants and refugees

Hundreds of thousands of Afghans in Pakistan face forcible deportation even after they were officially registered – including women, journalists and others especially vulnerable to repression by Afghanistan’s Taliban government

By Jamaima Afridi

/ 29 Apr 2024

Pakistan’s brutal deportation of Afghans widens to target registered migrants and refugees