India Today

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War is the unfolding of miscalculations, Barbara W. Tuchman, a contemporary military historian, observed. If India and Pakistan find themselves on the brink of a major confrontation, you could add misadventures, misgivings and misunderstandings to th

The Christian Science Monitor

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In Pakistan, women are defying gender norms and traditional economic pathways to become professional rugby players – allowing them to gain confidence and even sometimes earn more than anyone else in their family.

Los Angeles Times

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ISLAMABAD - Sabika Sheikh spoke to her 9-year-old sister on the phone Friday, counting down the days before she would complete her high school exchange program in suburban Houston and return to the family home in Karachi, Pakistan. "She told me that

TIME

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AFTER ONE YEAR IN THE WHITE HOUSE, President Trump has insulted a wide variety of countries and their governments. But as a debate rages over which form of profanity he used to describe Haiti and sub-Saharan Africa, let’s return to the President’s ve

NPR

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She spurned a friend's advances. He tried to kill her. She wanted to take him to court. But it's hard to prosecute crimes against women in Pakistan. Then she met a young lawyer with a plan.

NPR

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China's billions in infrastructure investment have led to growing number of Pakistanis eager to learn Mandarin and study in China. Beijing is giving thousands of scholarships to Pakistanis.

NPR

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The world was moved by a viral photo of the 7-year-old girl, whose body was found on a trash heap in January.

New Internationalist

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The handsome 65-year-old former cricket superstar finally attained his long-held ambition to become Prime Minister of Pakistan when he was sworn in this August. Khan has made his reputation as a nationalist and a populist bent on wiping out corruptio

NPR

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The government says it is taking steps to isolate Pakistan, which it blames for Thursday's fatal bombing. Pakistan calls the violence a result of "brutalities of Indian occupied forces in Kashmir."

The Atlantic

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Imran Khan is addressing his nation's challenges by choosing liberally from a menu of Western and Asian futures.

The Christian Science Monitor

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China has invested billions in Pakistan, making it less responsive, perhaps, to Trump's complaints about its cooperation on terrorism. Still, say experts, Pakistan would prefer to preserve its ties with the US, and remains key to a solution on Afghan

India Today

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Hashtag Wars Pakistani hashtag activists worked overtime to make their suggestion to boycott Indian products trend on Twitter. The response from their Indian counterparts was to laugh. Can Pakistan do without India, they asked, without our products,

Los Angeles Times

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Most people keep their diaries hidden. They put them under pillows and in drawers. Some write their diary entries in invisible ink, and keep the pages under lock and key. Diaries are personal and private for a reason - they represent our innermost th

The Christian Science Monitor

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A Pakistani diplomatic campaign that seeks to tarnish India’s image on the world stage is aimed at the incoming Biden administration.

ArtAsiaPacific

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Official Country Name ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN Languages PUNJABI, URDU, ENGLISH Population 207,862,518 Median Age 24.1 GDP Per Capita US $5,400 Source: CIA World Factbook Total Value of Art Exported (UN Comtrade Database 2018) US $223,798 Arts Fu

NPR

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The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan counted more than 700 alleged disappearances last year. Since 2001, the group estimates that as many as 10,000 people have gone missing.

Global Voices

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"We wish to encourage each other to participate in this collective movement to assert our right to navigate public spaces on our own terms."

NPR

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In his first tweet of the new year, the president said Islamabad had been playing U.S. leaders for fools by taking billions in foreign aid and continuing to harbor Afghan extremists.

NPR

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Between twin bombings at a Parachinar market, a car bombing near a police office in Quetta and a shooting in Karachi, Pakistan is reeling from attacks claimed by several extremist groups.

This Week in Asia

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"The sorrow of leaving your own country was there," he says. Naveed often recalls taking a bus to the northern part of Pakistan and looking at the hills up in Gilgit-Baltistan, known as the "Switzerland of the East". He also misses celebrating the lo

NPR

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Last weekend's victory over India marked a seminal moment for the Pakistani national team. For some of the team's fans in India, however, celebrating the win spelled deep legal trouble.

This Week in Asia

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Last month, the two countries made a surprise announcement that their armed forces had agreed to halt all cross-border firing across their shared border, the Line of Control. Get the latest insights and analysis from our Global Impact newsletter on t

Global Voices

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People on social media are wondering if measures taken by the government are adequate and whether there is a proper infrastructure to stop the spread of Covid-19 in Pakistan.

This Week in Asia

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Seven-year-old Hassan Khan is one of Pakistan's tens of thousands of homeless children who each day pick through garbage on the outskirts of Islamabad, the capital, in search of human hair. Unknown to him, Khan is part of a global trade in hair that

The Caravan

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An employee at the Pakistani high commission in Colombo who, according to Hassan’s statement to the IB, asked her to work for him and to “target and cultivate suitable girls/women to be used for their work.” He allegedly gave Hassan three passports—o

NPR

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Karachi's mayor says there were no survivors on the plane — reported to be carrying about 100 people — that crashed into a neighborhood in Pakistan's most populated city.

This Week in Asia

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A cynic might suggest the Pakistani government's measures to fight Covid-19 are inversely proportional to its number of infections. On Monday, the country of 200 million began lifting restrictions on factory, office and commercial shop operations tha

The Atlantic

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The administration suspended security aid for what it says is Islamabad’s failure to take “decisive action” against terrorists.

NPR

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"Our efforts paid" off, says Pakistan's foreign minister, claiming a global task force failed to reach consensus on punishing the country.

Los Angeles Times

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ISLAMABAD - Sabika Sheikh spoke to her 9-year-old sister on the phone Friday, counting down the days before she would complete her high school exchange program in suburban Houston and return to the family home in Karachi, Pakistan. "She told me that