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A girl carries her sibling as she walks through stranded flood water, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Nowshera, Pakistan September 4, 2022. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

4 Sep 2022 4 minute read

After the floods, Pakistan needs reparations, not charity

Cancel the debt, or let the Bretton Woods group profit from climate disaster, writes Farooq Tariq.

8 Mar 2022 1 minute read

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Cartoon history: Asma Jahangir

ILYA sketches the uplifting life-story of an inspirational legal defender of the rights of women and...

Junaid is one of 40 people convicted of this charge currently waiting on death row.

12 Feb 2020 2 minute read

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A brutal blasphemy verdict

Another prisoner of conscience falls victim to Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws.

6 Oct 2019 3 minute read

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Radical readings on Kashmir

As Kashmir enters the 64th day of a communications blackout, Ammar Bukhari recommends a reading list on the...

11 Jun 2019 4 minute read

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The Pakistani lawyer putting his life on the line

Despite mass protests against his work and credible threats to his life, Saif ul-Malook keeps going. He speaks to ...

30 Apr 2019 5 minute read

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Kashmir’s ever-present torture chambers

Umar Lateef Misgar reports on an alleged victim of the policing crackdown in Kashmir: a school teacher who...

1 Apr 2019 5 minute read

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A non-violent movement is gaining ground in Pakistan

The army is quashing a peaceful liberation movement in Pakistan, Suddaf Chaudry asks why...

28 Mar 2019 3 minute read

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In Pakistan, a women’s march comes with a price

Following a national women’s march across Pakistan, Zahwa Shah examines the blow-back from men and the...

15 Nov 2018 4 minute read

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Pakistan: censorship by stealth

Media independence in Pakistan is suffering, with the authorities using creative ways to silence journalists. Suddaf...

7 Nov 2018 3 minute read

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Victory then defeat for Pakistan’s persecuted

Aasia Bibi has just been acquitted for blasphemy charges. But Imran Khan’s government has now curtailed her human rights....

23 Oct 2018 2 minute read

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Who is Imran Khan?

For our rising new world leader segment, Richard Swift profiles the Oxford-educated former...

7 May 2018 6 minute read

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What drives young men to embrace religious extremism in Pakistan?

Pervez Hoodbhoy, one of South Asia’s leading nuclear physicists, talks to Andy Heintz about why the word ‘...

24 Jul 2017 4 minute read

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‘Women’s contributions to peace are essential’

Years of threats from the Taliban only strengthened this young female activist’s resolve to bring peace to Pakistan

6 Jun 2017 4 minute read

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Domestic violence: victims are left on their own in Pakistan

The lack of laws is leading to a scary rise in domestic violence in some of Pakistan's provinces, writes Mahwish...

2 Jun 2017 4 minute read

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Domestic violence: how victims are left on their own in Pakistan

The lack of laws is leading to a scary rise in domestic violence in some of Pakistan's provinces, writes Mahwish...

27 Jan 2017 2 minute read

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Transgender people in Pakistan: a first and last birthday party

Inside a transgender ‘birthday’ party in Pakistan, a rare chance for the community to celebrate a friend's life.

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